Don't Throw Them Away Just Yet: What to Do With Vegetable Peels

Health

5. Watermelon

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A watermelon is a melon with 98% water. It goes without saying that a watermelon offers excellent health benefits. So does the watermelon rind.

1. Watermelon juice – You can make this by adding water, two slices of watermelon rinds and mint leaves for better taste. Having watermelon rind juice carries a lot of benefits. It’s a natural energizer. The arginine in watermelon also helps in preventing the formation of fat. It improves circulation and also offers a peaceful sleep. A human’s brain needs stable serotonin levels so it can go to sleep. However, the day-to-day stress we experience prevents this from happening. Watermelon rind helps release this substance thereby improving sleep quality.

2. Delays aging – It works as an antioxidant. Applying the rind directly over your face might just help you cheat age, or at least the people around you.

3. Facial cleanser – The easiest way to make this work is to massage the rinds over your face. You can also pair it up with honey since honey has antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties.

6. Oranges

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And finally, how to eat oranges? Never throw away the peel. No more regrets, right? Here we go.

1. Facial cleanser – Orange peels help is curing blackheads, dead cells, acne, pores, blemishes, dark circles, dry skin, and brighten the skin. Pair it up with curd or milk for glowing skin.

2. Healthy hair – Orange peels help in getting rid of dandruff. Add blended orange peel to water, apply it on your hair and leave overnight.

3. Mosquito repellent – Apply orange peel on your body before going outside to keep the mosquitoes away from you. It works like magic.

4. Mouth fresher – Bad breath? Chew an orange peel. It works better than a gum offering health benefits alongside.

These are the alternative uses of peels of fruits and vegetables that people usually throw away as waste. Another way of utilizing these peels is consuming them. Yes, all these peels are edible and all of them offer excellent health benefits. However, it can be hard to consume them since they don’t taste as good. Therefore, this is how you can avoid wasting these useful resources.