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Propeties and Uses
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What Are the Good Nutrients In Bananas?
Bananas contain folate, magnesium , vitamins C and B6, as well as being rich in potassium. They also contain pectin, which is helpful in lowering cholesterol.
Pump yourself up
Bananas offer some of the best carbohydrates to increase energy for your workouts. Eat two a day when you’re working out and want to build up those muscles. But if you are trying to LOSE weight, you had better go light on the bananas!
Perk up
Looking for a way to get through a dreary day? Bananas are a wonderful “pick me up” snack. It may be the potassium combined with the natural energizing qualities of carbohydrates that help to make them such energizers.
Stop diarrhea
Both mashed and cooked bananas can be used to treat diarrhea, especially in children who refuse to take other remedies. Dr. William B. Greenough, III, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University and president of the International Child Health Foundation, recommends the BRAT diet. BRAT stands for “Bananas-Rice-Applesauce-Toast.” When children have diarrhea, they should drink lots of water and limit their diets to these foods only. I wish I had known about the BRAT diet when I was raising my son—it would have saved us both a lot of trouble!
Lower your cholesterol
Bananas contain a high amount of pectin, which helps lower cholesterol.
Heartburn Relief
Bananas are a natural antacid and can cure heartburn.
Kick that Hangover
In case you were not aware, hangovers are mainly caused by dehydration and potassium depletion as a result of drinking too much alcohol. Bananas are loaded with potassium. They also are high in magnesium, which can help relax pounding blood vessels that give the hangover headache. So, here’s a hint if you plan on imbibing: drink two glasses of water and eat a banana before bedding down for the night.
Unripe Plantains to the Rescue! For ulcers:
Plantains were used for many years in India to treat stomach ulcers, but their effectiveness was not well known in the West until studies were performed by research teams in England. British researchers at the University of Aston in Birmingham reported that the stomach lining of rats was visibly thicker when they were fed plantains. This means that the stomach wall actually became sturdier and formed a stronger barrier against irritants. It is not ripe plantains, however, that work so well at healing ulcers. It is the unripe, green ones that do the trick!
Plantains to lower cholesterol
Researchers in India discovered that the cholesterol level of rats dramatically improved when they were fed plantains. The rats were given foods high in cholesterol along with plantains. The researchers found that the rise they expected to see in cholesterol level never happened. Once again, it was only the unripe plantains that seemed to work!
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