Stop peeling carrots!

For the love of carrots, stop peeling them.

Peeling carrots sounds like a healthy option until you discover what you’re discarding, phytonutrients! Carrot peels contain over half of the root’s total phytonutrient profile.

The three major layers in carrots are the:

• Peel/periderm

• Phloem (middle layer)

• Xylem (inner core)

When you peel a carrot, you lose all of the periderm and a little of the phloem. Th…