You have heard the old saying – peel an onion, there’s lots of layers! When it comes to apples – DO NOT peel the skin off because that is where all the healing power lies – in the skin! The skin of apples contain large amounts of quercetin which like Vitamin C and beta-carotene, help prevent harmful oxygen molecules from damaging individual cells. This is what helps prevent changes in the cells – when you expose cells to a carcinogen (toxins, chemicals or pollutants) and then put it in quercetin, you prevent mutation from occurring. (Ref. The Doctor’s Book of Food Remedies, page 22)

Reducing Pesticide Exposure!

By Sherry L. Granader

The long-term effects of pesticide and herbicide exposure are unclear, but who wants to wait around until “absolute” scientific evidence is available and whether any pesticide is linked to any disease. Pesticides that have been considered safe and were used for decades are now being banned – for example, methyl parathion was recently banned from being sprayed on apples.
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