It will tell you about the most popular and favorite fruit of both children and adults - the golden banana! What vitamins are bananas rich in, why are they so satisfying, what useful properties do they have and can they be harmful? Banana belongs to the genus of herbaceous plants, belongs to the Banana family and is considered one of the ancient cultivated plants (therefore it is correct to call it not a fruit, but a grass - this is the largest grass!). Homeland - the islands of the Malay archipelago. The locals took them for food as an addition to the fish diet.
Today, the main habitats of bananas are the countries of South and Central America, for which they were unofficially nicknamed "banana republics".
Most often, the size, color and shape of the fruit are triangular or cylindrical, rounded or straightened. The length of the fruit varies from 3 to 40 cm, with a thickness of 2 to 8 cm. Read the difference between the small baby bananas (Baby Banana).
The skin can be yellow, green, red, or even silvery. The pulp can be white, cream, yellow or orange in color. Until the pulp is ripe, it remains firm and sticky, as soon as it ripens, it becomes juicy and soft.
On one axis there are about 300 fruits, the total weight of which can reach 50-60 kg.
The composition of bananas: vitamins, minerals and calories
Bananas contain natural sugars - sucrose, fructose, and glucose along with fiber.
This huge and delicious herb also contains the protein tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin. And the latter helps to improve mood and relaxes - a person feels like a happy person.
Bananas are rich in phosphorus, ascorbic acid, B vitamins, starch, nitrogenous substances, vitamin C, carotene, pectins and minerals.
Bananas have a large supply of energy, since by eating a couple of them, you can provide yourself with 1.5 hours of dynamic work.
Calorie content of bananas
per 100 g is 89 kcal:
- Proteins - 1.5 g
- Fat - 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates - 21, 8 g
Useful properties of bananas
- Bananas contain beneficial properties - potassium, which is necessary for the brain, heart and muscles.
- Vitamin C in bananas keeps you young and protects your body from colds and infections.
- Thanks to the B vitamins, their use helps to eliminate stress and irritability, improves memory, restores sleep, increases efficiency, makes hair healthy and relieves acne.
- Vitamin E in bananas is an irreplaceable helper of the skin, responsible for its smoothness and elasticity.
- If you eat them every day, you can lower your blood pressure.
- Dried bananas, like fresh ones, are rich in sugar and, when digested, quickly enter the bloodstream. It follows that they can perfectly restore strength after increased physical activity.
- Bananas are good for heartburn and gastritis.
- Fruits can help with anemia, depression, premenstrual syndrome.
- In cosmetology, banana peel has beneficial properties, it is used as a natural remedy for removing warts.
Video about the benefits of bananas for the human body:
The harm of bananas and contraindications
Despite such a rich list of beneficial properties, these wonderful tropical fruits are not recommended for consumption in large quantities for the following group of people:
- People suffering from thrombophlebitis, diabetes.
- With dyspepsia.
- With flatulence.
- With increased blood clotting.
- After suffering a heart attack and stroke.
