APPLES AND VITAMIN C

 I'm sure you've heard the old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."  Apples are good for us and should be a part of our diets, but I am not sure eating one a day will keep the doctor away.  Two big benefits of apples are that they are low in calories, and they are high in soluble fibers.  Soluble fibers do help to lower cholesterol.  But you might be surprised to discover that apples are fairly low in nutritional values.  The average apple only has 8 mg of vitamin C.  That is 13% of the daily allowance needed.  Nothing wrong with that except many people think apples are full of vitamin C, they are not. If you are eating an apple a day and think that is keeping up your vitamin C, you need to be sure you are getting plenty of vitamin C elsewhere in your diet.