Medicinal And Delicious Drinks With Pineapple Skin
Don’t discard the pineapple rind anymore. If you do, you miss the opportunity to prepare a refreshing drink that is very beneficial to health
As in many other fruits, the peel of the pineapple concentrates much of the properties of the fruit and some additional benefits.
Knowing them a little more and learning to take advantage of it, you can get more out of pineapples.
Properties for health.
Pineapple peels have a high content of vitamin C because it is a citrus fruit. It is also rich in vitamins B, A and minerals, especially magnesium.
Another of its beneficial compounds are flavinoid antioxidants, which help muscle regeneration.
Pineapple peel is a great ally for our health in different ways.
- Helps fight intestinal parasites
- It contributes to a good digestion, thanks to its content of bromelain, an enzyme that improves the digestive process.
- Bromeliad also helps fight cancer, according to different studies.
- Improves intestinal function, constipation and hemorrhoids
- Protects the microbial flora of the colon
- It is a powerful natural anti-inflammatory .
- Helps accelerate the healing of wounds, product of injuries or surgeries
- Helps improve circulation and has anticoagulant properties
- Helps to lose weight and fight cellulite
- It is a great diuretic that helps us eliminate excess fluids from our body.
- It acts as a blood cleanser.
Cooked pineapple skin drink
For the use of pineapple peel, organic fruits are preferably recommended, which are free of pesticides. If it is not good to wash it well.
preparation:
- Wash the pineapple well and peel it.
- Cut the peel into smaller pieces, which you will bring to a boil in a liter of water for a medium or large pineapple.
- Let it simmer in a covered pot for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Then let it sit for another five minutes.
- Sweeten it with honey or stevia.
- You can drink it immediately hot, as an infusion, or cold as a soda.
Fermented pineapple skin drink
This other recipe, which is usually prepared in Central and South America, is not very complicated and you can serve it in a meal to surprise the guests.
It is excellent to accompany meals that contain meat or fish, as it will help to digest them much better.
In addition, being a fermented drink, it contains a large amount of probiotics, which further improve the health of our intestines.
Preparation
- We will need a large pineapple or two medium ripe ones, which you will wash well and peel.
- Cut the skin into smaller pieces and put them in a glass or ceramic container that you can close hermetically.
- Add two liters of water and 500 gr. of brown sugar, panela or cane honey.
- Close it tightly and let it rest in a warm place for 48 hours.
- After two days, strain it so that there are no deposits, and add another liter of water. Let it rest again for 12 hours.
- After this time add three quarters of a liter of water and the drink will be ready.
- Before serving, we recommend chilling it in the fridge, where you can keep it.
During the fermentation process, this drink initially generates probiotic microorganisms and if you leave it longer it will become an alcoholic drink and later vinegar.
You can give it some different flavor touches by adding orange or grapefruit peel, cinnamon sticks, or cloves to the container .
Final advice
It is important that pineapple is not treated with pesticides for two reasons. The first of them is that we would consume them directly and in the long run they could be harmful to our health. The second is that, since their purpose is precisely to eliminate microorganisms, they would also prevent the drink from fermenting correctly and generating beneficial microorganisms.
