2006-08-12 05:05:54 · 26 answers · asked by chand c 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
more fiber and minerals in the skin - also more wax and pesticides.
If you want to eat the skin, buy organic.
2006-08-12 05:12:45 · answer #1 · answered by friskygimp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should wash your apple to remove pesticides from the skin. The skin of an apple contains fibers and some nutrients, some like it with the skin some without. depends on your taste. Slices of green apples with the skin are excellent when dunked in a bit of butterscotch pudding...
2006-08-12 05:12:26 · answer #2 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good news/badnews situation.
Good news is : you get a lot of fiber and it is recommended. One should eat the skin also.
Bad news: They spray at the farm with pesticides. Plus they coated it with paraffin wax to keep it looking good at the grocery store. Though this is regulated by the government but do not always trust the regulation. Later on they tell you it causes this or that.
So, it's your call.
What bugs me though is the label they put on them. It has a glue and god knows what that glue can do to you. So, I remove the skin under the label with a knife to get rid of the glue and eat the apple+skin too. I guess I am taking a careful chance........!!
2006-08-12 05:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by Nightrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its good to eat with skin as the skin contains certain nutrients that is not found in the naked fruit. But nowadays the outer skin of apples are often coated with wax that is harmful to our body... So the decision is yours to make...
2006-08-12 05:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by westervel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The skin of the apple should be washed but is very good in nutrients. If the skin is bitter, then and only then cut it off.
2006-08-12 05:07:27 · answer #5 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure of the difference, but I eat apples almost daily and always eat the skin.
2006-08-12 05:08:56 · answer #6 · answered by Adios 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apple skins contain a lot of nutrition. So I think eating with the skin is a whole lot better. :)
2006-08-12 05:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Macs - my favorite. We get 1/2 bushel mid October and have one every day.
You should eat the skin (after washing). It contains fiber and vitamins. Get some Macs when the skin is red and the meat white -- delicious.
2006-08-12 05:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The skin of an apple has more nutriants than the flesh of the apple. It is also excellent ruffage
2006-08-12 05:09:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well...i think it's better if you eat it with the skin on. The vitamins and lots of nutrients are there beneath the skin, just beneath the skin so if you peel it off you're gonna loose it.
But...sometimes i peel the skin too if it's too thick and bitter...
2006-08-12 05:11:12 · answer #10 · answered by belle_chocolatiere 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋