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"Lower Your Blood Pressure With Bananas"
The health benefits of bananas are many and
this most versatile of all fruits is considered one of nature’s perfect foods.
Bananas are easily digested, rarely cause allergies and can stop heartburn in its tracks.
The natural sugars contained in bananas (sucrose, fructose and glucose) are quickly released into your bloodstream resulting in an instant energy boost.
The banana combined with milk makes almost a completely balanced meal that’s not only easy to prepare, but delicious too. A banana shake is a great meal replacement for those slimming or simply on the go.
Bananas contain a high-grade protein, including three essential amino acids. Bananas and milk together supplement each other in
a naturally healthy manner providing all the nutrients your body needs.
When one thinks of the nutrient value of bananas you’ll be thinking potassium. Potassium contains an essential electrolyte that not only helps to regulate your blood chemistry (balancing Ph so the blood doesn’t become too acidic), but also improves carbohydrate metabolism by helping your muscles to work more efficiently.
And don’t forget that bananas are also rich in Vitamin B6 which helps in the metabolizing
of more than 60 proteins while improving red blood cell production for better transportation of necessary oxygen to your muscles.
Also, the folate in bananas helps to improve your concentration and memory.
Let’s not forget that 17% of your daily Vitamin C can be found in this marvelous fruit, and we all know that Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals to stop your body from “rusting” and helping to keep you younger looking.
As well, Vitamin C helps in the production of collagen, which is the building block of the connective tissues such as the tendons and cartilage that keeps your knees strong.
The magnesium found in bananas helps with energy transport and the synthesis of protein to help you recover from that fatiguing day.
Bananas also offer plenty of fiber for your diet which everyone knows is important for reducing cholesterol, improving blood sugar control, and lowering risk of heart disease, not to mention a positive effect on the digestive system by helping to maintain regularity reducing both diarrhea and constipation.
Many people have difficulty with taking fiber supplements, but most anyone can tolerate eating a couple of bananas a day.
Some Banana Facts:
There are more than 300 varieties of bananas bred for cultivation.
The annual global banana output is 86 million tons.
Bananas are the fourth most important staple food in the developing
world.
The average American eats 25 lbs. of bananas a year.
Bananas originated in Malaysia.
India remains the top producer of bananas in the world, growing approximately 20 percent of the world's bananas. Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Mexico are the second largest producers of bananas, and the main exporters to the United States. In South East Asia, the top banana producers include Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia.
There are endless ways to add bananas to your daily diet, such as in shakes, on cereal, in fruit salads, baked into banana bread or muffins, etc. or just plain peel and eat this very healthy snack.
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