Can one eat the strawberry leaves, and skins of fruit?

I found this YouTube video 7 Fruits and Vegetables You Shouldn’t Peel And 4 You Should

Kiwi skin.
Pear skin.
Radish’s crown and tail.

You can eat strawberry leaves. In fact there is a belief they might help with arthritis due to the caffeic acid they contain. It is a diuretic that helps remove fluid from around swollen joints. Not sure how they taste, though. And I’ve never heard of peeling a strawberry. The skin is so thin that I would think you would mush the berry before you were done.

Orange peel – I have eaten it and it isn’t bad. It has a slightly bitter taste that isn’t overpowering and it seems to have a slightly spicy bite to it. But it’s good. The only problem with orange peel is that it might retain pesticides that were used on the trees and trying to wash the peels might not be good enough to get rid of it. The peel is thick enough that it protects the fruit inside, though.

Dandelions comes to mind on foods that people don’t typically eat. Yes, some spring mix varieties have dandelion leaves in it. But pretty much the whole plant, from the root to the flower is edible and pretty nutritious.

^^ Those comments about the leaves intrigued me, so I dug a little bit deeper. According to Dr Health Benefits making an herbal tea from the leaves is the way to go for a LOT of benefits!!! I found the entire article intriguing for many different reasons & now that strawberry season is coming upon us, I think I might just try it. I have always had trouble with my Iron & IF drinking a cup of strawberry leaf tea could help me then I don’t have much to lose!!!

@RedDeerGuy1 You might want to read the entire article to see IF any of it pertains to you.

@LadyMarissa Strawberry tea sounds delicious. I will check next time I go shopping.

Ummm…guys and gals? Strawberry leaves are probably much like blackberry leaves…they sound really good but are actually pretty bland. Just a head’s up.

@seawulf575 I have NO doubt, but sometimes the benefit outweighs the blandness!!! One person claimed that the tea tastes fruity. They didn’t say IF it was good fruit or bad fruit!!! It was recommended to add some honey to the tea. I was thinking about maybe adding some small bits of the strawberry itself back in for a better flavor. Of course, I’d need to try it first before I could make that determination.There’s a couple about a mile down the road from me. The wife loves strawberries so the husband has a garden of them every year. Like most gardens, everything ripens at the same time & so fast that she can’t eat them all!!! Well, he sells them really cheap as long as you’re willing to pick them yourself & he picks a few to sell at a greater price for those too lazy to pick their own. For about $1 a pound, I can get more strawberries than I need to eat. This year maybe throw in a few extra leaves or stems, I can try it to see how I like it. $1 isn’t going to break me IF I don’t care for it & IF I do like it, I get extra Iron, antioxidants, & cancer killing properties. I know that this guy uses NO pesticides, so drinking poison won’t be a problem!!! As I said, I feel that I have nothing to lose.

@LadyMarissa I drink various teas that sound really good but lack flavor. But as you said, have good properties. Maybe if you added some hibiscus flowers it would give it that extra kick.

Amazon sells a hibiscus strawberry tea. Maybe I should start with that to see how I like it.

In my youth I went on a “survival ” camping trip with the Scouts. Ww made tea from strawberry leaves.

@Strauss What was it like???

Pine needle tea is supposed to be very nutritious, I plan on trying it soon. I’ve ate raw and fried dandelions, bland but fun.
We eat natural watercress here from all our freshwater springs, better than lettuce.

@LadyMarissa I don’t remember it too well, other than it was not unpleasant, slightly fruity, and a warm drink on a cool evening.

Thank you @Strauss

Just when I thought it was safe to drink strawberry leaf tea, I discovered this on the news. @RedDeerGuy1 PAY ATTENTION!!!

@LadyMarissa The tea leaves came from wild strawberries in a rural meadow. I suspect the berries in your link had been tainted during handling.

I guess I’ll have to toss all the berries I froze last month!