{"id":29309,"date":"2010-08-30T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T13:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=29309"},"modified":"2010-08-30T09:32:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T14:32:52","slug":"leave-the-peel-get-the-vitamins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/leave-the-peel-get-the-vitamins\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave the Peel, Get the Vitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Potato Peels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/leave-the-peel-get-the-vitamins\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29311\" title=\"peels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/peels.jpg\" alt=\"Potato Peels\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Skinning and peeling fruits and veggies adds a lot of time to meal-prep. But did you know that it&#8217;s also stripping away a good source of vitamins, minerals, and <a title=\"Top Reasons to Eat Fiber\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/top-reasons-to-eat-fiber\/\" target=\"_self\">fiber<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>When people talk about the benefits of eating <a title=\"Whole Foods Diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-whole-foods-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">whole foods<\/a>, part of that means keeping foods whole\u2014like leaving the skin. If a fruit or vegetable has a skin so thin you can puncture it with your thumbnail, chances are, you don&#8217;t need to peel it. This includes apples, tomatoes, grapes, eggplant, carrots, pears and potatoes. Even if a recipe calls for peeled produce, try leaving the skin. We love mashed potatoes with pieces of peel, not only does it add flavor, it also has potassium, fiber, and vitamin B (just go easy on the butter).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We know that we&#8217;re not going to convince anyone to start eating orange and lemon peels, although they do contain vitamin C. But don&#8217;t underestimate the power of fresh citrus zest, it can be a flavorful way to dress up a glass of water or add a little tartness to salad dressing.<\/p>\n<p>One last health tip: you should always rinse your produce before consuming, but buying <a title=\"Organic produce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/an-argument-for-organic-cleanest-and-dirtiest-produce-items\/\" target=\"_self\">organic products<\/a> eliminates the chances of pesticide residue ending up in your food.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a title=\"Peeling Your Fruits and Vegetables? You Could Be Missing Most of the Nutrients\" href=\"http:\/\/planetgreen.discovery.com\/food-health\/peeling-your-fruits-and-vegetables-you-could-be-missing-of-the-nutrients.html\" target=\"_blank\">GreenPlanet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"The Whole Foods Diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-whole-foods-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">The Whole Foods Diet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Are Frozen and Canned Fruits and Veggies Healthy?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/are-frozen-or-canned-fruits-and-vegetables-healthy\/\" target=\"_self\">Are Frozen or Canned Fruits and Vegetables Healthy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"15 Sneaky Vegetable Tips\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/15-sneaky-vegetable-tips\/\" target=\"_self\">15 Sneaky Vegetable Tips<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skinning and peeling fruits and veggies adds a lot of time to meal-prep. But did you know that it&#8217;s also stripping away a good source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber? When people talk about the benefits of eating whole foods, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/leave-the-peel-get-the-vitamins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[520,861,29,242,1038],"class_list":["post-29309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-cooking","tag-fruit","tag-nutrition","tag-vegetables","tag-whole-foods"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29309"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29317,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29309\/revisions\/29317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}