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Originally Posted by mrfixit

DISCLAIMER: I AM DEFINATELY NOT A GIRL..I DO NOT PERUSE THE GIRL TALK SECTION.. I simply saw this on "TODAYS POSTS". Here is my experience with the GIRLS in my family. ALL of Eastern European descent. My Mom used the inside of banana peels to rub on her face and arms...She passed at 95 y/o with ZERO wrinkles and zero sun spots. My oldest sis used banana peel until she was 35..then switched to Noxema ....currently 77 y/o with a slight hint of crows feet starting to develop at outside edge of eyes and no sun spots. Aunt Margaret is 101... has a FEW wrinkles around her eyes ....always used banana peel ...still actively gardens and walks at least 1 mile every day. The all said THE secret is " IF IT WAS NOT A FOOD 100 YEARS AGO---DO NOT EAT IT ". ( i.e. no processed meats or cheeses.. no artifical sweeteners..no fake butters...no preservatives ) I could bore you with a few more very active and healthy very old kinfolk. BUT... IMHO ...you are what you eat- and- nature provides us with all thing we need to keep young looking and young feeling.

Mr. Fixit,

Thanks for the update. I wish it was easier today to eat only what was available 100 years ago - but it is HARD. Even things such as milk and fruit are obtained/raised differently - and organic labeling is not totally reliable. And if you go to a restaurant - especially any of the chains - think food preservatives to the nth degree.

As far as your lovely ladies go - much of their beauty is also lined to good genes and amount sun exposure in their youth. Much of the damage we have is only minimally reversible and at, to me, too high a price in terms of $$ and risk.

I never heard of the banana treatment - but it makes sense that the oils in the peel could be an effective moisturizer.