Are you peeling your fruits and veggies? You may be throwing out the most important part! Not only are you throwing out tons of important nutrients, but you're throwing out the majority of the fiber as well. Let's use an apple for an example. A lot of the vitamins and minerals from an apple are in the actual peeling of the apple. The peel is also full of fiber, which helps to regulate blood sugar. When you take the peel off of the apple, the sugar from the rest of the apple absorbs directly into your blood stream much like it would if you ate a candy bar (though an apple, even peeled, is much better for you than a candy bar.) If you leave the fiber, or peel, on the apple it triggers an extended release of the sugar, leaving you fuller longer and not giving you the crash that is normally associated with spiking blood sugar.
Have trouble getting your kids to eat the peels? Try cutting the apple into slices and using either an all natural peanut butter dip for most fruits, or a yogurt dip for vegetables and fruits.
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