Banana is probably the only fruit which is found in every corner of the world, and is liked by most of us. In many places it is also included as a part of daily diet, many sportsmen and women endorse the idea of eating banana a day. Having Banana’s as a food intake is beneficial to our health as it contains various nutrients and disease fighting agents. Majorly bananas include three types of sugar Sucrose, glucose and fructose which are instant source of energy. It is been said that just two bananas gives an instant energy to work out for 90 minutes. Energy is not the only thing which is provided by bananas, but they also help our body to fight and survive various diseases and disorder.
Let’s have a look on following disorder, which can be prevented or cured by including banana a day.
DEPRESSION:
one of the commonly known disorders, but a deadly one as it increases day by day, usually people in depression have mood swings, mostly feeling low and are agitated on all the time. Not dealing with depression in a right way or treatment may also lead to schizophrenia. Hence MIND did a survey in this regard and found that people in depression feel better and relaxed after eating a banana. This is because banana contains tryptophan a type of protein which is converted by the body into serotonin, which is quite known to make body relaxed, takes the mind on a lighter mode and generally makes you feel happier. So it is highly recommended to the people who are suffering from depression.
P.M.S :
Pre menstrual syndrome an obvious mood swing just before those days of month. Knowing the fact that bananas have vitamin B6 which are good stress busters and are very much responsible to have affected one’s mood in a positive way. It will be really helpful for a woman dealing with PMS. On the lighter note as it is said that nothing can be as dangerous as a PMSing woman. Ladies why have pills in when bananas can be filled in.
ANEMIA :
Deficiency of hemoglobin causes anemia, hence to combat that one needs to work on keeping hemoglobin in an appropriate ratio. ‘Now we don’t need to fear when a banana is near’. Bananas are high in Iron and helps to stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood, thus it cures anemia.
BLOOD PRESSURE:
Another blood related problem which is caused due to excess of salt, is blood pressure. Hence this tropical fruit is very high in potassium but yet low in salt. Hence the combination of low salt and high rate of potassium equalizes and stabilizes the pressure of the blood. This eventually prevents blood pressure and stroke problems.
BRAIN POWER:
These days due to lot of work pressure and lots of stuff happening at the same time, our brain sometimes tends to forget things. In our daily lives we must have heard many people complaining about not being alert; this can sound alarming to some people. Hence to see a impact of bananas on brain power a observational research was conducted. In a local school in Twickenham (London, United Kingdom) 200 students were given bananas to eat for all the meals they have in a day.
CONSTIPATION:
Have a regular complaint of constipation?? Include a banana in your diet as it help to restore normal bowel action without restoring laxatives.
HEARTBURN:
Bananas have natural antacid effect in the body, so if u suffer from heartburn have an instant soothing relief by having a banana.
MORNING SICKNESS:
As now we know that banana helps to maintain blood sugar level, snacking on bananas between meals can eradicate the problem of morning sickness.
MOSQUITO BITES:
A much better solution to a mosquito bite swelling or irritation is a banana skin than a regular insect bite cream, as it successfully reduces the swelling and irritation. All we need to do is just rub the banana skin in a affected area.
HANGOVERS:
A delicious way of getting rid of hangover is a banana milk shake with honey. As Banana calms the stomach and honey builds up depleted blood sugar levels while the milk soothes and rehydrates the system.
NERVES:
Bananas are high in vitamin B which helps to calm the nervous system. Most of the top notch management staff has lot of work pressure, which leads them to go for a comforting food items like chocolate and chips, resulting in to obesity. Hence knowing the fact that banana controls our blood sugar levels it is a good idea to snack on bananas between the meal or the time when one is craving for comfort food causing obesity.
ULCERS:
Due to banana’s soft texture and smoothness it can be eaten raw even in the over chroniclercases. It also neutralizes over acidity and irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL:
Many cultures in the world think banana is a cooling agent in a body to reduce any king of heat, be it physical or emotional. Expecting ladies in South East Asia are advised to eat bananas as people over there think by eating more bananas these expecting ladies would deliver babies with cooler temperature.
Hence now we know that yellow fruit lying in your fruit basket should be an essential part of one’s diet. Its multiple healing qualities are more than any other fruit. In comparison to the apple banana has more vitamins and nutrients to keep you healthy and fit.
