Fruit peel Usefulness

Throwing away the fruit peel may mean throwing away the best part of fruit.

An apple a day can keep the doctor away but only when if you don’t peel it. Researchers found the acid named ursolic is present in fruit skin, which offers benefits from boosting muscle growth to keeping cholesterol and blood sugar under control.

Peaches are the super fruit to scrub your face for a glowing complexion. Eating the peel of peach fruit helps revitalize and hydrate the skin. The fruit peel rich in potassium and vitamin A can boost the immune system, remove toxins, maintain healthy skin, protect the eyes from developing cataracts and lower the risk of cancer, heart disease and arthritis.

Banana peel helps to shine the leaves of your houseplants. It also helps to polish shoes. The skin contains potassium and antioxidants that aid a faster recovery. Bananas peel also rich in serotonin, the mood-balancing chemical.

Kiwi fruit peel contains three times the antioxidants of the pulp, giving it anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic properties. It also fights off bugs like Staphylococcus and E. coli, which are responsible for food poisoning.

Lemon contains citric acid, so their rind is great for polishing brass, copper and other non-ferrous metals. Adding lemon peel and lemon juice with the same amount of water helps to rid your microwave of nasty smells.

Papaya peel helps for quick pedicure. It helps to soften skin and soothe your cracked heels. The fruits are rich in Vitamin A that breaks down inactive proteins and removes dead skin cells. The fruit skin can also used as facemask. But don’t apply for long time, it may cause dryness.

Pear peel contains a higher concentration of vitamins and nutrients than the flesh. It inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

Pomegranates can ease stomach troubles, such as diarrhoea. Boil a pomegranate peel in water with a cinnamon stick and drink it once it has cooled.

Summer season fruits

Summer season fruits and health benefits:

Watermelon:
The fruit helps to quench the thirst. It is a good source of beta carotene, vitamin C, pectin, lycopene, potassium and iron. It helps to renovate the dehydrated water of the body. Sweet melon is also one of the best fruit of summer season.

Orange:
It should be advisable to take one hour before or after eating your meal. It helps in digesting food.

Grapes:
The fruits helps to renovate the dehydrated water of the body. You must need an interval between eating grape and meal.

Juices to be taken during summer:

Apple Juice:
It improves heart health and lung function. It is mainly good for liver and intestines.

Beetroot Juice:
Beetroot Juice helps in creation of red blood cells. It helps the patients having memory losses and face problem and also helps in decreasing the damage due to menstrual and menopausal problems.

Lemon Juice:
Lemon juice has an effect on digestive system. The acid in lemon juice can help neutralize the deficiency of lower amount of stomach acid in diabetics’ patients.

Pomegranate Juice:
It improves heart health by lowering blood pressure.

Tomato Juice:
Tomato juice appears to lower the risk of prostate cancer. It helps protect people against immune system deficiencies.

Watermelon Juice:
It is the best recommended to lose weight quickly and naturally. It also improves heart health.

Best Fruits for weight loss

Won’t it be good to lose weight without requiring a diet of tasteless food or hours and hours of sweating over a tiresome treadmill?? The answer would definitely be YES. You can lose weight by eating an unlimited amount of sweet satisfying food which is nothing but FRUITS.

Fruits are one of best choice to lose weight since it has low calories and fat. Also it helps you to stay full because of its water and fiber content. Apples, watermelon, grapefruit and papaya are some of the fruits which favor weight loss. To get better results, eat fresh fruit rather than fruit juice or dried fruits because dried fruits have more energy density than whole fresh fruits.

Citrus fruits are another food which aids for weight. Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C which helps to dissolve and liquefy the fat and eliminate it from the body. Apples are also the best choice not only since it is low in calories, but also has high pectin content which lowers the insulin levels and promote weight loss. So you can very well say, “An apple a day keeps the fat away”.

The uncommon fact about papaya is that the skin of this unripe fruit contributes to weight loss. The skin contains an enzyme called papain which is used as a diet tenderizer and helps in effective digestion.

What fruits can a diabetic eat?

Diabetics usually avoid eating fruit because of the high sugar content present in most of the fruits. But fortunately, there are fruits that do not affect the blood glucose level which a diabetic can enjoy.

Avocados are rich in monounsaturated fat which helps to increase the good cholesterol and reduce the bad cholesterol in the blood. This reduces the risk of heart diseases which is more common to diabetics. Also the vitamin E content found in avocados reduces the nerve damage in diabetic patients. But it should be consumed cautiously since the fat content in it may lead to obesity and complicate diabetes. Half of the medium-sized avocados can be served for diabetics.

Grapefruits are good in treating diabetes. The rich amount of antioxidant in it lowers the blood sugar levels. Naringenin which is found in grapefruit never hinders the insulin production, in turn increases the body’s sensitivity to insulin. It also promotes weight loss which is a vital part in diabetes treatment. Grapefruit shows better results when consumed during meal times.

Apples are proved beneficial in curing diabetes because of its rich pectin content which improves the glycemic control in diabetic patients. It also decreases the insulin requirements of the body by up to 50%. Apples are abundant in Myricetin, a plant polyphenol which protects the diabetic Red Blood Cells (RBC’s) from the harmful effects of oxidative stress and reduces the risk of diabetes.

So next time when you visit a diabetic friend, gift him these fruits which might help your friend to fight against the complications of diabetes.

Grapple fruit

Grapple fruit is a combination of both grapes and apple. Grape + apple= grapple.

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The fruit tastes like grape and looks like apple. It is a brand name for Fuji or gala apple and it has been specially treated to make the taste of the fruit flesh looks like a grape. The grapple fruit typically looks large and have a flesh that is sweeter and crisper. The grapple fruit is one of the varieties of Fuji apple.

Grapple fruit

• It is a cholesterol free fruit that reduces the level of cholesterol
• Eating this fruit also reduces the chance of cancer
• When kept at room temperature, this fruit become soft, mealy and mushy
• The Grapple season begins late October or early November.
• It gets paired with some cheese varieties for a tasty treat.