With or without peel, which is more beneficial to your health when eating vegetables?

Nutritionists agree on the importance of vegetables and their high place in a healthy diet, but do you need to peel the vegetables?

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Peeling cucumbers is not recommended because the peel contains antioxidants and vitamin K, and the antioxidants fight free radicals, which prevents skin damage and cell damage.

carrots

Fresh carrots can be eaten with the peel, but the longer stored carrots, which have dark spots and firmer skin, it is recommended to peel them for better taste.

potato

Care must be taken with potatoes, especially if they have been stored for a long time, as the toxic solanine under the peel is harmful to health, and for this reason the Federal Institute for Potato Research also advises against eating potatoes with the skin, and this also applies to beets, where there is oxalic acid in the peel, which may be It damages the teeth and kidneys.

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