Bananas to Aid Good Health

Banana, also called Musa Acuminate, is not a tree but an herbaceous plant, known otherwise as a herb. The plant grows from 6 feet to as tall as 26 feet and comes in different sizes and colors when ripe — red, yellow, and purple. Grows abundantly in tropical countries in South and Southeast Asia, bananas are harvested throughout the year.

Bananas are yummy and smooth. A 126-gram ripened banana incorporates 400 mg potassium, that is equal to 10% of the usual recommended everyday total, and 4 grammes dietary fiber, which equates to 16 percent of one’s daily suggested total. What is more, this measure of banana has 14.8 sugar and 110 calories. A medium banana gives us twenty percent of people’s daily suggested protein, sixteen percent of daily proposed vitamin C, and twenty percent of one’s daily advocated vitamin B6. Besides everything else, a bannana has no fat and no cholesterol!

The high potassium and low sodium content of bananas is important for a healthy heart and nervous system. It helps lower blood pressure and reduces the risk of stroke, atherosclerosis and other heart diseases. Moreover, the potassium found in bananas aids in regulating the fluid balance in the body.

As well as the cardiovascular advantages, potassium found in bananas is also helpful for the kidneys and our bones while regulating calcium excretion in urine to avoid diminution of calcium from the body, therefore reducing the risk of osteoporosis.

Bananas also contain iron that boosts the output of hemoglobin in the blood and therefore decreases the risk of anemia. The fruits of the banana plant are similarly a reasonable way of obtaining dietary fiber, which when united with its high potassium content, should help lower bad cholesterol.

Some studies show that bananas contain vitamin B6 and vitamin C that assist in protecting the heart from harm and plaque formation. What is more, vitamin B6 helps in the production of antibodies that should strengthen the immune system and convert carbohydrates to glucose to sustain a normal blood sugar level.

If adding bananas to low-fat yogurt makes part of a healthy heart diet, enjoying whole-grain breakfast cereal with sliced bananas on top can make a healthy breakfast as well.

Nigel Wickenden’s father died when comparatively young. Nigel had a checkup and found that both his cholesterol and blood pressure were high. He decided that he need to follow a healthy heart diet and has set up a blog on what he finds out. He is not a doctor but believes his high level of self interest will make him find information that is relevant and useful to himself and others who believe that what we eat can affect our future health and likely life expectancy. The latest article is on bananas and the healthy heart and is a bit more detailed than this one.