How about some more crazy health news in today’s blog? You’ve probably heard the saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. (Your parents might use it to get you to eat fruit, if you don’t like it.) But did you know that organic apples might actually be better for you than apples grown with pesticides?  To find out more about this, we need to go right to the core of the issue… the apple core that is! That’s where codling moth caterpillars like to hang out. These little critters are actually pests in the eyes of apple orchard farmers. Over the years, farmers have kept their number in check by exposing them to a virus that specifically harms this type of worm.

And now to the core of the story… It turns out that the virus affects worms that munch on organic apples much less than worms that eat apples grown with pesticides. How come? Scientists think that eating organic apples makes the little fellows healthier. Why this is happening is still a mystery to scientists. Maybe you have a few ideas of your own?