Why you shouldn't always peel your veg
The oven’s on, and it’s time to prep the veg – which usually involves getting the peeler out, right?
This is where you’re going wrong, apparently, as we shouldn’t really be stripping carrots, parsnips, beetroots and the like’s skins off before we eat them.
If we want to keep an eye on our health, anyway, as experts over at The Kitchn insist that peeling vegetables means removing some of the bits most beneficial to our health.
For one, the skin of our favourite greens usually contains the most fibre. While all vegetables contain soluble and insoluble fibre, which are both parts of a healthy diet, most of the insoluble fibre in them is found in peel.
And that’s the stuff that keeps your bowel movements regular.
There are, however, some vegetables you should always peel – though they’re pretty specific ones such as winter squash, celery root and kohlrabi (which would be pretty hard to chew on without anyway).
Or if your vegetables have lots of dirt on them that simply won’t shift, don’t be a fibre martyr, go ahead and peel that off.
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