Banana - super food of the XXI century!

Bananas are called "fruit of happiness" and "the perfect fast food". Why bananas are the perfect food to eat?

First, they are rich in healthy carbohydrates and quickly satisfy hunger. Secondly, nature has supplied them convenient "packaging" - peel.It is believed that from the bananas are very easy to recover. It is not so. They simply must not be abused as well, and any other sweet starchy foods. One banana contains about 60-80 calories. So if you want to stay slim, normal on day one or two of fruit.


At the end of XX century scientists have shown that bananas contain a substance similar in structure to the so-called happiness hormones - serotonin and endorphins. These substances cause a burst of energy and a feeling of pleasure. Increases mental performance. And potassium and magnesium contained in bananas, reduce the likelihood of emotional breakdowns. And this is the main value of bananas in the season of spring deficiency and depression.




In diseases of the pancreas and stomach fresh fruits and vegetables are often excluded from the diet. The only fruit, which is generally not covered - banana. It does not increase the secretion of digestive juices and delicate flesh coats the stomach wall. Many people suffering from gastric ulcer, argue that bananas relieve pain. So, if you are prone to gastritis or peptic ulcer, eat daily 1-3 banana.




Italians use bananas as a sedative. To prepare medicinal drink need to chop a banana in a blender and then mix it with 50 grams of cognac, adding a small pinch of cinnamon. Drink at night in small SIPS.




In Mexico bananas cure cough. One fruit banana knead to form a pulp, add honey and take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day.




Bananas are a great source of potassium. This mineral is necessary to the cardiac muscle, and the liver and the brain. The lack of potassium in the body can cause arrhythmia, night cramps in the leg muscles. Therefore, cardiologists recommend to replenish stocks of potassium using bananas and useful, and tasty. The daily rate of potassium found in the three fruits.




Bananas perfectly and quickly digested, and there's little fiber. Therefore, nutritionists recommend to include these fruits in the diet of patients recovering after infection and operations. Useful bananas and patients of the Oncology clinics during periods of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.




Widely used tropical fruits in the diet of athletes who are working to restore power during long events. And before important competitions athletes often put on the protein-banana diet. Such a diet promotes the excretion of excess water and increase muscle mass.




Unripe bananas contain starch, which is difficult to digest and becomes the prey of the microbes of the large intestine. Therefore, the consequence of eating unripe fruit is often excessive gas formation. To get involved ripe bananas should not be diabetics.




Up until the bananas are not ripe, they should be kept at room temperature and low humidity. A bunch of fruit is better to hang, be sure to remove them from the plastic bags. Refrigerator, these fruits do not like". The minimum temperature at which it is recommended to store ripe bananas - plus 10-12°C.

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