Apple skin nutritious or dangerous to our health?

I eat my apples with its skin on coz it was said to have nutrients. I have never read about the pesticide residues left on its skin, not until you posted this topic. So now I have to think about eating it with skin or peeling it off.

I always eat the skin. Since I was little my parents would always tell me not to peel it off because it is where most of the nutrients are found. We just wash it thoroughly. This is also the case for other types of fruits and veggies. Yeah I've read about pesticides in fruits' and veggies' skin but somehow I don't seem to mind. Of course there are some fruits and veggies which skin I don't eat such as mango, avocado, banana (duh!, hehehe!) but for thin-skinned fruits such as apples, pears -- I include the skin. For squash though, as part of an ingredient in a local vegetable stew, we don't peel off the skin.

Hi Jacruz. I eat an unpeeled as i was told that more nutrients are in the skin. Now that you mentioned it, can the wash away the pesticides? is there anything we should add in the water to wash those chemicals out? Something like baking soda perhaps?

My sister and my wife used to peel off the skin of the apple and used to eat. But I used to eat the apple with skin.Later on I have also read some of the news that the skin of the apple may contain pesticides, or flour or a wax to keep the apple fresh. But , now I will wash and peel off the skin to eat the apple. Certainly peeling the apple will lower the level of ill effects of pesticides.

I do eat an whole apple without peeling its skin. Before eating i will keep the apple in water for at least 10min and wash it thoroughly and then i will eat. Yes you are correct peeling the skin of apple will removes an important nutrient.

i wash apples and eat the with the skin on. but then i think an apple without its skin is a bit bland, the skin makes it taste more interesting. so i take the risk and hope the benefits of the nutrients outweigh the problems caused by the pesticides.

Hi Jacruz! I usually eat apples with its skin still on it. I don't peel them. Not just because a lot of nutrients are in it, but also because it's just too bothersome to peel it first before eating it.

It is indeed very healthy, if the apples are grown naturally. But usage of pesticides and other chemicals are causing harm to our health. Hence, it is better to peel off the skin rather than ending up in some complicated cancer!

I eat the skins, as they are an excellent source of fibre, but I do wash them well first.

I usually eat apple with skin, they say apple skin has a lot of nutrients on it, i just washed thoroughly and many times the apple before i eat. I dont wanna throw the nutrients that i can get from apple.

actually apple skin andd pear skin good for health. but in this era, many people farm use pestisida, herbisida, insektisida, and many more. it still leave at fruit skin. better you do not eat apple skin now, cause most of them contain toxic.

not only pesticides but germs, salmonella, e-colli, fungi is always there that sticks on apple's skin..... but the apples itself is nutritious and not dangerous if to grow it with care.... the same reasons when planting rice, you apply chemicals in order for the grass pests not to corrupt those plantations and business....

I rarely peel an apple before eating it. I don't think that here where I live they put that much pesticide on the apples, also, I always try to buy organic fruits and vegetables.

aple skin is nutritios, but we must know that pesticide is in it. so i think it is much better if we throw it away. or just get the organic one, safe and healthy

Apple is very good for health. There is saying that "one apple for a day keeps doctor away." But now a days apples are coated with wax to preserve. It's better we need to remove that and eat it.

It's quite make us confuse whether peel the skin first or eat the apple straight with its skin. But it is still quite risky to eat the skin since its may contain the remaining of pesticides eventhough its very nutritious. I sometimes eat it with the skin but sometimes peel it too depends on the condition of the skin. If the skin looks bright and clean then i'll just wash it as clean as possible and eat it straight. But if the skin looks a little pale and a little dirty then i'll peel the skin.