At his blog, Dr Mercola posted an interesting question – what is the healthiest part of an apple? Turns out, it may be the peel.

It may be well known the peel contains 75% of the fiber in an apple, but less well-known is that the peel contains most of the phytochemicals that provide the apple’s anti-carcinogenic properties. (Links to the studies on the blog.)

Note: Don’t forget to thoroughly wash an apple before eating it! Apples can contain plenty of pesticides, but also can/do contain processing waxes/shellacs/glosses (that are used to make the apples look cosmetically better in the supermarkets). Wash thoroughly!

This could be another point in the ’smoothies versus juices’ debate…