Dr. Vasantha Rupasinghe is quoted in the October 2013 issue of Men's Health magazine. In an article entitled Are all apples eqully nutritious? Dr. Rupasinghe has this to say:
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One reason apple pie isn't health food: The peel hassix to eight times the polyphenols of the flesh, plus other compounds, says Vasantha Rupasinghe,Ph.D., an associate professor of agriculture at ¼¤ÇéÒÁÈËÂé¶¹¾Ã¾Ã×ÛºÏ in Nova Scotia. At the farmer's marker, he recommends, ask the vendor which local varieties have the thickest peels. And at the supermarket, try two thick-skinned varieties, Red Delicious and Idared Â
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