(RealAge.com) If you’re looking for a sweet, diabetes-thwarting snack, pick up an apple.

This easy-to-find fruit enhances insulin sensitivity, according to Joseph Maroon, MD, author of The Longevity Factor. And that’s a good thing, because efficiently using insulin helps your body control blood sugar…

Here are some other big benefits that Maroon notes in his book. Apples can help:

• Lower cholesterol and inhibit triglyceride absorption.
• Stave off weight gain. Lose a few pounds by eating apples at this time of day.
• Reduce allergies by blocking histamine. This vitamin helps ease allergies, too.
• Protect your colon. Find out how apples keep your gut happy.
• Prevent bone loss. Assess your risk of bone disease with this quick quiz.

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