Don't throw away orange peels – they will protect your heart from dangerous diseases

Most people, when they peel an orange, simply throw away the peel. According to some estimates, people throw away about 32 million tons of orange peels each year or feed them to animals. Only sometimes people make jam or “citrus flavoring” from orange slices with peel, which they add to the dough. However, scientists recommend eating it – the rind, although bitter, is quite edible. Recent research has discovered a bioactive compound called feruloylputrescine, or FP for short, in orange peel. This substance may protect the heart from disease and also prevent obesity and other diseases, including type 2 diabetes.

Do not throw away orange peels - they will protect the heart from dangerous diseases. Scientists recommend not throwing away orange peels, as they are good for health. Photo.

Scientists recommend not throwing away orange peels, as they are good for health

Why orange peel is useful

Recently, scientists have discovered beneficial properties in the peels of various vegetables and fruits. As we said earlier, sometimes the peel turns out to be much healthier than the fruit itself. Orange, as it turns out, is one of these fruits. Orange peel contains a huge amount of vitamins, antioxidants and nutrients that have anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer properties. The zest is also rich in the metabolite FP. Scientists initially discovered it in grapefruit leaves and juice. This substance is also found in the pulp of some oranges, but it is not found in tangerines, lemons and limes.

Recently, this compound has attracted the attention of scientists because it has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. However, to this day there is very little information about him. Therefore, a team of scientists from Florida, in a recent study, decided to find out how this substance acts on the cardiovascular system.

Why is orange peel useful? Orange zest protects the cardiovascular system from diseases. Photo.

Orange peel protects the cardiovascular system from diseases

During the experiment, researchers fed orange peel extract to mice for six weeks. At the end of the experiment, the authors found a decrease in biomarkers in the blood of rodents indicating inflammation in the body, as well as the presence of cardiovascular diseases. Researchers report this in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Orange peel improves health with poor diet

As you know, poor nutrition, that is, consumption of foods high in fat, leads to the accumulation of fat in the body. Fat, in turn, provokes inflammation, as we talked about earlier. However, the current study found that mice that ate a high-fat diet but also received a daily dose of FP gained less fat than the control group.

According to the researchers themselves, the new discovery highlights the previously unrecognized health potential of feruloylputrescine. In particular, the substance can protect the cardiovascular system from diseases, including heart attacks.

Orange peel improves health with poor nutrition. The substance contained in orange peel prevents the accumulation of fat in the body. Photo.

The substance contained in orange peel prevents the accumulation of fat in the body

How orange peel protects the heart from disease

FP likely prevents some gut bacteria from producing the byproduct trimethylamine (TMA) when they break down food. It is usually produced during the processing of meat and fats. Therefore, as a result of poor nutrition, a large amount of TMA appears in the body.

When this compound enters the bloodstream, it accumulates in the liver, where it is metabolized into trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO. This compound has long been known to increase the risk of arterial plaque formation, which leads to cardiovascular disease, stroke, heart attack, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

How the peel of an orange protects the heart from diseases. If you eat oranges with the peel, you can protect the body from various diseases, as well as avoid obesity. Photo.

If you eat oranges with the peel, you can protect the body from various diseases, as well as avoid obesity

Obviously, FP allows you to avoid all the above risks. For example, in mice that consumed orange peel extract, TMA and TMAO levels were low, even though the gut bacteria continued to perform their function as usual, that is, breaking down fats.

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However, it is not yet clear whether orange peel has the same effect on humans as it does on rodents. Therefore, scientists will continue their research to obtain more information. But most likely the result will be the same. Therefore, some companies are already working to create a nutritional supplement based on orange peel. However, there is nothing stopping people from starting to consume orange peel now, for example by drying it, crushing it and adding it to dough, just like banana peel. Let us remind you that the latter also turned out to be extremely useful for the human body.


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