Most fruits have edible skin such as apples, but there are many more fruit peels that are surprisingly edible. If you didn’t know, when you toss away the peel, you are actually tossing away the good nutrients that come along with it. Peels are also low in sugars, fats and calories so start chomping away.
About Different Fruit Peels
Kiwi
You wouldn’t even imagine that the skin of the kiwi fruit is even edible because of its fuzziness. You would be quite wrong actually because it is definitely edible. The skin has more goodness than the actual fruit such as vitamin C, flavonoids and antioxidants. You can eat it just as you would a peach, but if the fuzziness doesn’t tickle your fancy, scrape it off first before enjoying.
Watermelon
The white rind of a watermelon is bitter and not pleasant tasting, but throw the flesh, rind and a bit of lime juice into the mix and you have a healthy drink to start the day or a snack for lunch. Other ways to use the rind is pickling it like a cucumber, or sauteed and season it. The rind contains citrulline that can benefit the heart, circulatory system and immune system.
Bananas
Before you toss that banana peel into the trash or use it to buff away on that leather jacket, keep some of it to try out. Banana peels are able to help with cell regeneration and a natural cure for ailments.
Mango
Mango skin contains properties that are similar to resveratrol to help burn fat and is more beneficial than the flesh itself according to a study that some researchers found. To eat both the flesh and skin at the same time, the fruit can be pickled. You can also eat it raw or cook the skin.
Pineapple
Now this may be very unusual to imagine that you can eat the peel of the pineapple, but not only that, you can also eat the core of the fruit. Both of these has the highest amount of bromelain which helps to reduce inflammation.
Have you ever eaten fruit peels? What did you think about them?
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