Antioxidant Activity of Apples is High

Recent research at Cornell University suggests people should eat more apples – skins and all. One of the reasons: apples are high in antioxidants.

"An apple a day could very well keep the doctor away," says Chang Y. Lee, a food chemist at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. "The fact is most Americans barely eat one apple a week."

"Increasing dietary consumption of fresh apples-with the skins on-provides additional phytochemicals that have a long-term health benefit, and may prevent or reduce the risk of some chronic diseases," says Lee.

While making applesauce results in a loss of about 30 percent of apples' total antioxidant (www.3fatchicks.com), even then applesauce is higher in antioxidants than many other fruits and vegetables. Optimizing nutrition and flavor Pastor Chuck cooks its applesauce with its peels and seeds before straining it for applesauce.

Applesauce anyone?