Carbohydrate content of bananas . Are bananas suitable for diets of obesity?
Main curative properties of bananas
Composition
of bananas per each 100 gr. |
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Raw fresh |
| Water |
74, 2 gr. |
| Energy |
92 Kcal |
| Fat |
0, 48 gr. |
| Protein |
1. 03 gr. |
| Carbohydrates |
23, 43 gr. |
| Fiber |
2, 4 gr. |
| Potassium |
396 mg |
| Phosphorus |
20 mg |
| Iron |
0, 31 mg |
| Sodium |
1 mg |
| Magnesium |
29 mg |
| Calcium |
6 mg |
| Zinc |
0,16 mg |
| Selenium |
1,1 mg |
| Vitamin C |
9,1 mg |
| Vitamin A |
81 IU |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) |
0, 045 mg. |
| Vitamin B2 ( Riboflavin) |
0,10 mg |
| Vitamin E |
0,27 mg |
| Niacin |
0.54 mg |
Main components of bananas
Source:
USDA Nutrient Data Base
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BANANAS
are very rich in carbohydrates, reason why they constitute
one of the best ways to provide our organisms with vegetable
energy . They will be very suitable for children, who need
an energetic food to satiate them quickly. Equally for the sportsmen
or for any person that requires a healthy " bite " in any moment.
The high amount of calories of bananas makes us to wonder if bananas can be included in obesity diets. The
satisfying capacity of the banana should not make us think that
it is a fruit that puts on weight. So we should better not to
eat many bananas if we want to maintain a thinner body.
Evidently,
bananas are one of the tender fruits providing more calories,
about 100 for each 100 grams, which is the average weight of
a Banana from Canary Islands. This number is bigger than the
60 calories that 100 grams of apples provide or the ridiculous
22 calories for each 100 gr. of watermelon .
However, who is
satisfied with 100 gr. of apples and with 100 gr. of watermelon?
How many people do really want to eat two bananas at the same
meal? Therefore eating a Banana would be similar to eating a
little more than a single apple since the weight of an apple
is usually superior to that of the banana. In any case, we hardly
ever think about the fact that a 100 gr. of industrial pastry
products do really contribute with 400 calories and without
the minerals and the vitamins that bananas can supply.
Bananas don't put on weight. On the contrary, for their wealth
in potassium they help to balance water in the body by counteracting
the sodium and favoring the elimination of liquids. Bananas
are very appropriate for those who want to eliminate weight.
Other beneficial properties of bananas
On the other hand, the elimination of water and sodium of the
body is essential for the treatment of certain illnesses, as hypertension, gout , rheumatic illnesses, etc. Potassium
is also a mineral that intervenes in the good state of the nerves,
the heart and the muscles. It favors recovering in states of edginess and depression, prevents the muscular cramps,
strengthens the muscles, improves blood circulation,
preventing clot formation and increases heart beat in cases
of heart weakness.
Its wealth in zinc can be profitable to strengthen
the hair, helping to prevent baldness. Its content in pectin,
that is bigger than in the the apple, and fiber is very interesting
for the treatment of cholesterol.
Studies carried out in India, a country where bananas are much consumed in form of flour to make homemade bread (chapatis), have demonstrated the power of this fruit in the prevention of gastric ulcers and its capacity to protect the intestinal mucosa. It has been proved their protective power to combat gastritis or to prevent the ulcers. They can even be used to cicatrize them. To make this possible, it is believed that cooking varieties of bananas should be used and these should be immature or very green. Many of these bananas can be bought nowadays in many establishments dried or raw, so they can be cooked or fried or whatever you prefer.
For those with problems of diarrhea, bananas, rich in tannins, can have an astringent value. A pap made with banana can be a good way to cut diarrhea in small children.
Other beneficial components to detoxify our organism are vitamins C and vitamin A. Bananas present a great wealth of both. Their great contents in vitamin C, combined with its wealth in phosphorus, is ideal to strengthen the mind. Eating bananas is very appropriate in the grown-ups to delay problems of senility or in the students to increase their memory, especially in evaluation periods
In external use bananas, according to popular tradition, are suitable to eliminate warts. To make this possible, take out the interior part of the skin of banana and rub it on the wart a couple of times every day during one week
Bananas are very digestive fruits
Bananas are very digestible fruits, rich in components that stimulate
the digestion, so it is very appropriate to combat the cases
of inappetence, among them the terrible anorexia. Without being
so alarming, bananas can simply wake up the appetite in children
that are not very hungry, even more when they are combined with
other natural foods, like apples or grapes. Equally, they go
on very well with milk, so that we have the opportunity to elaborate
stupendous and very nutritious milk shakes.
How to eat bananas? Which bananas are the best?
Bananas should be eaten when they are
very mature. It is better if
they have some black points on the skin without these affecting
the whole surface , what will indicate that they are already
too mature. Bananas are picked up green . In the maturation
process they produce their sugars and their so
characteristic scents .
When we buy this fruit, we should not keep them in the refrigerator
because they lose their flavor and become rancid. Once
peeled, they should be eaten
as soon as possible because they get spoiled very quickly.
When is it not suitable to eat bananas? who should not eat bananas?
Bananas would not be eaten with liver affections, such as hepatic insufficiency. In case of arrhythmias or tachycardias we should minimize their ingestion. ( More information) They are not recommended for liver disease diet.
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