Who doesn’t like eating apples?
Delicious to taste and rich in various nutrients like fibres, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins etc, apples are the most consumed food on this planet Earth.
While eating apples we just eat the fruit after peeling off the skin as the skin might have wax plus other chemicals etc. This must be avoided because by throwing away the skin and just eating the fruit we might lose various health benefits. Bitter truth is that when we peel off the skin or throw away the skin of apples then we might not get certain essential nutrients. Eating apples along with its skin could provide us with maximum benefits. Not only apples, we must eat fruits like plums, pears, kiwis and chickoo etc along with their skin to get maximum health benefits.
Various benefits of apple peels are
Peels are full of fibres:
Not the fruit, but the skin of apples has got maximum fibre content in them. So we must avoid throwing away the skin or peeling of the skin. It is a known fact that by consuming fibres we would feel full for a long time. By this, we could avoid unnecessary food cravings. Our liver health would improve due to intake of fibres. Intake of apple skin having fibres would help the diabetic patients in digestion.
Protects lungs:
Lungs are important organs in us and it is essential that we must have good lung health. Anti-inflammatory compounds named quercetin present in the apples would protect the lungs from many issues.
Good for heart health:
It is true that by consuming apple peels containing polyphenols our BP as well as cholesterol levels would get lowered. This would help the heart to be in good shape by increasing vascular flexibility.
Good for weight loss:
We could avoid eating more or overeating when we consume apple peels having high fibre content. By this, calorie intake would get lowered and this would help in weight loss. Inhibition of fat and glucose adsorption would take place due to poly phenols present in the apple peels and by this there would be weight reduction.
Good for overall health:
The skin or peel of apples has vitamins like A, C and K plus minerals like calcium, potassium and phosphorus etc. When a person consumes apple skin then the person would have superb overall health. Point is that these nutrients would improve the health of the heart, nerves, brain, skin, bones etc.