Medieval Apple Pips Modern Rivals For Healthy Eating

Ah, the good old days.

"A 12th century organically grown apple called Pendragon has higher levels of health- giving plant compounds than modern non organically grown rivals, such as Golden Delicious, Royal Gala and Cox. From peel to core, the mighty Pendragon outperformed 14 other pipsqueak competitors, pharmacist Michael Wakeman told delegates at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's annual event, the British Pharmaceutical Conference, in Manchester.

'Of all the organic varieties, Pendragon was the best apple variety and contained 7 of the 8 kinds of healthy components at the highest levels. In contrast, the non-organic apples consistently had low levels and less major healthy components in both the flesh and the peel,' said Wakeman."

Which is why the lifespan in Medieval England catapulted to about 33 years.

Good job Pendragon.

Think this is some kind of marketing ploy?

(BTW, lifespan is not the test. Neither is life expectancy. However, if you are going to say something is "healthy," the least it can do is affect the likelihood of developing certain bad illnesses by lessening it.)