Weight loss tip of the day number 18:
Try eating an apple a day.
There really is something to the saying; An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Here is some information I found on Web M. D. Researchers from Cornell's Food Science and Toxicology Department in Ithaca, N. Y. found that the antioxidant properties of one fresh apple were equal to 1,500 milligrams of vitamin C. The Cornell researchers suggest that a combination of plant chemicals, collectively known as phytochemicals, found mainly in the skin of apples, provide the bulk of the fruit's anticancer and antioxidant properties. The cooperative activity of these phytochemicals, they argue, has health benefits that are superior to those found in single compounds like vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta-carotene. Apples are rich in isoflavones and phenolics, Many of the antioxidants in an apple are in the skin, which might have cancer fighting properties.