if eating fruit skin is good for you in the fight against cancer, why dont we eat orange skins?

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the reason we don't eat orange skin is because orange skin is known to many to comprise of a substance termed "rind"..this rind is comprised of many tiny fat globules..which is ingested would tend to cause the individual to soon suffer from alcers..this leads to acid reflux.however many people take the orange skin and leave it to dry for about two weeks..this causes all the fats and oils within the skin to dry out..the skin is then used by boilin and the water used to make a drink called "orange peel tea".this is a cure for gas and chest pains.p.s..it must be drank hot!

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because they taste horrible?

Marmalade is made form orange peel. so I suppose we do eat it, but then it has been boiled so perhaps there is no goodness left in it, or perhaps the marmalade is really good for you, pity I really hate it. because they taste disgusting
i'd rather eat healthy stuff that tasted nice.

following on this vein though, why don't we eat banana skins?

you do eat it if you eat marmalade. theres also lots of cakes and curry that use orange peel

Some people in some areas of the wold do eat orange skins. Some areas of the midwest this is also common. Jellies and marmalades are also sometimes made with orange peel. I have seen some recipes that call for it as well. People can but its the taste

I remember my grandma made candy out of orange peel. Of course there was lots of added sugar, which may have taken a lot away from the whole "health benefit" factor.

maybe they're too thick??.. the pulp probably is gross too

Most fruit skin has the most nutrition and in many fiber. A friend of mine bites right into the orange and eats the whole thing and has never had any problem(s) with her stomach by eating it all. Some people react though, I have heard that potato skin can be toxic to some people. I know people who do eat orange and lemon peel, including a six year old so it can't be that rank, or bad for you!

The peals of the orange are much harder to digest than the meat [fruit] part.

who said we cant? i boil lemon or orange skin n drink their water n that's good for cold n flew

we do in in jam cos they taste mingin. you can use the zest though, thats nice.

they are far too bittter, but orange peel does come to its good uses to make marmalade,jam and a fruit drink

I do!!
I mean, eat the outermost skin of oranges, not the whitish stuff in between though.
Like everything else ( frogs, snails larvae, termites..), it takes getting used to but can be done.

cos we'd all get tangoed have you actually tried eating orange skin it is awful i was advised to eat it once when i was bruising easily i tired once never again

Because they taste horrible

I think you should do what you want! Ifr you feel partial to orange skin then dig out buddy!

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