APPLE Overview Information
Apple is the fruit from an apple tree. People eat apples as a normal part of the diet, but apples are also used as medicine.
Apples are used to control diarrhea or constipation; and for the softening, passage, and collection of gallstones. They are also used to prevent cancer, especially lung cancer. Other uses include treating cancer, diabetes, dysentery, fever, heart problems, warts, and a vitamin C-deficiency condition called scurvy. Some people also use apples for cleaning their teeth.
How does it work?
Apples contain pectin, which helps bulk up the stool to treat diarrhea and constipation. Apples also contain some chemicals that seem to be able to kill bacteria. Apple peel contains a chemical called ursolic acid that is suspected to have a role in building muscle and metabolism.
APPLE Uses & Effectiveness 
Insufficient Evidence for:
- Preventing cancer, especially lung cancer. There is some early evidence that eating more apples might lower the chance of developing lung cancer.
- Softening and passing gallstones. Some developing research suggests that drinking apple juice for seven days and then adding olive oil on the seventh day before going to bed might soften gallstones and help them leave the body in a bowel movement.
- Weight loss. Some preliminary research suggests that eating apples three times daily might modestly increase weight loss over a period of 12 weeks.
- Diabetes.
- Metabolic syndrome.
- Fever.
- Heart problems.
- Scurvy.
- Warts.
- Cleaning teeth.
- Diarrhea.
- Constipation.
- Other conditions.
APPLE Side Effects & Safety
Apples are safe for most people, as long as the seeds aren’t eaten. No side effects are generally known or expected to occur with apple fruit.
The apple seeds, however, contain cyanide and are poisonous. Eating enough seeds (in one case, one cup of apple seeds) can cause death. The cyanide is released in the stomach as the seeds are digested, so it may take several hours for the symptoms of poisoning to appear.
Special Precautions & Warnings:
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Apple is safe in amounts found in food, but there's not enough information to know if it's safe in the larger amounts that are used as medicine.Allergy to apricot and related plants: Apple may cause an allergic reaction in people who are sensitive to the Rosaceae family. Members of this family include apricot, almond, plum, peach, pear, and strawberry. If you have allergies, be sure to check with your healthcare provider before taking apple.
APPLE Interactions
Moderate Interaction Be cautious with this combination
- Fexofenadine (Allegra) interacts with APPLE
Apple juice can decrease how much fexofenadine (Allegra) your body absorbs. Taking apple along with fexofenadine (Allegra) might decrease the effectiveness of fexofenadine (Allegra).
APPLE Dosing
The appropriate dose of apple depends on several factors such as the user's age, health, and several other conditions. At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for apple. Keep in mind that natural products are not always necessarily safe and dosages can be important. Be sure to follow relevant directions on product labels and consult your pharmacist or physician or other healthcare professional before using.
