Fruits and vegetables are always at the top of the list of healthy diet. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” as the adage goes. Apples, oranges, bananas, and other delicious fruits are always the most nutrient-rich snacks and energy boosters. You simply need to continue eating them on a daily basis to maintain a fit body.
A healthy diet allows your body to function properly, including blood flow. Avoiding unhealthy diets includes avoiding hazardous cholesterol as well as extra fats that restrict circulation.
11–Bananas & Burns and wounds
The fruit is also used as treatment for burns and wounds. For immediate pain relief; beat a ripe banana into a paste and spread it over a burn or wound or insect bites like mosqitos. For best results, cover the area with a cloth bandage. Even bananas’ leaves can be used as a cool compress for burns or wounds. (1)
12—Bananas help 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 (2)
13—Seasonal Affective Situations (SAD):
Banana helps to relieve the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder because of the availability of tryptophan. hereby come the Banana; being helpful in anxiety and stress disorders and shown to boost intellectual functions in experimental studies. (3)
14—Bananas help you quit Smoking:
To quit smoking; try Banana’s help. It contains vitamins B6, and B12, in addition to potassium, magnesium, and helps the body recover from the effects of withdrawal of nicotine. (1)
15—Stress:
KEEP STRESS AT BAY : This is another issue that is easier said than done, but you must lower your stress levels as much as possible. It is a fallacy to believe that stress merely has an impact on your mental health. Stress can also lead to a variety of health issues. Another factor that can diminish the number of white blood cells is stress.
When you are under a lot of stress, your body creates more hormones than usual, and some of these hormones can hinder white blood cell formation.
If you are a chronic stressor, this will almost certainly raise your blood pressure and have a detrimental affect on your digestive system. To safe-guard your immune system, it is critical that you pay attention to both your mental and physical health.
Potassium is a vital mineral that helps to make the heartbeat balanced, stimulates the transmission of oxygen to the brain and regulates the water balance in the body. When we are stressed, the metabolic level rises, lowering potassium levels. fortunately, body homeostasis can then be restored with eating potassium -rich bananas.
16—-Premenstrual syndrome PMS:
Premenstrual syndrome is a group of physical and emotional symptoms that occur one to two weeks before a woman’s period. Symptoms frequently differ between women and resolve around the start of bleeding.
Surprisingly, forget about soothing pills, eat bananas before and during menstruation, because it works to regulate blood glucose levels, which improves mood and provides you with vitamin B6 and soothes pain. (4)
17–Bananas prevent Strokes:
According to research in the New England Journal of Medicine, eating banana as part of a regular diet can reduce significantly the risk of stroke occurrence and death. (5)
In fact, the study attributes the impact to the high potassium content in bananas which can improve the endothelial function of the blood vessels. Thus, bananas are a complete whole diet. When compared to apples, bananas contain 4 times more protein, 2 times more carbohydrates, 3 times more phosphorus, five times more vitamin A and iron, twice as many vitamins and minerals, and it is rich in potassium. So it may be time to replace the saying: An apple a day keeps you away from a doctor to a banana a day and a health FOREVER.
SMOOTHIE WITH BANANAS AND STRAWBERRIES
1 ripe frozen banana
1 cup fresh strawberries (fresh or frozen)
a half-cup orange juice
1 cup of soymilk
2 tbsp canned pumpkin
1 tbsp flax seeds, ground
1 teaspoon honey
Blend for 1-2 minutes in a food processor or blender, until smooth and creamy. This recipe yields about 2-3/4 cup (2 servings)
Adverse effects of eating too much bananas
1- High carbohydrate presence combined with tryptophan content in this fruit is feared to affect user’s state of awareness influencing brain activity and bringing sleepiness.
2- Migraine headaches may be aggravated by consumption of bananas and alcohol. Hence, consumption of bananas is not advisable with alcohol.
3- Consumption of banana may have allergic reactions in few people.