Healthy food isn’t always tasty. But with regards tobananas, this isn’t the case. Which iswhy it’s doubly pleasing tolearn that they not only bring satisfaction toyour taste buds but also agreat many benefits toyour health.
WeatBright Side have gathered together all the evidence showing why eating just two bananas aday can seriously improve your health.
1. Arterial pressure will return tonormal
Bananas reduce high blood pressure thanks tothe fact that they contain around 420mg ofpotassium.
2. Excess weight disappears
Bananas are rich infiber, which makes you nolonger want toeat once consumed.
Bananas also contain akind ofstarch that reduces your appetite and stops you gaining weight. Itreduces the level ofsugar inyour blood and raises your body’s sensitivity toinsulin. Ifyour body’s cells aren’t sensitive toinsulin, they can’t absorb glucose, and your pancreas begins toproduce itinlarger quantities. Whether the body accumulates fat depends onthe insulin present.
3. The risk ofanemia falls
Anemia causes paleness, tiredness, and breathlessness. It’s the result ofareduction inred blood cells and alow level ofhemoglobin inthe blood.
Bananas contain alot ofiron, which stimulates the production ofred blood cells. Bananas also contain vitaminB6, which regulates blood glucose levels, helping people with anemia.
4. Digestion improves
Bananas are easily digested and don’t irritate the gastro-intestinal tract. Resistant starch contained inbananas isnot digested and ends upinthe large intestine where itserves asaneffective nutritional medium for healthy bacteria.
Bananas can beeaten when aperson has gastritis and heartburn, and they restore the minerals lost when aperson suffers from diarrhea.
5. Stress levels will fall
Bananas improve your mood. They contain tryptophan, which isrequired byour bodies inorder toreceive serotonin (the "happiness hormone").
Onaverage, each banana contains around 27mg ofmagnesium. This mineral isresponsible for producing agood mood and healthy sleep.
6. Your vitamin deficit will befilledup
Bananas are rich invitamin B6. Onaverage, one banana contains around20% ofyour daily requirement ofvitamin B6. This helps your body produce insulin, hemoglobin, and amino acids that are needed for the creation ofhealthy cells.
Although weusually think that oranges and strawberries contain the greatest amount ofvitaminC, bananas actually contain15% ofour daily norm ofthis important substance.
Vitamin Cis animportant anti-oxidant that neutralizes harmful free radicals (active molecules with insufficient electrons that can destroy the body’s cells). Italso helps keep blood vessels healthy and produces collagen.
7. Your energy levels will increase
The potassium contained inbananas protects your muscles from cramps, whilst the carbohydrates provide you with enough energy toendure aheavy workout.
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