Tea is a popular beverage, there are many different types of tea such as green tea, cinnamon tea, ginger tea… each tea has different uses and health benefits.
If you are looking for a tea that supports immunity, improves digestion during the upcoming Tet holiday, orange peel tea is a great choice.
1. Nutritional value and effects of orange peel
As you know, oranges are rich in vitamin C, fiber and plant compounds like polyphenols, which are beneficial for heart and digestive health, and may protect once morest certain types of cancer.
In oranges, orange peels are known for many health benefits. Orange peels contain large amounts of provitamin A, folate, riboflavin, thiamine, vitamin B6 and calcium. Plus, orange peels are rich in polyphenol plant compounds, which may help prevent and manage many chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, and Alzheimer’s disease.
One test-tube study found that the total polyphenol content and activity were significantly higher in orange peels than in the orange parts. So using orange peel one can benefit more.
Furthermore, nearly 90% of the essential oils in orange peels are composed of limonene, a natural chemical that has been studied for its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, including once morest skin cancer.
Orange peel when made into tea can promote better digestion and boost immunity (Image: Internet)
In addition, orange peel when made into tea can promote better digestion and boost immunity.
The strong flavor of the tea can increase the production of saliva and stomach acid. Drinking this tea regularly every morning can help stimulate the digestive system and improve the absorption of nutrients from food. Plus, orange peels are high in vitamin C, which boosts your metabolism and immunity.
Orange peel is also rich in fiber, called insoluble polysaccharide such as tannin, hemicellulose and pectin, so it will help regulate bowel movements, avoid constipation, and improve common digestive disorders, especially in Tet days such as: indigestion, flatulence, bloating, belching, …
2. How to make orange peel tea
To make orange peel tea, you choose regarding 4-5 oranges or more if you want to drink for a long time, then wash and peel them. Next, soak the orange peel with salt water for 30 minutes to 1 hour to remove all dirt, pesticides or irritants…
When the orange peel has been cleaned, it is dried for a week, until the peel is dry, it can be used. However, if the weather is wet and rainy, orange peels are susceptible to mildew. Therefore, to ensure health, if possible, people should dry them by machine or buy them at reputable and quality places.
Every day, you can take a few slices of dried orange peel, mix with boiling water and enjoy daily. To enhance the taste, you can mix orange peel with ginger or black sugar. Not only good for digestion, but this tea helps you prevent many diseases.
3. Note when using orange peel
Although there are many health benefits, when using orange peels, you should keep a few things in mind:
– Shells may contain pesticides
Pesticides are often used on citrus fruits like oranges to fight mold and insects. Although studies have found that the insides of oranges have very low or undetectable levels of pesticides, the peels contain significantly higher levels. Long-term use of orange peels containing pesticides can increase the risk of cancer and hormone dysfunction.
Therefore, when using orange peel, people should prepare it cleanly, it is better to choose to buy oranges from growers who know for sure that no pesticides are used.
– Orange peels can be difficult to digest
Due to its hard texture and high fiber content, orange peels can be difficult to digest. Especially when eating a lot at once, it can cause stomach upset, such as bloating.
However, when drinking tea, the nutrients of the orange peel secrete a lot of tea, so eating the peel is not necessary, so the problem of indigestion is not too much of a concern.
Eating orange peel directly can cause indigestion (Image: Internet)
4. Some notes in the Tet diet to prevent digestive disorders
On the occasion of Tet, eating too much food, especially foods rich in fat and protein, makes the digestive system overloaded, so it is easy to have digestive disorders with symptoms such as belching, bloating, diarrhea…
To prevent this, besides using orange peel tea, people should note some dietary issues such as:
– Limit fried, greasy, hot spicy foods. These foods take a long time to digest, so they easily make us gassy and indigestion.
– Limit drinking a lot of alcohol, instead you should drink filtered water or tea.
– Add more green vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs…
– Limit foods high in sugar such as confectionery, carbonated soft drinks, dried fruits, …
– Eat cooked and drink boiled, avoid raw dishes such as blood pudding, rare pork, salads…
– Do not eat foods that have been stored for a long time.
It can be said that orange peel contains many healthy nutrients, every day you can use a cup of orange peel tea to promote health and prevent digestive disorders on Tet holiday. However, eating irregularly on Tet holiday can still cause digestive problems. Therefore, everyone should prepare digestive medicines in the family medicine cabinet.
