There are few people who do not like bananas. Besides the fact that bananas are tasty and nutritious, they contain a lot of useful substances such as potassium and magnesium. After eating bananas, the skin from them is usually thrown away, however, scientists have proved that bananas need to be eaten together with the peel.
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Why eat banana peel?
There are many reasons for this:
- in a banana peel contains tryptophan, which stimulates the production of serotonin - the hormone of happiness and good mood;
- There are a lot of banana and lutein in the skin, which our body cannot produce on its own. Lutein improves the condition of the retina and enhances visual acuity;
- the abundance of fiber and hard dietary fiber provides satiety for a long time and positively affects the digestion process;
- a huge amount of potassium helps strengthen blood vessels, heart muscles, normalizes the work of the cardiovascular system;
- magnesium contained in a banana peel is a natural relaxant, helps to cope with depression, increases stress resistance, improves the quality and duration of sleep, relieves muscle tone and increased seizure;
- bananas, used together with the peel, contribute to the removal of excess salts from the body;
- Regular eating banana peels helps lower blood cholesterol.
Before consuming a banana peel, you must rinse it with hot running water.
How to eat banana peel in food
Of course, the easiest way is to eat a banana without peeling, but in addition, you can use a banana peel for making smoothies, banana tea, add to various pastries along with pulp, bake bananas without peeling, and so on.
How to make banana tea
One fruit should be thoroughly washed, put in a saucepan (can be cut into 2 - 3 parts beforehand), pour 1 - 1.5 liters of water, add a pinch of cinnamon and bring to a boil, then turn off the stove and leave for half an hour to insist. Further on request: you can use boiled banana, washed down with banana tea, or you can rub it through a sieve into banana water and eat it in the form of liquid puree.