The majority of many phytonutrients are on the outer surface of plants because one of their roles is to act as natural herbicides and insecticides, protecting the plant from its environment. By eating the skin of fruits and vegetables whenever reasonable, you will be dramatically increase both only your fiber and phyto intake simultaneously. A prime example of how the outer plant can be extremely high in fiber and phytos is cinnamon, which is part of the cinnamon tree's bark. See my channel at YouTube.com/DrClydeWilson
This is a very interesting and informative video posting on phytonutrients. I think this would give us insight on a lot of things of which we were not aware.
Posted by: Health Advocate | June 30, 2009 at 05:13 AM