🍎APPLES FOR GUT HEALTH🍏 The common apple has many benefits, such as fiber, vitamin C and potassium, and a review of studies found that eating apples was associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, asthma and type-2 diabetes (1). 🍎But COOKED apples have an extra benefit: gut-healing pectin. This special form of fibre is released during the stewing process, and new evidence suggests that it may help to repair and maintain the intestinal mucosa lining. 🍏One animal study found that pectin c