An Apple A Day

[liveonearth]

.....keeps the Doctor away.....

It's old news, I know. But new research keeps coming out to explain WHY and how apples are good for you. The most nutritious and high fiber part of the apple is: the skin. Apple consumption has been shown to fight cancer, aid digestion, reduce asthma in children when pregnant mothers eat apples, and decrease risk of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke.

How long has it been since you ate an apple? (Me: weeks...)

asthma research: http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/thx.2006.074187v1
cancer fighting: http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jafcau/2007/55/i11/abs/jf063563o.html

Comments

[marijkab.livejournal.com]

Sex sells. And if it sells apples, so be it, I guess. I just had one for lunch today.

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

So the girl represents sex because she has boobs? Because she is pigeon toed? Because her hipbone is showing? Or just because she's a girl and good looking?

[marijkab.livejournal.com]

Look at how the different sexs saw this photo: men see a chick in a suggestive pose, showing off her hip bones, women see a cute face and a big apple, and (maybe) felt a quirk of envy over what a great body this gal has. I'm not going to say that either reaction was the right or wrong one, it's just that these seem to be the usual reactions to ads like this. What would have been the reaction if it'd been a bland looking middle aged man holding an apple in a completely boring pose? Would it have caught the same amount of attention as this photo has? She's a girl and good looking, and that's what the media like's to use, (even if they are being good and selling apples)and everyone responds to pretty people. You have to admit that even though the obvious focus of the phot is the apple, the girl is a bit distracting- why use her?
I love how this one photo has brought this many comments... I"m having another apple for lunch today, by the way. :)

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just had an apple for breakfast. Yum! That sexy hipbone totally converted me.

You're absolute right. This image just brought to the fore the fact that men are visually stimulated in a sexual way.

I picked her from the google lineup of images from the search "apple a day". And I picked her because she is striking. More striking than I imagined....and it is entertaining, I agree.