Something happened the other day that let me realize how I’ve become conditioned and that we often do things we learned early in our lives and then never validate this information. In my case it was something very simple. I have never eaten many nuts, but lately I’m experimenting with a different diet that includes also a variation of raw nuts (delicious and extremely healthy, by the way).
So, one morning, as I am preparing my almond smoothie, I “recognized” that I always peel the almonds before I use them; just as I remember my mother did before using them for baking! Up to this moment I never even thought about why am I peeling the almonds, isn’t that amazing? At least it was to me. What if the almond skin is very healthy like the ones of some fruits? Instantly I went online and did some research and you may suspect already my findings:
Almond skin contains polyphenolics which will lower LDL (that’s the bad cholesterol)!
(And of course, the almond itself has one of the highest protein content of all nuts and is the only kernel that is alkaline! But that I knew already)
So my two messages from this short entry are: ask yourself more often why you are doing the things the way you do. Is it because you just follow a habit without ever establishing true value? Then it’s time to change!
And the other message is: don’t throw away the almond peel! 
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