Banana peels are often overlooked as afood waste, places like India and the Caribbean, transform banana peels not just into delicious food, but to also helps a person lose weight. The new secret for weight loss today are the banana peels.
The peels, becomes the new slimming superfood, because the peels contain nutrients like vitamin A, lutein, and other antioxidants, including B vitamins, in which the body of a person needs to keep its metabolism fast. Also banana peels have a vast of soluble and insoluble fiber, even more than the fruit itself. Thus, it can slow digestion, boost feelings of fullness, and even work to lower cholesterol.
Research shows that green peels are better for cooking, and a person can get a big dose of probiotics which can essentially balance the body's internal characteristic for weight loss.
Bananas are famous for their potassium, where the 40% of the mineral can be found in the peel and if eaten, a person is like having a phenomenal, calorie-busting workout.
Research has shown that green skins are high in tryptophan, serotonin, and dopamine. A study shows that by eating two peels a day in just three days the feel-good chemicals in your brain will be raised by 15%.
Even the yellow peels contains only few micronutrients, it has anti-cancer qualities that cannot be found in green skins. However, even over riped banana skins still have the capacity to promote production of white-blood cells.
When cooking the banana peels, green and yellow peels are considered as two separate ingredients. The starchier ones are the Green skins, of which the appearance and texture when cooked are same as sautéed green peppers. And in spite of the fact that the peels do have to be cooked, the peels will take on the flavors of the ingredients where the peels are prepared with, and banana peels work well in savory dishes. While yellow banana skins don't have to be cooked, they better suited to sweeter uses like blending into smoothies or making tea.
