Don't throw Out Your Banana Peel – It has some Surprising Health Benefits!

Banana Peel Nutrition

• Banana peel is rich in potassium and contains much more soluble and insoluble fiber than the fruit’s flesh.

• All this dietary fiber promotes better digestion and bowel movements and could even reduce blood cholesterol levels.

• Banana peel also contains an antioxidant called lutein, which could protect and boost the health of your eyes.

• And, last but not least, banana peels contain a mood-boosting substance called tryptophan.

Here are 9 Healthy Uses for Banana Peels

1. Boost Your Mood

Depression affects everyone. It can come and go throughout the course of your lifetime. Sometimes depression is a little more serious and sometimes it’s just a feeling that shows up for an hour or two and then goes away. These minor dips in mood are common and are often the result of inadequate nutrients. When you’re feeling a little down, why not try eating banana peels?
Did you know that ripe Banana Peels are great for depression? Banana Peels are packed full of serotonin which boost your mood and help you feel happy, just like prozac and lots of other mood enhancing drugs… according to a study at the University of Taiwan. Studies show that if you eat two Banana Peels a day for three days you have a net increase of 15% in your serotonin level – Wow!
Banana peels are high in mood-boosting serotonin—a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan. Banana peels are a feel-good food, so eating banana peels is not so bad after all.

2. Protect Your Red Blood Cells

Red blood cells deliver oxygen to your body tissues all day and all night. Banana peel nutrients include those that can help prevent your red blood cells from breaking down.
So if eating banana peels is a good thing, how do you do it? Raw, if you can, although many find them a little stringy and not nearly as tasty as the fleshy banana part. You can also boil banana peels to soften them first. In Asia, chefs cook banana peels and fruits together and serve them as a dessert. You can also add banana peels to the blender when making a smoothie or a juice.

3. Protect Your Heart and lower cholesterol

Banana peel is actually richer in both soluble and insoluble fiber than the banana itself—another reason why eating banana peel is a good idea. Fiber has been shown in countless studies to aid in lowering cholesterol. When you keep your cholesterol levels low, you help to ward off complications from heart disease such as heart attacks and stroke. These banana peel nutrients are extremely beneficial.

4. Keep Slim

Banana peels are full of fiber and nutrients and not much else! They aren’t high in calories and can be an important food in helping to keep extra pounds from gathering at your waistline—while still allowing you to reap banana peel nutrients.

5. Relieve Rashes and Itches

Banana peel is excellent for bug bites, poson ivry rashes and psoriasis. Rub the banana peels into your skin. If your skin reacts and starts burning, put the peel in the fridge until it cools and try reapplying it to the skin. You should feel instant relief from the chilled peel.

6. Sleep Better

At the same time Banana Peels are full of lots of tryptophan that help you get a good nights rest.

7. Anti-Cancer Agent

Banana Peels contain powerful anticarcinogenic compounds that help to prevent cancer. And they also contain cytoprotective agents and antimutagenic agents that reduce your chances of coming down with cancer. At the same time have lots of carotenoids and polyphenols like that found in green tea that help to keep your immune system healthy.

8. Antioxidants and Nutrients

Also Banana Peels are high in potassium, so if you need more potassium, and perhaps are taking potassium in some form… why not switch to Banana Peels. Banana Peels also contain lots of antioxidants that help to prevent cardiovascular disease and caner… and thus they boost your immune system and help prevent disease. They also contain B vitamins for great health and vitality, magnesium for detoxing and regulating blood sugar, and potassium which is very important for cardiovascular health and water regulation, plus can help lower blood pressure.

9. Skin Health and Anti-Inflammatory Agent

Banana Peels are also a good anti-inflammatory agent that helps to sooth away all kinds of inflammatory processes. And they also help with warts, psoriasis, itching, insect bites, rashes, poison oak and ivy, wrinkles, and help to create great looking skin.

Taking a Banana Peel and putting in on a plantar wart for 30 days every night, will make it turn black and fall off(yellow part of the skin towards the wart)… the skin contains salicylic acid that facilitates wart removal… much nicer than having warts burned off.

Banana Peels have also been used for bone spurs, putting Banana Peel on just before going to bed and wrapping it in place very night… a couple weeks later the pain disappears.

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Author: Marsha Mellow

Hello dear friends. Welcome to Natural Medicine Box. My name is Melody and I love love, love natural medicine. This is my passion and joy of living. I hope you enjoy your visit today and please visit often. Thank you! View all posts by Marsha Mellow