1、 Can I eat it

Papaya peel is edible. It has strong insect resistance, so it usually does not need to be injected with medicine, so there is no need to worry about drug toxicity. However, its taste is not very good and its fiber is thick, so it is not delicious and rarely eaten directly. But if you make soup with papaya, you must take the skin, so as to ensure that the vitamins in it are not damaged. If you buy it in the supermarket, the peel is often waxed, which is inedible.

2、 Efficacy

1. Beauty: Although the papaya skin tastes ordinary, it has the magical effect of beauty. It can promote the metabolism of the skin, dissolve the sebum accumulated in the pores, remove the aged horniness and make the skin brighter. In addition, it can also make a mask, apply to the face not only can lock moisture, but also to supplement nutrition. Of course, it's OK to apply it on your hand.

2. Cure beriberi: another effect of papaya skin is to treat beriberi, which has a good effect on removing foot odor and peeling. Of course, it doesn't work by eating. You need to soak your feet with it.

3、 How to eat papaya

1. Fresh food: papaya can be eaten directly after being peeled and seeded. But if it is not cooked thoroughly, it will taste a little astringent, which will affect the taste.

2. Dessert: papaya can be made into dessert. The method is to peel and seed it first, then cut it into pieces, and then stew the cut pieces with tremella, red dates and rock sugar.

3. Porridge: papaya porridge is also a good choice. Prepare spareribs, rice and fragrant rice. Blanch the spareribs with hot water, boil them in the pot, turn to low heat, put rice and fragrant rice, put papaya when they are almost cooked, and stop fire for 10 minutes.