If you had to choose one fruit to keep your colon happy, which would it be?
If you said apples, that’s not a bad choice. The kind of fiber in apples — called pectin — appears to both bump up colon-protective compounds and clamp down on cancer-causing ones.
The Power of Pectin
In a lab study, apple pectin increased levels of butyrate, a fatty acid that not only keeps colon tissue healthy but also slows the production of a cancer-causing substance. Apple juice extracts amped up butyrate as well. If you opt for apple juice, find out why cloudy trumps the clear kind.