The efficacy of the magical fruit peel is surprisingly beyond your expectation.

In today's fruit market, there are all kinds of fruits in abundance. There are red apples and strawberries, yellow pineapples and bananas, purple grapes and raisins, as well as peaches, pears, longans, lychees, watermelons, tangerines, etc., available for people to enjoy all year round. However, whether you admit it or not, the first impression they leave on you is their peels. And 120 Health Network advises us that the curative effects of these peels will definitely surprise you.

1. Highly active apple peel

Apple peel contains abundant dietary fiber which can help digestion. Nutrition experts from 120 Health Network (http://www.120.net/) state that nearly half of the vitamin C in an apple is located just under the peel. Studies have shown that the apple peel has stronger antioxidant properties than the flesh, even surpassing other fruits and vegetables. Many manufacturers have begun extracting active substances from apple peels to develop functional foods.

2. Refreshingly tasty pear peel

Pear peel is a Chinese medicine with high medicinal value, capable of refreshing the heart, moistening the lungs, reducing fire, and generating body fluid. Washing and chopping the pear peel, then stewing it with rock sugar and drinking the water can treat coughs. Adding some pear peel when making homemade pickles can make the pickles crunchier and more delicious.

3. Vascular cleaning grape peel

Grape peel contains more resveratrol than the grape flesh and seeds, which has the functions of lowering blood lipids, anti-thrombosis, preventing arteriosclerosis, and enhancing immunity. Especially the flavonoids in purple grape peels also have the effect of lowering blood pressure. Grape peel also contains abundant fiber, pectin, and iron. Some people have already started researching and utilizing grape peels to process food for treating high cholesterol and diabetes.

4. Appetite-enhancing orange peel

Orange peel is rich in a large amount of vitamin C, carotene, protein, and other nutrients, which can be used to make many delicious dishes. Orange peel porridge is fragrant and appetizing, and can also treat chest and abdominal distension or excessive phlegm due to coughing. Adding a few pieces of orange peel when making meat soup can make the soup taste better and reduce greasiness. Soaking orange peel in water or tea has a fragrant taste and can stimulate appetite, promote breathing, and refresh the mind. Soaking orange peel in alcohol has the effect of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm. Lemon peel is similar.

5. Heat-clearing and detoxifying watermelon peel

Watermelon peel contains abundant sugars, minerals, and vitamins, with the effects of heat-clearing and summer-heat-relieving, reducing fire, eliminating irritability, and lowering blood pressure. It can be eaten as a cold dish, stir-fried with meat, or made into soup.

6. Ordinary yet extraordinary winter melon peel

Winter melon peel not only contains various vitamins and minerals but also multiple volatile components. It can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, benefiting diabetics. Therefore, when making winter melon soup, it is best to cook it with the peel.

7. Beauty-enhancing cucumber peel

Cucumber peel contains more bitter substances, which are the nutritional essence of cucumbers. Eating cucumber with the peel allows for full absorption of vitamin C and helps the body effectively detoxify. In addition, cucumber peel has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. The "freshly mixed three peels" made by blanching watermelon peel, cucumber peel, and winter melon peel is most suitable for weight loss enthusiasts.

8. Anti-oxidant tomato peel

Experts from 120 Health Network claim that lycopene is the strongest natural antioxidant discovered so far, which can prevent cardiovascular diseases, improve the body's immunity, and prevent cancer, with the highest content found in tomato peels. Moreover, tomato peel helps maintain intestinal health. Therefore, eating tomatoes with the peel will make your complexion radiant.