Danger! Why you should never eat potatoes with their skin on

The peel is usually the most important source of nutrients in vegetables.

So you better not peel it.

But be careful: the peel of the potato can be dangerous.

• Almost all of the healthy nutrients in

  vegetables

  are under the

  peel

  .

• Valuable vitamins and minerals are lost

  when the

  peel

  is removed.

• Potatoes, however, should definitely be peeled - their skin is dangerous.

Offenbach - Most of them have been used

to peeling

their

before they are a child.

The toxic

on or in the

removed.

However, if you take the

out of their

, you risk losing the

important nutrients

.

The peel in particular is what makes the vegetables so healthy

It's no secret that harmful

can

build up

in

.

Many consumers try to protect themselves from strong chemicals by getting rid of the supposed culprit: the

.

Most of them ignore the fact that the shell of

and fruit in

particular

contains important nutrients.

Valuable plant substances, minerals, trace elements, fiber and vitamins are almost exclusively in the

.

One

that is often peeled is the cucumber.

The

the cucumber in

particular contains

the most antioxidants and a lot of vitamin K. The antioxidants protect against oxygen compounds that can cause the aging process and cell damage.

Washing up instead of peeling: clean the skin of vegetables and fruit

Anyone who thinks that harmful pesticides from

and fruit can only be

combated

by removing the

is wrong.

In fact, it is enough

to hold

the

under running water and clean them thoroughly with your hand or a vegetable brush.

If you still don't want to do without

, you should use a potato peeler.

At least this does not remove all nutrients.

Often there are

fewer

in regional organic

, as the regulations regarding the use of pesticides are much stricter.

However, organic

do not necessarily have to be free from

.

At least it is

easier to

determine where it comes from

with regional

than with imported

.

#Stay your food safe: Before eating, wash raw #fruits & # vegetables thoroughly with warm, running drinking water (at least 30 seconds) to reduce the number of germs & thus the risk of infection.

Then dry with disposable paper.

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- AGES (@agesnews) July 15, 2020

The exception: it is better to do without the skin of the potato

Potatoes are an exception: although there are many minerals in the potato under the skin, it should be removed during preparation.

The natural poison solanine is also found in the

the potato.

Even with a low concentration of the poison, unspecific symptoms such as headache, diarrhea and vomiting as well as a "scratchy" throat can occur.

Only by

the

is it possible

to remove

the natural

in the

.

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