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Banana Properties And Benefits

Hypertension
According to several studies, it is considered that the banana helps in the fight against high blood pressure so it is included in a diet aimed to reducing the dreaded hypertension.

This is due to magnesium and potassium that supplies and help to regulate the blood pressure.

Diarrhea
Bananas are widely used in diarrhea cases to restore the amount of potassium lost with fluids that leaving of the body avoiding dehydration, one of the most serious dangers that occurs in this condition.


Bananas are one of the best selling fruit because it is recognized for its nutrition and energy sources. Often, athletes and sportsmen eat bananas before and during their activities. This is because the alternating energy that provided by the banana helps to give the strength necessary for success.


Bananas are an ideal way to achieve a healthy diet fruit. This helps increase the allowable amount of plant food in the diet because they do not need to be cooked, a process during which important nutrients can be lost. Since we can have the fruit in its natural state and does not need sugar, sauces, salt, or fat  to highlight its delicious taste.

Bananas are rich in carbohydrates and contains little fat. Helps to provide essential vitamins such as vitamin C, B6, B1, B2. It also contains large amounts of potassium and magnesium. Sodium levels are low.


Recommendations
The banana is a fruit that can be consumed throughout all the year. However, it is important to note, upon purchase , if  its skin has a greenish yellow color, with small brown spots, because these features suggests that the fruit is really healthy.


Bananas should not be stored in the refrigerator before they ripen, since this will  altering its taste and texture. It is best to leave them at room temperature and once they are ripe, store them in the vegetable drawer.

Is not recommended excessive consumption for person  with a dietary regime, since it can make gain weight.

Do not eat the banana peel or skin as it can cause serious indigestion on sensitive stomachs.

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Banana Benefits

Features and nutritional properties

Shape: oblong , elongated and slightly curved.

Size: can weigh between 80 and 200 grams each unit.

Color: Depending on the variety may have reddish yellow yellow-green , or yellow.

Taste: sweet and fragrant.

It is rich in carbohydrates, whereby  its caloric value is reasonable. Provides potassium, magnesium, vitamin B9 (folic acid), astringent substances and fibers.

This fruit, suitable from early months until the older adult, it is usually perceived as very " fattening " and this is a big misconception because  if we take by cconsumption size  an apple rare weighs less than 150 grams, whereas a medium banana, its edible part ranges around 100 grams and both provide a similar caloric value.


Its rich in potassium ranks it as the fruit of choice for athletes, ideal for everyone active. Its astringent action is due to the presence of tannins, so it is widely used in cases of diarrhea.


Within the fibers are noted particularly a type called fructo - oligosaccharides, that when fermenting certain substances ( butyric acid and propionic acid ) that have a protective effect in colon cancer, regulating intestinal transit and inhibiting the growth of cells tumor.


The banana stimulates the formation of endorphins ( stimulants of good mood  ). For all these virtues is a nutritional fruit suitable for all ages, for people with hypertension, diabetes and even in  low calorie plans, especially selecting those with a very firm texture, freshly mature, whose carbohydrate content  is lower.



Nutritional information
Serving size: 1 medium banana , peeled (100g )
Contribute :
· Calories: 89

· Water : 74.9 g

· Total Carbohydrates: 22.8 g

· Total Sugars: 12.2 g

· Sucrose 2.39 g

· Glucose: 4.9 g

· Fructose: 4.8 g

· Fiber: 2.6 g

· Protein: 1 g

· Fat: 0.3 g

· Cholesterol: 0 g

· Sodium: 1 mg

· Potassium: 358 mg

· Magnesium: 27 mg

· Vitamin C: 9 mg

· Vitamin B9 : 20 mcg

· Beta-carotene : 26 mcg

· Lutein + Zeaxanthin : 22 mcg

· Phytosterols : 16 mg .

All this contributes to the banana stand out as a healing fruit  within the stabilizer process of numerous health disorders.

Fights fatigue or tiredness because the banana contains a lot of potassium, ideal to restore people energy that feeling  tired or exhausted.

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