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Free radicals is not the name of a sixties band, but the evil compounds in your body that attack healthy cells causing damage that can adversely affect your long-term health. They can damage LDL cholesterol making the already bad cholesterol worse. They can even damage our DNA.  Antioxidants to the rescue. They can neutralize these …

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Before you peel that low-calorie, high-fibre, healthy apple keep in mind that most of the fibre and the antioxidants are in the peel. Quercetin is the antioxidant responsible for lowering your chances of developing certain cancers and pectin is the type of fibre that helps reduce your cholesterol. Scrub your apples well before you take …

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