Do you regularly eat bananas and throw away the peel? Stop it! Instead of throwing them away and wasting them, banana peels can easily be reused! Discover 7 unusual ways to enjoy the benefits of banana peel…
Please note: all the tips for using banana peel in the vegetable garden or for body care should be applied with organic bananas, to avoid chemicals.
1. Treating everyday aches and pains
Banana peel is renowned for its antibacterial and antifungal properties. It can therefore easily be used to soothe everyday aches and pains such as small wounds, bruises and hematomas…
2. Relieve itching and irritation
Insect bites, itching and rashes… Banana peel can calm urticarial reactions, speeding up the healing process .
Just like the little aches and pains of everyday life, all you have to do is apply it directly to the skin to use it as a natural ointment.
3. Taking care of your skin
Rich in minerals and vitamins, banana peel can be used for a wide range of skin care products. It moisturizes and nourishes the skin, smoothes wrinkles and adds radiance to dull skin.
It can even help fightacne, psoriasis and eczema. Skin masks, peels and body scrubs… all you need to do is get started!
4. Tooth whitening
Looking for a natural way to whiten your teeth? Reuse the banana peel by rubbing it directly over your teeth before brushing.
It is renowned for reducing coffee and tea stains…
5. Enriching compost and fertilizing the soil
Containing potassium and phosphorus, banana peels are excellent nutrients for enriching compost. They can also be used to fertilize planting soil.
Not only do they make excellent fertilizer, but banana peels can also help repel aphids!
6. Shining silver
Do you have silver crockery or jewelry? Restore the shine to your silverware by rubbing banana peels on all surfaces. They’ll make them shine.
7. Waxing leather
Shoe, sofa, armchair, bag… Banana peel can be used to polish all your leather accessories.
In particular, it restores suppleness and shine to leather . To use, simply rub the inside of a banana peel directly onto the leather.