It’s often said that apples are good for your health, but are they really good food for you? We interviewed Ms.Asami Maeda, associate professor of Shibata Gakuen University and nutirition specialist, with some experiments. If the amount of active oxygen increases too much, the body’s immunity will be weakened. Experiments (in the video above) show that “apples” are antioxidants and have a strong ability to destroy active oxygen. In addition to “apples”, “tomatoes” and “apple juice (100% straight fruit juice)” have strong antioxidant power, and both are easy-to-find ingredients. By continuing to eat a diet that promotes the decomposition of active oxygen, we would like to counter the new corona… Read More »

Introducing of apple jelly for summer! It looks like beer and is sure to be exciting! It’s “Beer-like apple jelly”. 🍎Beer-like Apple jelly🍎 ■Ingredients (For two people) ・Apple juice(100% fruit juice) 300cc ・1 tbsp sugar ・Powdered gelatin 5g ・2 tbsp water ■Instructions 1. Bring the apple juice to room temperature. Sprinkle gelatin powder in water and let it soak. 2. Put apple juice and sugar in a bowl and stir well until the sugar dissolves. 3. Heat the soaked gelatin in the microwave to melt it (600 W for about 20 seconds), add it to the bowl of 2 and mix well. 4. Mix the bowl with ice water, and when it… Read More »

Apples from Aomori prefecture are popular for large-sized apples, so they are often cut and eaten rather than bitten. When you cut an apple, the surface gradually oxidizes and turns brown. There is no harm in eating something that has turned brown, but I think there are many people who look a little bad… Why does the color change when you cut an apple in the first place? It’s due to polyphenols. Apples are high in polyphenols and also contain “oxidases” that promote the oxidation of polyphenols. When this polyphenol comes into contact with air, it turns brown due to the action of oxidase.(Polyphenol itself is a component that is… Read More »

“Apple university kitchen” offers recipe using apple. Recipes to be introduced this time is “Apple pizza with gyoza(dumpling) skin”. Necessary items are only knives and toaster oven, so it’s easy for everyone, even if cooking beginner, to cook it easy. And it is suitable for light snacks. Apple pizza with gyoza(dumpling) skin ■Ingredients (For three people) ・Apple 1/8・Gyoza(dumpling) skin(Bigger size) 3・Onion 1/4・Dry sausage(or bacon, sausage, etc) a little・pizza sauce 1.5 tablespoons・cheese for pizza 30g・dried basil as you like ■Recipe 1. Slice the onion, then heat it in the microwave for about 3 minutes. 2. Remove the core of apple with skin, cut it into small size quarter-rounds. 3. Slice dried… Read More »

Not just as food, fruit with many sides. Although it is a side role in the story, it gives a strong impression to the viewer. Its presence remains the same on the screen and attract viewers. Rie Tsukinaga spotlighted movies from among many of them at here. Please watch it with the movie. ■”Snow White” story Speaking of “I’m writing a column about a movie with apples”, everybody says“An apple in the movie? Is that the movie after all?” once every two times.A girl who bites a bright red apple.It’s “Snow White,” which everyone knows well.Based on the Grimm fairy tale, but generally the image of Disney’s anime movie is… Read More »

Do you know the calories of sweet and delicious apples? What kind of nutrition do apples have? In this article, we would like to introduce the nutrition of apple. ■ Apple nutrition ■ Let’s see the nutrition of apple. Ingredients that makes up apples are almost moisture, the ratio is 83%. Remaining 17% nutrients do important work on our body. ●PotassiumPotassium has the function of keeping cells healthy by balancing sodium. It is very important ingredients. Potassium suppresses blood pressure rise due to sodium and has the effect of lowering blood pressure. In addition, it assists to eliminate of swelling by its diuretic effect. ●Dietary fiberPectin, a water-soluble dietary fiber,… Read More »

Do you know the calories of sweet and delicious apples? What kind of nutrition do apples have? In this article, we would like to introduce the calories of apples. ■Apple calories■ Do you think eating sweet fruit like apple makes you fat because of the image that sweets are high in calories? Actually this is a big misunderstanding.One apple(about 300g) has 183kcals. Please see below table to refer to the calories of other foods. Apple has much lower calories than eating potato chips or ice cream for snack.Apple is suitable for diet because it feels you full just by eating half an apple. Apple is sweet but low calories.This is… Read More »

“Fuji” is apples that everyone knows, the most produced variety in the world.This year marks the 80th anniversary of the birth of “Fuji”.It has been loved so far because it has been actually evolving. “Fuji” was　born at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Horticultural Experiment Station, which was located Minamitsugarugun Fujisakimachi, Aomori, Japan (Currently it is located to Morioka, Iwate, Japan).On 1939, it was raised crossing “Kokko” and “Delicious”, and registered as “Fuji(Ringo Norin No,1)” on 1962. On 1982, after overtaking the delicious varieties that had been number one until then, it did not give up the top spot.Even now, it is the most popular and unrivaled, so it’s no… Read More »