Carrots are healthy, peeled or unpeeled

Peeling a carrot does not remove the majority of vitamins, according to the Tufts University Nutrition Letter.

The carrot skin contains concentrated vitamin C and niacin but just under the peel, the next layer, the phloem, also has these vitamins, along with vitamin A.

The core of the carrot, the xylem, contains the most calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus.

According to scientists at the Tufts Antioxidant Research Laboratory, peeling a carrot removes some small amounts of vitamins and minerals, but there is “plenty of nutritional value left behind.”

The conclusion: Eat carrots the way you like them.