Banana, a nourishing food
Banana is a nourishing fruit. Indeed, this food is dense and source of natural sugars: sucrose, glucose, starch and fructose. However, consuming bananas helps regulate blood sugar levels, making it ideal for overweight people with type 2 diabetes (it has a glycemic index of 50). Indeed, the fibers it contains reduce the rate of assimilation of these carbohydrates.
In addition, banana is rich in protein and it brings a hundred calories, which explains, among other things, that tennis players consume during games.
In some hot countries, bananas are fruit used for cooling, but they are apple bananas, which are smaller, tart bananas that are different from those usually found in Western countries (Cavendish bananas). ).
The many medicinal virtues of bananas
Banana has many medicinal properties that are most often ignored. Indeed, few people know that bananas can fight against stress and nervousness . It also provides tryptophan (a protein) that the body can convert into serotonin, a neurotransmitter that promotes cellular communication and fights depression .
In addition, banana has digestive virtues. On the one hand, its high fiber helps fight against constipation and, conversely, plantains can reduce symptoms in case of chronic diarrhea; moreover, the consumption of green bananas (about three per day) helps to cure these diarrheas. On the other hand, banana is an antacid food that helps fight against heartburn or heartburn, including stimulating the production of mucus.
Note that the skin of the banana itself has virtues since it can relieve insect bites or warts if rubbed inside the area to be treated.
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The benefits of potassium in bananas
Banana is known for its high potassium content (up to 360 mg per fruit), one of the essential minerals for the proper functioning of the body. This mineral occurs at many levels. It will help to properly oxygenate the brain, promote concentration (and therefore learning in general) and slow the pulse in case of stress. In addition, eating bananas on a regular basis should reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and hypertension.
In addition, banana is an excellent source of iron, which makes it very interesting to fight against iron deficiency anemia. That's not all because it also contains phosphorus and a good amount of magnesium. It is also rich in vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). This vitamin is essential since more than a hundred enzymes can only act in its presence. It allows, among other things, the synthesis of tryptophan, a protein also present in banana, and that of hemoglobin in combination with iron, also present in the fruit.
Banana, a fruit rich in antioxidants
Banana is a fruit containing antioxidants, which makes it useful for preventing the appearance of certain cancers and more particularly kidney cancer and colon cancer. Moreover, by reducing free radicals, it prevents the formation of the bad cholesterol which participates in the appearance of the cardiovascular pathologies.
One of the main antioxidants found in bananas is dopamine, which, coupled with vitamin C , also present in bananas, increases its anti-free radical capacity. This antioxidant action is also valid for plantain which contains phenolic compounds easily assimilated by the body, which makes them particularly bioavailable and effective.
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