Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> Is this true?
> I've heard it all my life about how the crust or the skin has the most
> vitamins, but I've never figured out how or why that would be. I've
> never heard a doctor say it. I've never heard promoters advertise that
> their product comes from the nutritious skin part of the carrot. I'm
> wondering if it is another one of those things that parents dream up for
> discriminating toddlers.


No one else got interested in my question so I googled on it myself.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...C0A9659C8B 63


In carrots, the peel is the same color as the rest of the carrot.
There's no added nutrition in the peel.

In potatoes and apples, there is a difference.


--Lia