Element: Fire
Planet: Sun
Energy: Masculine/Expressive
Properties: Love, divination, luck, money, joy, creativity, purification, truth, vitality
Botanical Name: Citrus sinensis
Orange peels are an abundant source of carbohydrates that have multiple health-promoting properties, according to in vitro results in a study by an Agricultural Research Service scientist and cooperators.
Arland T. Hotchkiss, a carbohydrate chemist at the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, Pa., and cooperators demonstrated for the first time that pectin, a type of carbohydrate in orange peel, has "prebiotic" properties. These prebiotic carbohydrates, also known as oligosaccharides, are found in certain fruits and vegetables. Prebiotics are nondigestible foods or nutrients that increase the growth of beneficial "probiotic" bacteria in the large intestine. Probiotic bacteria stimulate health and help prevent foodborne pathogen growth.
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