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			<title>Nutritional benefits of Banana peels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You can comfortably eat the peels (cover) of a banana. They&#8217;re not only edible they&#039;re good for your health. 

The flesh of a banana is naturally soft...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You can comfortably eat the peels (cover) of a banana. They&#8217;re not only edible they&#039;re good for your health. 

The flesh of a banana is naturally soft and sweet while the skin is thick, fibrous, and slightly bitter.
To eat the peel, you can either blend it into smoothies or fry, bake, or boil them for at least 10 minutes.
The heat breaks down the skin&#039;s fiber and loosens up that tough texture, making the peel easier to chew and digest.
Also, the riper you allow the banana to get, the thinner and sweeter the peel becomes. That&#039;s because of a natural plant hormone called ethylene that fruits release as they ripen.
Ethylene interacts with the sugars and fiber in the banana skin, changing complex sugars into simple sugars and breaking down pectin, a form of fiber in bananas that keeps them stiff. That&#039;s why the older your banana is, the flimsier it feels. At the same time, other hormones break down the green pigments in the peel, turning them yellow and eventually brown. 

[b]Nutritional benefits[/b]
The sweet flesh of a medium-sized banana contains significant percentages of your daily recommended intake of various nutrients, such as:

   12% of your daily fiber, which helps with digestion and may help lower your risk of diabetes
   17% of your vitamin C, which is important for your immune system as well as growth and development
   20% of your vitamin B-6, which aids the body&#039;s ability to convert food into energy
   12% of your potassium, which helps in development of cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body
   8% of your magnesium, which is important for the body&#039;s energy productions and regulating glucose and blood pressure levels

If you then eat the skin along with the flesh you get an even bigger boost in these same nutrients:
Eating the peel is not only good for your body but also better for the environment. 
Banana peels can also be used as fertilizer in water purification.
 
If you can&#039;t stomach the thought of eating a banana peel, then consider some of the many other ways you can re-use this valuable product of nature in these few ways:


1. Add a few slices of banana peel to a bucket of water and let the mixture sit for a couple of days. Use this to water your planets. The added nutrients from the banana will keep your plants growing strong.

2. Place your meat atop a ripe banana peel in your roasting pan to keep the meat moist and tender as it cooks. 

Whether you&#039;re gnawing on a raw peel or using it in your cooking, always make sure to wash it thoroughly.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Sky Fuchs</dc:creator>
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			<title>Acne and make-up</title>
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			<description>Does Make up cause acne flare?

The short answer for this question is: heck yes! There are so many ways a makeup product can cause acne flare-up. Some...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Does Make up cause acne flare?

The short answer for this question is: heck yes! There are so many ways a makeup product can cause acne flare-up. Sometimes makeup causes acne because we use too many products all at once. In an article on Life Script, the author writes, &#8220;Switching products or adding a new one before giving it a chance to work &#8220;challenges your skin with new preservatives and active ingredients, which can be irritating and cause breakouts,&#8221; says Manhattan-based dermatologist Paul Jarrod Frank, M.D., associate professor of dermatology at NYU Medical Center.&#8221; (http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/skin/articles/battling_grown-up_breakouts.aspx). You need to give your skin time to adjust to a product. So, rather than using many new products all at once, try to use one at a time. Make sure your makeup is organic and as natural as possible. My favorite drugstore brands is Physician&#8217;s Formula which has an organic line, a more natural one. Most of the packaging is beige or green. But, if really want to create healthy skin, it helps to be patient, drink lots of water, and eat a healthy more plant-based diet. Paul Jarrod Frank in the Life Script article is  quoted for saying that patients switching products suffer from acne, &#8216;&#8220;I have patients who have acne because they switch between four or five different acne creams or use an astringent, facial wash and spot cream, all with acne-fighting ingredients,&#8221; Frank says. &#8220;This tears their skin apart.&#8221;&#8217;

What I am starting to find with makeup is that less is always better. In other words, go for a tinted moisturizer instead of that heavy foundation. Go for a lip stain instead of that lipstick. Go for using a spoon to curl your lashes rather than applying drying clumping mascara. If you do not want to go all natural, there is another option: &#8220;Noncomedogenic makeup does not contain ingredients known to clog the pores. Reducing the amount of pore blockages is a good start when treating acne.&#8221; Okay, so we talked about the kinds of makeup you can use, now I have to remind you to clean your brushes! Acne.About.Com writes, &#8220;Half of the fight against blemishes is reducing the amount of acne-causing bacteria on your skin. And makeup brushes and applicators are bacteria magnets.&#8221; So, the point is to wash your brushes on a weekly basis: &#8220;Wash all makeup brushes with antimicrobial soap a few times each week, and thoroughly spray them with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol after every application.&#8221; 

Be aware of the products you use, too, because they can affect your skin through contact. For example, &#8220;Styling products seep oil onto the forehead, which can trap acne-causing bacteria in your pores,&#8221; says dermatologist Richard Fried, M.D., Ph.D., director of Yardley Dermatology in Pennsylvania and author of Healing Adult Acne (New Harbinger Publications)&#8221; 

Take care of your skin: wash it daily, get rid of your makeup off of your face daily, and be careful with the products you use. Good luck!]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2015 18:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Rosequeen Nwokeiwu</dc:creator>
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