Monday, April 12, 2010

How Bananas Can Help!

Depression: Amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax.
PMS: The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and prevent anemia.
Blood Pressure: This tropical fruit is high in potassium and low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure.
Brain Power: 200 students at a local school were helped through exams by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. The potassium-packed fruit makes pupils more alert.
Constipation: High fiber in the diet helps restore normal bowel action and overcomes constipation without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: A quick ways of curing a hangover is a banana milkshake sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and the honey builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have an antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try a banana.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin to amazingly reduce swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight: Pressure at work leads to gorging on food like chocolate and chips.The most obese were likely to be in high-pressure jobs. Avoid panic induced food cravings to control blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress.It also neutralizes over-acidity and irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers; pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Bananas help SAD sufferers because they contain tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: The B6, B12, the potassium and magnesium help recovery from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium helps normalize the heartbeat and regulates your body's water balance. When stressed, our metabolic rate rises, reducing our potassium levels.These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: Eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by 40%.
Warts: Take a piece of banana skin with the yellow side out and place it on the wart. Hold the skin in place with a surgical tape.

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