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At least, without scrubbing it.  Did you know that apples have the most pesticide residue of any fruit?  That's right.  Each time you eat even a washed and peeled apple -- and don't even think about eating one that's not -- pesticides are seeping into your body.  Almost 100% (92%) of apples test positive for one or two pesticides , according to USA Today. While the government claims the level is not enough to kill anyone, who wants to eat even a smidgen of Round Up?   Pesticides are known to be toxic to the nervous system, cause cancer, disrupt hormones and cause brain damage in children, USA Today reports. Pregnant women are advised to avoid foods containing pesticides.  A study by  Harvard School of Public Health  found children exposed to pesticides had a higher risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. And "produce washes"?  Forget about it. Washing with them is unlikely to help remove pesticides because they're...

We all know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for us.  But did you know they may help us live longer, too? I don't mean just resisting diabetes and cancer and heart disease -- illnesses related to obesity that can come when you don't eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Valerie DeBenedette at Reuters reports that people who ate less than five servings of fruits and vegetables a day died earlier than those who did, and people who said they never ate fruit and vegetables "died an average of three years sooner than those who ate plenty of apples, carrots and tomatoes," researchers found in a study in Sweden. And if you eat more than five servings a day?  Sorry.  You don't get any bonus years!   Researchers studied 71,000 Swedes ages 43 to 85 for 13 years.  Nearly 11,500 of those enrolled died by 2010.  So did they all not eat their fruits and vegetables? The study found that people "who had reported eating no fruit or vegetables at the star...