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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

Are apples that rich in calories? I mean whats the point? 
 
 rob

"Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:
>  1.36  Diet apples for diet freaks
>
> 20 February 2006
>   Translated by Mark Hutcko, CheckBiotech
>
>   US researchers have developed a transgenic apple tree which bears  
> fruits sweetened with sorbitol.
>
>   US researchers have developed a technique which reduces the calories  
> in an apple by about one half. With the help of genetic engineering,  
> they changed the metabolism of apple trees, so they would store  
> sorbitol instead of fructose in the fruit.
>
> http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm? 
> fuseaction=search&search=checkbiotech&doc_id=12287&start=1&fullsearch=1
>
>   Submitted by Robert.Derham@unibas.ch
>   Editor,
>  Checkbiotech
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