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Bananas and banana products can be many things: sweet, good for polishing silver, delicious, effective insect repellents, healthy. But did you know banana peels are also extremely useful? They can help with everything from whiten teeth to repel insects. Read on to find out.
1. Whiten Teeth
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Put to better use the mega bucks you give your dentist to whiten your teeth. Start by buying a banana.
The chemicals in the peel will whiten the teeth for you. Just rub the peel into your pearly whites for at least two minutes every day.
2. Buff Silver
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Feel a need to polish your silverware? First, blend banana peels and water into a paste. Next, dip a rag in the paste and buff away. To finish, rinse, then, dry.
3. Shine Shoes
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Don’t stop over at a shoe shiners anymore. Polish your leather shoes yourself for a change. After all, the waxy, oil inside of a banana peel does the trick well enough.
4. Repel Insects
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So, destructive aphids have raided your garden. Don’t worry. Place banana peels at the base of affected plants. Now, watch the potassium in the peels repel the bugs.
5. Sooth Insect Bites
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Stop that bug bite from itching or swelling by rubbing a banana peel on it. The peel is as good an anti-inflammatory remedy as any.
6. Compost for Your Flower Garden
Revive any drooping flowers in your garden with organic banana-peel compost. Deposit some peels in the soil around your flowers. The flowers will appreciate the extra nutrients.
7. Banish Flies from Your Kitchen
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Trap more flies with sugar, or so they say. Why not? Throw a banana peel into a jar after poking holes in the lid. The sugars in the peel attract unsuspecting flies into a trap
8. Compost for Your Tomato Patch
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Tired of buying tomatoes when you can grow them? So, grow them. Only do so with free compost – vitamin and mineral-rich banana peels, of course.
9. Spruce up Your Indoor Plants
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Indoor plants, not just your flowers and tomatoes, need some TLC as well. But, resist the urge to dust them with a feather duster. Instead, bring back their shine by wiping their leaves down with a banana peel.
10. Soften Meat
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Did you serve your guests dry, crispy meat the last time you entertained? To avoid a repeat of the same, cover the roasting meat with banana peels to keep the moisture in.
11. Steam Rice
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No, you cannot eat a banana peel. What you can do is stuff it with rice, then, steam it. The rice will have an amazing flavor.
12. Make a Roast Dessert
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Instead of roasting marshmallows over a campfire, try this. Split open some bananas. Stuff their fleshy part with nuts, candy, and the marshmallows.
Now, cover them with metallic foil and roast them over a fire for a few minutes.
13. Treat Warts
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Rid yourself of ugly warts by rubbing them with the inside of a banana peel. Do this for 2 minutes every day. In two weeks, the will disappear.
14. Soothe Bruises
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Use banana peels on bruises as unconventional Band-Aids. Granted, you will be laughed at. But, the inside of a banana peel reduces inflammation and accelerates healing.
15. Treat Acne
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Rub the inside of a banana peel on acne thrice a day for at least 5 minutes. Acids and oils in the peel dry the acne in three days.
16. Treat Dry Skin
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Dry, flaky skin is as uncomfortable as it is unattractive. If you have eczema and psoriasis, rub moist banana peels on your skin. They are a safe, toxin-free moisturizer.
17. Get Rid of Wrinkles
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Wrinkles form faster in dry, sick skin. Give your skin a regular face-lift with the inside of a banana peel. It will remain both moisturized, healthy, and wrinkle-free.
18. Treat Hemorrhoids
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Though they are uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing, hemorrhoids are also treatable.
Simply blend banana peels and witch hazel, and apply the paste to the affected area for at least 30 minutes. Repeat until the hemorrhoids disappear.
19. Blot Out Ink Stains
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Ink stains are tough to remove, especially those on the skin. But, no stain is too tough for a banana peel. Rub a peel on one to find out.
20. Push Out Splinters
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Plucking out a splinter is almost as painful as getting one. That is, if you do not have a banana peel nearby. Rub it on the affected spot to soften the skin. Plucking out the splinter is now easy and painless.
21. Elevate Your Mood and See Better
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To extract mood-elevating and vision-enhancing chemicals trapped in banana peels, boil the peels in water and drink the water.
22. Seal Scratches in a DVD
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This bizarre remedy actually works: Rub a banana peel on a scratched CD or DVD disk. Now wipe the disk with a cloth and you are done.
23. Create Banana Art
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Any mark you make on the yellow banana peel soon turns brown. If you are creative, the banana peel becomes a canvas. Search the internet for banana art and be surprised.
Conclusion
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This long list proves one thing: that the humble banana peel is more beneficial than we give it credit for. So, instead of tossing one out, get creative and use it to its full potential.
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