Tag: Eating whole apple

According to a 2019 study from Graz University of Technology in Austria, eating the whole apple—core and all—can provide ten times more beneficial bacteria for your gut microbiome than eating just the flesh. So, are you meant to eat the whole apple, or is the core best left aside?

According to a 2019 study published in *Frontiers in Microbiology*, an apple can contain up to 100 million bacteria, with most residing in the core. This discovery challenges the common practice of discarding this central portion, leading many to question: is it okay to eat the middle part of an apple?