i'm just about to make some eggs, and i guess there's just one more thing.
how much of the fruit am i wasting, currently? if i'm ultimately looking for increases in vitamins, should i just eat the rest of the fruit, somehow?
1) strawberries. i currently cut off the tops, and while i don't want to eat the receptacle, i'm considering throwing the tops in the salad. it's just a different type of lettuce, right? if strawberries are full of c, there should be lots in the leaves, too.
2) kiwis. i cut the little receptacle out, but i eat the kiwi skins.
3) bananas. nobody eats the peels, right? this study suggests they're 50% vitamin e. yeah...that maybe solves some problems right there....although, how to eat them without consuming the pesticide is another question. i've tried a few times, and they're legit gross.
https://www.imedpub.com/articles/gcms-analysis-of-bioactive-components-from-banana-peelmusa-sapientum-peel.pdf
4) raspberries & blueberries don't come with leaves on them...
5) i eat the whole tomato.
6) red peppers. i'm going to try to throw the seeds into my omelette and see what happens. again - if the peppers are high in vitamin a, the seeds must be too, right? this confirms that a (of the gamma isomer) and c are both in there, but doesn't explain how much. i could throw them in the salad, as well.