The best way to eat an apple is whole, skin and all. For an extra treat, you could cut the apple into small pieces, place them in a dish, drizzle a tiny bit of reduced calorie caramel sauce over the apples and sprinkle some almonds or other nuts on top. Stay away from apple pies and other desserts that have too much sugar and fat. It's important to eat only ripe apples, because unripe apples have a lack of most important ingredients.

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