TIL - Why we Should Not Throw out The Banana Peel and What Are The Benefits
Did you know that you only get 70% of nutrients from every fruits that you eat, but you'll get 92% when you juice or make some smoothie out of it. Yup! and Guess what? You should not throw aways peels i.e banana, lemon. Just because something contains nutrients doesn't mean your body can absorb them. You should consider eating banana peel.
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How do you eat banana peel?
I know some easy steps on how to make it more special. Ofcourse we don't wanna eat it just like that. To eat the peel, you can either blend it into smoothies or fry, bake, or boil them for at least 10 minutes, and the riper you allow the banana to get, the thinner and sweeter the peel becomes.
What are the benefits?
Here's the bonus did you know that banana can do a lot of things like:
• Shoe polish
• Teeth Whitener
• Itch soother
• Rose food
• Acne
• and even Dry skin cure and alot more. So important thing whether you're gnawing on a raw peel or using it in your cooking, always make sure to wash it thoroughly.
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Do not forget that it really helps with road rage when you have one of those drivers just riding your ass and you want to slow them down somehow
Bananas are awesome! Too bad there is a lot of anti banana propaganda from mostly the western world, have you noticed that?
Ya Poor Banana's, I mean how many people have you ever seen slipping on a banana skin. It's criminal the poor press the banana gets. Us banana's need to strike back.
Really? that's saaaad. I din't knoe about those propaganda.
Lovely! Here in brazil we take advantage of the bark of some fruits to prepare sweets or juices.
That's cool, i hope here too. Most people here throw fruit skin or oeel
Interesting, I juice daily and I do juice the skins but I never thought about Banana skins. Thanks for sharing, it's true you do learn something new every day.
It is important too know that you should only eat peels of organic bananas and lemons, as the peel accumulates the most pesticides.
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Banana peel makes good strawberry fertilizer. They replace key nutrients in the soil.