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Antioxidant Powerhouse

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Apple or Muesli Bar—The Lunchbox Dilemma

  1. Choice on-line Kids Lunch Snacks 2005

Apples.... a low GI fruit

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Antioxidant Claims—Beware The Hype

  1. Choice On-line August 2007 Superfruit Juices

New Exciting Research - Compounds in Apples

  1. He XJ and Liu RH 2007. Triterpenoids isolated from apple peels have the potent antiproliferative activity and may be partially responsible for apples anticancer activitiy. J Agric. Food chem. 55:4366-4370
  2. David PA et al 2006. Effect if apple extracts on NF-B Activation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Exp Biol Med. 231:594-598

 

Body Explorer

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