Want to be happy to eat bananas

Zhang Dechun of researcher of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of vegetables and flowers

Source: Health News

        Banana is a common tropical and subtropical fruits, the sweet flesh soft slippery, very popular. The banana tree is one of the oldest cultivated fruit, as early as 4000 years ago in Greece there on the banana records. Banana is also known as the fruit of wisdom, legend of Buddha Sakyamuni is because of eating bananas and gain wisdom.

        The banana can also be a staple

        The banana contains rich protein, carbohydrate, potassium, vitamin A and C, and the dietary fiber content is high, in terms of nutrition is a kind of good food. Banana moisture, protein, fat and other major nutrients and potatoes of similar or identical, high moisture, high starch content, low fat content is very obvious. Therefore, banana and cooked potatoes taste is also somewhat similar, and surface and sweet. In some countries in Africa, people will bananas as staple food.

        In medicine, banana, sweet and cold, can Runchang heat, hot people enjoy. Bleeding hemorrhoids, fire wins the dry and hot, should eat banana. Modern medical research has shown, banana contains rich in soluble fiber, can help digestion, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, adjust gastrointestinal function. A laxative, helps digestion and nourishing function. Elderly gastrointestinal peristalsis is slow, when occurrence constipation, edible bananas can relieve constipation. Baby constipation, can also eat some bananas.

        High potassium and low sodium help Buck

        Banana is a kind of high potassium and low sodium fruit, hectogram banana contains 300 milligrams of potassium and sodium content, only 0.8 mg. Potassium is the maintenance of human life essential elements. Our dietary structure in high and low dietary sodium potassium, sodium and potassium ratio of 3:1, consider this and the prevalence of hypertension in China high on.

        Potassium supplement on hypertension and sodium intake higher blood pressure lowering effect is more obvious. If the banana as the meal is composed, can rise to buck, protect blood vessels, stroke prevention function.

        Of course, it is due to the high potassium content of this one characteristic, that some people do not fit to eat banana, such as acute and chronic nephritis, renal dysfunction are not designed to eat banana. In addition, bananas, sugar high, a banana contains about120 calories ( equivalent to half a bowl of rice ), diabetes can not eat. Banana partial cold, stomachache, abdominal cold of spleen deficiency of the people should eat less. The old man eat bananas, do not eat too fast, so as not to choke.

        Bananas make people happy

        Scientists think, the meet nutritional standards and can be added on the face smile fruit is bananas, so the European call it happy fruit.

        The banana contains a can help the brain to produce 5 - serotonin material. This substance can not only make people become happy and peaceful mood, even can reduce pain, and can cause people bad mood hormone significantly reduced. Therefore, patients with depression and mood of the people should eat some bananas, in order for the brain to produce enough5 - serotonin, reducing pessimism.

        Bananas contain pantothenic acid, it is the body's happy hormones, can alleviate psychological pressure, relieve depression, happy happy. Before eating a banana, and the role of sedation.

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        Buy bananas a little common sense

        Banana freeze or bruised, broken skin, often can appear black spots. This is because the banana skin cells containing an oxidizing enzyme. Usually, it is the cell membrane tightly wrapped, not in contact with air, once frozen, bumps, the cell membrane is broken, oxidative enzymes and oxygen contact oxidation occurs, producing black plaque. Banana should not be placed in the refrigerator storage, in the 12~ 13that lasts. As a result of the collision, extrusion, cold and black banana, at room temperature is easy to breed bacteria, preferably discarded. In the purchase of bananas don't choose overripe, overripe banana peel is easy to crack, and the fruit is soft, bad taste.