Apples

I'm kind of a pain when it comes to them. I really want people to eat apples. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of their taste. I used to hate it as a kid when my mom sent me a lunch with a red apple for "dessert" ek! "Unacceptable," I thought. Truth is they do have a bit of sugar in them, but their taste would not compared to the Swiss cake rolls I really wanted.

My relationship(and appreciation) changed when I discovered that I had acquired an unwanted mental, physical, and emotional reaction to coffee. I have an intolerance or allergic reaction that makes me anxious, depressed, and obsessive several hours after I drink coffee or colas. Once I realized this was happening I quit caffeine immediately. It was definitely not worth the buzz, and I never looked back. What was nice is eventually I stopped yo-yoing with the caffeine buzz and crash and I slept better.

I still did have a problem to solve. My diet was still just the usual American fare so I needed a boost for my 4am shifts at work and supplement other times if I didn't get enough sleep. I forget if I was told or I just accidentally just ate one, but I started to notice that eating the previously unacceptable food did me a lot of good. It became my "cup of coffee" whenever I was feeling low energy.

The list of the good things that are in apples is amazing. Patrick Quillian's book that features apples cider vinegar lists all the nutrients(that scientist know of) in whole apples and I counted somewhere in the field of 400 nutrients. Things like furmeric acid, which can help with psoriasis. That's 1 of 400ish that I picked at random. So apples have a ton of good stuff in them and I can feel them working when I chow down. Caffeine usually messes with people. Often there is a wired distracted feeling until it's out of your system and then you crash. This doesn't happen with apples. It's not the same kind of high. The boost isn't as big but it certainly is a huge help. Your brain is actually helped by the food instead of only keeping you awake and because of the carbs your body is just not going to crash like that.

Since this discovery I'm a pretty heavy apple pusher. People that spend the most time around me know if they mention they are sluggish or over tired I will suggest or command that they eat a nice Red Delicious or Fuji(in my experience the redder the better). And if they are smart enough to listen they are happy with the results. Again, I don't really like the taste and maybe you don't, but it's still worth a try...