Most of the time, eat healthy requires a little more work, such as preparing me
als at home and thoroughly inspect food labels. So this health tip will come as a positive change: Lowers and stop peeler to remove the edible skins of fruits and vegetables.
Colored shells outside their products are often antioxidants most concentrated source of vitamins, minerals and.
Now this does not mean that all the nutrients found only in the shells; Experts say to peel a tomato, for example, you will not lose much of its beneficial lycopene. However, there are some independent shells that offer a unique advantage of the flesh of the fruit or vegetable.
Here are six that you should know.
1. Apples
Peel an apple will not actually fly a lot of vitamin C, but lose in pectin, a soluble fiber that can help keep you regular and lower your blood sugar "bad" LDL cholesterol and blood.
2. Carrots
Carrots are rich in a chemical-polyacetylenes substance being studied for their potential to destroy human cancer cells in test tubes. They can have antifungal, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. \
However, these compounds are concentrated just under the skin, so either leave their skin or go easy with the carrot peeler to remove only a thin strip.
3. Potatoes
Gram for gram, potato skins have more fiber, iron and potato folic acid in the meat. When planting potatoes, purple potatoes and choose very pigmented skin becomes even more important.
Researchers from the University of Maine say the skins of the potatoes contain 5 to 10 times more antioxidants than the flesh.
4. Cucumbers
Kernels cukes have less calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin K, and their intact. In addition, almost all cucumber fibers from the shell inner meat is primarily water.
5. Eggplant
An antioxidant is nasunin with which Eggplant skin is packed. The compound has not been widely studied on their own, but a study in animals found in the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health in the US He suggested that it might be important to maintain brain tissue healthy.
6. Grapes
Although the grapes are one of the worst summer fruits because most pesticides are used on grapes than any other fruit, not cut your skin or time.
The skins are where you find all phytochemical resveratrol 'red grapes that seems to benefit the heart and brain health and has been shown to slow cancer growth in cell and animal studies.
So these are the fruits not to peel off before eating.
