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The O akville Beaver, Friday March 31, 2006 - 37 Not all produce packs the same nutritional punch The following is the second in a two-series excerpt from the YMCA of Oakville's web site at www.ymcaofoakville.com. Our user-friendly web site offers a regular feature which is updated every other month - Y Adult Health News (Under Programs/Y Adults). Y Adult Health News is writ ten by our health and fitness experts at the Y, and offers current informa tion, tips and links to get you on the road to health. By now most of us know we should be eating five to 10 servings of Too many of us are pick fruit and vegetables ing fruits and vegetables every day, but not all of with the fewest nutrients us manage to consistent when there is a huge ly achieve this goal and YMCA of O akville selection of powerhouse when we do, we often produce that we barely choose the least power touch. ful fruits and vegetables A comparison of on the market. apples to oranges gives If you want to maxi mize the benefits from eating pro some insight. One medium-sized duce, experts say you need to make a unpeeled apple has no protein or fat, fundamental shift away from bananas the same as an orange. But when it and iceberg lettuce to powerhouse comes to calcium, the orange beats produce like blueberries and broccoli. the apple hands down with 52.4 mg compared to just 9.68 mg. Think an apple has lots of vita mins? How about 73.3 IU of vitamin A and 8.3 mg of vitamin C. Sounds good until you see that an orange has almost five times as much Vitamin A and eight times as much of vitamin C! Still not convinced? Well, let's compare folate. The apple has 4.15mcg while the orange again is a clear winner with 39.3mcg. The apple does have 25% more carbohydrates, but these days, that's not considered a good'thing. And when it comes to calories, the apple has 81 while the orange weighs in with just 61.The orange is a hands-down winner in almost every category except fibre - if you eat your apple with the skin on. Why is any of this important? 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