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In my a previous post this month I introduced the idea of pumpkins being symbolic with the fall season in America.\u00a0 Pumpkins are certainly associated with both Halloween and Thanksgiving, the two big fall holidays, but there are other foods associated with this season too.\u00a0 Today I am going to start a two-part serious looking at another iconic fall food, the apple.\u00a0 Like pumpkins, apples are ripe in many parts of the United States in fall, and usually only in fall.\u00a0 So people have grown accustom to eating apples in the fall, making apple pies (and other apple desserts), and drink apple beverages like apple cider.\u00a0 Often when Americans think about apples they think about fall and picking apples.<\/p>\n
Today, to begin our look at apples I\u2019d like to introduce you to a common English saying, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 In my next post we look at some activities that involve apples in the fall.\u00a0 First though let\u2019s talk about this common phrase:<\/p>\n
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”<\/p>\n
This idiom means exactly what it says, if you eat apples frequently (i.e. every day) you will have good health.\u00a0 One reason most American know this phrase is because they probably heard if from their parents when they were young.\u00a0 This is because parents try to get their children to eat more healthy food, when children often just want sweets.\u00a0 This phrase is frequently used to encourage people to eat healthy foods.\u00a0 In fact apples do have some good health benefits. They contain Vitamin C and cholesterol reducing chemicals. They also reduce tooth decay, which may be the main reason this phrase came about many years ago.\u00a0 The oldest recorded use of this phrase in English is form the 1860s a time in history when tooth troubles were a big problem as they can be very painful.\u00a0 So, if you want to stay healthy, you can take some good American advice: an apple a day keeps the doctor away.<\/p>\n
Are there any sayings like this in your native language, sayings that encourage people to eat a certain food for good health?\u00a0 Maybe you could translate one into English and share it with us here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my a previous post this month I introduced the idea of pumpkins being symbolic with the fall season in America.\u00a0 Pumpkins are certainly associated with both Halloween and Thanksgiving, the two big fall holidays, but there are other foods associated with this season too.\u00a0 Today I am going to start a two-part serious…<\/p>\n