Banana Physical Characteristics
Healthy filling, and even already wrapped for the consumer, bananas are one of nature’s ideal foods and the world’s most popular fruits. They are undoubtedly an extremely healthy food.
Bananas have the beneficial combination of being rich in carbohydrate – the average banana provides about 95 calories – while containing little fat. Bananas contain nearly all the essential vitamins in particularly vitamins C, B6, B2 and folate – as well as magnesium and potassium. Potassium is a vital mineral for muscle development and also helps to regulate blood pressure.
No other fruit so readily or so widely eaten as a snack in developed countries, Bananas also rarely cause allergic reactions, apart from migraine headaches and indigestion in a few adults, and are popular first solid food for babies.
They are also useful for treating childhood stomach upsets, although there is as yet in firm evidence to support the theory that bananas may help cell and mucus production in the stomach lining, thereby healing ulcers and preventing new ones.
Aside from these general properties, the bananas industry has been assiduous in prompting the use of the fruit for specific dietary needs, most notably by sportspeople such as tennis players and racing cyclists, who have an increased need for vitamins and minerals as well as for carbohydrates without associated fats.
Bananas also contain a high level of natural sugar, in both their fresh and dried form, which they release quickly into blood stream.
The banana industry has also pointed out that the unique combination of vitamins and sugars within bananas releases energy onto the body over long time improving stamina and the powers of endurance and concentration.
Banana Physical Characteristics
