Day 71 An Apple a Day (Theme: Food)

Teaching social skills in preschool this year has left me with more than my fair share of colds. I am currently on my fifth or sixth cold bug of the school year, and I have become quite an obsessive hand washer, vitamin taker, and apple eater. Although it doesn't seem to be doing much good, yet.

Nevertheless, in honor of this week's food theme I thought I would do a little research on my favorite website and the source of infinite knowledge (ahem, wikipedia.com) to see if there is any truth behind the old adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." Here's what I found about our old friend, the apple:

*1 apple provides 20 percent of your daily recommended dose of fiber.
* Apples are a good source of pectin, a fiber that may prevent colon cancer.
* Apples are virtually fat free and contain mostly water.
* Apples contain up to 10% of the daily recommended dose of Vitamin C.

How about them apples :).