Did you know how useful and recommended the good old bananas are? Learn more about their properties that are so precious for your health!
Doctors recommend us to eat a banana everyday in case of anemia, depression and many other diseases. Bananas are considered to be important for the feeding of babies and children in general, due to the nutrients they contain. Banana is a sweet fruit that is used both for foods and for the production of cosmetics. The best bananas are the ones with only a few spots, not the green ones, the pale ones or the black ones.
As far as their history is concerned, bananas have been known for about 5000 years. Bananas originate from India. There are certain debates according to which the very first plantation of banana trees was made in China. In the fourteenth century the first banana trees plantations were grown in Central America and also in the north of South America. Apparently, banana is the oldest fruit on the face of the earth. Banana trees have only one flower which is also called the heart of the banana. The fruit of this tree grow in clusters of almost twenty pieces. There are many types of bananas all over the world, among which the most popular and well-spread is the one called Cavendish.
Bananas have a lot of positive properties and good effects on our health. Thus, they contain a lot of vitamins and minerals which are capable of revitalizing and re-mineralizing our organism, such as vitamins A, B, C, E, calcium, potassium, folic acid, magnesium, chrome, sodium, phosphor and iron. Chrome has the capacity to reduce our desire to eat sweets, whereas potassium is extremely necessary for persons suffering from arterial pressure, anemia, asthenia, and the ones who need to make a lot of physical and intellectual efforts as well as for children. The folic acid that is contained by the banana fruit is good for the brain. Bananas also contain tryptophan, the substance which our organism can turn into serotonin, a composite which is guilty for our states of relaxation, happiness and good health in general. Because of that, this fruit is highly recommended in case of depression.
Because of all these above-mentioned effects on our body, bananas are one of the healthiest fruits in our daily diet. Among other benefits we could mention bananas' effects against anemia, because of its high content of iron. It may also calm down nervous people because of the complex of vitamin B, and has a positive effect against arterial pressure, smoking, because of its high level of magnesium and potassium, as well as against heart attack, ulcer and stomach acidity, against diarrhea, and so on. It may also help us stay focused and relieve stress because of the level of potassium which can normalize our pulse and send oxygen to our brain.
Bananas can both decrease the body's temperature, as well as the emotional temperature in the case of pregnant women. Also, a rather less known fact is that bananas can work miracles in case of hangover. A mixture of bananas and honey can help us instantly feel refreshed. Banana skin is excellent in case of mosquito bites. Banana can have soothing and moisturizing effects on dry skin. One banana mixed with honey and placed on our face for about 15 minutes can re-mineralize one's complexion. Mixed with yogurt, bananas works wonders on irritated skin, in case of itching and so on. Crushed bananas are also excellent in case of sunburn or freezing. It's also highly recommended in case someone wants to lose weight, but it must be used wisely because it contains 97 calories per one hundred grams. People suffering from diabetes should also be careful of eating such fruit, because it contains carbohydrates.
The question may arise, isn't banana hard to digest? This may be true only if bananas got ripen through artificial means, but if it got ripe through natural means, one should not have any troubles digesting it properly. Since this fruit must not be kept at a temperature that goes lower than 12 degrees, it's not recommended to ever keep it inside the fridge. Apart from all these, what is most interesting to know about bananas is that they take up the fourth place in the world when it comes to food consumption, after rice, wheat and corn.
