People around the world, especially in Asian countries, are eating banana peels for its beneficial effects on diabetics. It can help lower your blood sugar levels, stimulate your insulin-producing cells to produce and release more insulin, and improve your cholesterol levels.

If you also want the same benefits but don’t know how to incorporate banana peels into your diabetic diet, then here are some tips to get you started.

#1 – Banana Peel Smoothie

There are plenty of ways to make banana smoothies perfect for diabetes. You can make banana and blueberry smoothie, banana and peanut butter smoothie, and banana and raspberry smoothie. All these fruits have anti-diabetic and antioxidant properties that help reduce diabetes’ harmful effects.

To add banana peel to your smoothie, all you have to do is to add half of the peel into your blender when you blend the fruits together.

#2 – Banana Peel Salad

The next time you’re making fresh veggie salad for your family, why not add some chopped banana peels? But before you do so though, be sure to thoroughly wash the peel under running water and then chop it into smaller pieces.

Because banana peels have a tougher texture, you can boil them for a few minutes to loosen it up. This way it will be easier for you to chew, swallow, and digest banana peels.

#3 – Banana Peel Tea

Don’t throw away the water you used to boil your banana peel in! You can drink it as a tea. You can add some organic honey to your banana peel tea for sweetener, add a couple of mint leaves, and you now have a refreshing beverage.

#4 – Banana Chips

Don’t remove the banana peel the next time you’re making homemade banana chips. The peel will make your banana chips crunchier, more interesting, and definitely healthier.

These are just some of the ways that you can add banana peels into your diet. Not only are they easy to do, but they are also very healthy and beneficial to diabetics.