An apple a day - some better than others

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An apple a day - some better than others

05 Nov 2005

The cold season is nothing to sneeze at, but here's something that

might help: researchers say some apples might do a better job of

keeping the doctor away than others.

Red Delicious, Northern Spy and Ida Red, pack a greater wallop of

disease-fighting antioxidants than other apples studied, reports a

Canadian study in the ACS Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Researcher: Rong Tsao, Ph.D., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, (519)

780-8062,

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