Banana - Amazing Fruit!
 

This is interesting. After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout - No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood and glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Po wer: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine, "eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So,a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice as much as the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

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PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time!

I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and

rub directly on the shoe ? polish with dry cloth.

Amazing fruit!

I hate bananas...

Bananas are icky..

It is also good to use in a photo shoot.

I eat one banana per day. :thumbsup

Some nice info there, made me like bananas even more.

You registered here 2 years ago. You have never posted before and you finally come out of your shell to make your first post ever on here and you pick this thread and use the word icky. :winkwink:

I always use banana's in my post-workout protein shakes, but I'm going to try to eat a few banana's pre-workout to see how they improve my energy level. :thumbsup

banana's are so god damn mother fucking yummy.

OK, everyone should have known I'd post in this thread. :1orglaugh

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Bananas are great. I eat about 8 a day as I live in the tropics and have them growing everywhere.

Make sure you eat organic or non supermarket bananas as the use a gas to ripen them (they pick them too green so a lot of the above information isn't relevant). I think the gas is nitreous oxide (correct me if I am wrong), but the gas is toxic. The bananas will help your energy and brain power but the gas will kill you eventually.

Lyn from Oz

Are you on something?

Banannas are made to be picked green. They also self rippen very fast and are used to ripen other fruits. They naturally produce Ethylene gas.

I think I'll add more to my diet after this info

I love banana. I eat approximately 10 to 14 pieces per week.

this thread made me want some banana bread...yumm...

bananas can really MAKE a smoothie.

Yum.

I like bananas but they give me heartburn... which casts doubt on the whole thing.

It looks like a chain letter and needs some backing up.

:thumbsup :1orglaugh

did you know they are near extinction within 15-20 years..?

you can read one of the articles HERE

The majority of it is true and that is all the backing up I shall do.
Oh they are also one of the worlds cheapest fruits all season long.

Let me hear you say this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)

Again
This shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)

:banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana

Also makes the misquitos love you! Eat one or two of them and they will be kissing you all night :)

Usually people get heartburn from onion and garlic, that doesn't mean you should stop eating them. As fot the bananas, too many callories in them (I think), otherwise I'd eat them 24/7

Potassium can also help improve your ability to maintain erections. :banana

alot of good stuff. very useful tropic fruit

?Banana fiber
It is used for handicraft and art in baskets, carpets and so on. The fiber is also used for the manufacturing of banana paper.

?Animal feeding
Bananas which do not arrive to fulfill quality requirements for export and banana waste may be used for animal feeding.

?Banana leaves
They are used for wrapping food when cooking in many countries.

?Intercropping
In some cases, banana cultivation is used to give shade to other crops that need it, such are coffee or cocoa.

?Tourism
Banana production areas can be shown for tourism interests.

?Medicinal use
Bananas are considered to be good for the treatment of gastric ulcer and diarrhoea. Because they contain vitamin A, bananas and plantains act as an aid to digestion. Due to their high content of B6 vitamin, they help to reduce stress and anxiety. They are also considered benefitial for cancer prevention and heart diseases. The high content of carbohydrates makes of them a very good source of energy, for example, for people practising sports. Potassium helps to better brain functioning.

Considering I'm anmenic, I definitely should put this on my list of things to eat daily, thanks.
WG

After reading this article, we should proclaim banana as the international fruit.

It sure is!
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I think this is a job for the BANANA MAN. :winkwink:
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banananananananaananananananananas :)

wich side? Both sides are yellow :helpme

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WOW :)

Tomud

nice info man!!

this is the main reason why I eat bananas every after lunch to aid the digestion

Mmm bananas....eating one right now.