The "An Applesauce A Day" Story

It was an ordinary day.  The smell from the kitchen is intox- icating.  Carol just finished making her famous applesauce which she eats all by herself.  Now, I love applesauce and I have it with just about every meal, but the apple sauce she makes has some little ingredient in it that signals my taste buds to bypass it.  Not sure why, but I'll stick to the store brand cinnamon applesauce that I buy every week.  One of the main reasons I eat applesauce with every meal is to get my daily dose of apples which allegedly has health benefits.  Matter of fact I read recently about the benefits as well as risks associated with eating apples. Apples are great for gum health since it prompts an increase in the flow of saliva which helps prevent tooth decay by lowering the level of bacteria in the mouth.  Apples also help stabilize blood sugar by slowing digestion of food and the entry of glucose into the bloodstream which helps in the prevention of diabetes.  Apples are rich in flavonoids that help prevent heart disease, provided you eat the skin of the apple.  They also fight high cholesterol since they are low in calories and high in the soluble fiber pectin.  But, I guess for me, the main reason I eat applesauce all the time is the fact that it helps prevent colon cancer because the natural fiber in the applesauce ferments in the colon, thus producing chemicals that help fight the formation of cancer cells as well as triggering cell signals that kill cancer cells.  Applesauce also contains quercetin which has been proven to protect brain cells from degeneration.  Now, I must tell you that it was tested in rats when it was found to protect brain cells, but I've been accused of being a rat at least once in my life, so I'm hoping that counts.  On the bad side, and I try not to think of this when I'm shoveling in my daily dose of applesauce, apples could contain pesticides since worms and other insects love apples so the growers spray to eliminate the pests.  My hope is that the applesauce makers wash them thoroughly before making my applesauce.  There you have it.  Six reasons to eat apples and applesauce and only one reason against it.  If I were a gambling man I'd love those odds.  Now, if I could only find the reason I don't like my wife's applesauce I'd ...........  but then maybe she does that so I won't eat it!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.