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Sept 26, 2012 by NATASHA LONGO
20 Reasons To Eat 3 Bananas Per Day - And No They Won't Make You Fat
From preventing cardiovascular events to regulating PMS, bone mass, constipation, heartburn, and more than a dozen other ailments, bananas pack enough of a nutritional punch to make most medications look like candy. Bananas also give an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. They are the number one fruit for the world's leading athletes for a reason.
Research has proven that three small bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit and healthy. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a necessary staple in our daily diets.
The magic number which appears to be assist in the following conditions is 1500mg of potassium which is three bananas per day.
1. Prevents Cardiovascular Events: British and Italian researchers have found that having one banana for breakfast, one for lunch and one in the evening would provide enough potassium to reduce the chances of suffering a blood clot on the brain by around 21 per cent. The study has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology .
Scientists analysed data from eleven different studies - dating back to the mid-Sixties - and pooled the results to get an overall outcome. They found a daily potassium intake of around 1,600 mg were enough to lower stroke risk by more than a fifth.
The average banana contains around 500 milligrams of potassium, which helps to lower blood pressure and controls the balance of fluids in the body.
Pervious research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," found that eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
2. Bananas Help Boost Bone Mass:The potassium in bananas appears to counteract the bad effects of high-salt diets by preventing bones from decaying at a fast rate, says study author Dr. Deborah Sellmeyer, an assistant adjunct professor of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of California at San Francisco.
The potassium appeared to protect the bones of the women who took it, Sellmeyer says. They lost less calcium than they did on the low-salt diets, and the amount of lost protein was only slightly higher.
3. Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
4. PMS:Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
5. Anemia:High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
6. Blood Pressure:This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke
7. Brain Power:200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
8. Constipation:High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
9. Hangovers:One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana smoothie, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels.
10 . Heartburn:Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
11. Morning Sickness:Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
12. Mosquito bites:Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
13. Nerves:Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
14. Overweight and at work?Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady
15. 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 in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
16. Temperature control:Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
17. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
18. Smoking:Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6,B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
19. Stress:Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
20. Warts:Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
As Effective As Gatordate
A recent US stud y has also found that bananas were as least as effective as PepsiCo sports drink Gatorade in providing nutritional support to trained cyclists during prolonged and intensive exercise.
Bananas Won't Make You Fat
Why is it that bananas have earned such a bad reputation in the weight loss department?
There are approximately 108 calories and 17.5 grams of carbohydrates in the average banana. Much of the calories from bananas come from carbohydrates, both from simple sugars and starch. They contain about 19 grams of sugar per banana and 1 gram of protein, as well. Bananas don't contain any fat, cholesterol or sodium. The fiber content of bananas also helps to control hunger much better for those who are trying to lose fat.
Bananas can be an ideal pre-gym snack. In order to fuel energy, our body uses carbs and fats. Thus, this makes bananas an essential carb food, if taken before a workout. And as it is densely packed with nutrients and energy, it is an ideal snack for the fitness enthusiast. The natural sugars contained within the banana help provide a lot of energy before a workout. This is the reason why it is a huge favourite for serious athletes.
As with any food, healthy or unhealthy, portion control is the true answer to avoiding weight gain. Therefore, if you consume bananas within your body's food and calorie requirements, then bananas will not make you gain weight.
Eat Them While They Are Still Non-GMO
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that wild banana species are rapidly going extinct as Indian forests are destroyed, while many traditional farmers' varieties are also disappearing. It could take a global effort to save the bananas' gene pool.
Virtually all bananas traded internationally are of a single variety, the Cavendish, the genetic roots of which lie in India. Three years ago, New Scientist revealed that the world Cavendish crop was threatened by pandemics of diseases such as that caused by the black sigatoka fungus. Scientists are now hopping on the GMO bandwagon and claiming that the hope for survival of the Cavendish lies in developing new genetically modified species as well as hybrids that are resistant to the fungus.
Natasha Longo has a master's degree in nutrition and is a certified fitness and nutritional counselor. She has consulted on public health policy and procurement in Canada, Australia, Spain, Ireland, England and Germany.
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why dont you stick one up your ass.
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Really important for booty as they are a known laxative and helps with pms ;D
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why dont you stick one up your ass.
ill give it a try ;)
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Did you also know that a banana is technically a berry and the plant is considered to be a herb?
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fact is tho, you can find those kind of articles on most anything you can consume
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Did you also know that a banana is technically a berry and the plant is considered to be a herb?
Yep, it is a giant herb with a fake stem, the real one is underground (a corm).
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Yep, it is a giant herb with a fake stem, the real one is underground (a corm).
mmmmmm......corm...
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fact is tho, you can find those kind of articles on most anything you can consume
are you the banana is extremely exceptional or what?
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Bananas use to have a great taste, texture and longer shelf life and in the 50's a mold killed off most of the world's bananas. They came up with this recent variety that we eat now. it spoils faster, it doesn't taste as good and has a worst texture but the main benefit is that it is resistant to the mold but apparently the mold has mutated and the world's banana crops may be in danger of dying off again.
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fact is tho, you can find those kind of articles on most anything you can consume
Yes
Some studies may suggest a positive correlation between 2 variables, but the media needs to sell so they take it out of context and claim X causes Y. Association doesn't necessarily mean causation.
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Where is Galeniko, we need him in this dark hour to dispel the myth of fruits being beneficial.
Might as well eat a bowl of sugar/diarrhea
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Bananas use to have a great taste, texture and longer shelf life and in the 50's a mold killed off most of the world's bananas. They came up with this recent variety that we eat now. it spoils faster, it doesn't taste as good and has a worst texture but the main benefit is that it is resistant to the mold but apparently the mold has mutated and the world's banana crops may be in danger of dying off again.
That's correct. The bananas exported in the 50's were from a variety called Gros-Michel. It tastes great and it doesn't spoil as the bananas we eat now. The Panama disease (Fusarium oxysporum) decimated crops so people started using sub-varieties from the variety Cavendish. Now the fungus has mutated and it completely destroys the plant. The disease is not present in South-America yet.
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That's correct. The bananas exported on the 50's were from a variety called Gros-Michel. It tastes great and it doesn't spoil as the bananas we eat now. The Panama disease (Fusarium oxysporum) decimated crops so people started using sub-varieties from the variety Cavendish. Now the fungus has mutated and it completely destroys the plant. The disease is not present in South-America yet.
Have you ever seen the documentary about the Dole Cartel and Bananas? It's almost as bad as the Cocaine trade.
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Have you ever seen the documentary about the Dole Cartel and Bananas? It's almost as bad as the Cocaine trade.
really? Where can I find this
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Have you ever seen the documentary about the Dole Cartel and Bananas? It's almost as bad as the Cocaine trade.
Never heard about that documentary. I'll look it up.
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Ironically it's called BANANAS! and there's also Big Boys Gone Bananas, but there is an older one, pre-youtube I remember seeing a long time ago about how Dole eventually became the world cartel owner of banana crops.
Even searching about Dole will show a shit load of court cases against them and a recent $50 million euro fine for price fixing. Fuckers are evil.
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Bananas use to have a great taste, texture and longer shelf life and in the 50's a mold killed off most of the world's bananas. They came up with this recent variety that we eat now. it spoils faster, it doesn't taste as good and has a worst texture but the main benefit is that it is resistant to the mold but apparently the mold has mutated and the world's banana crops may be in danger of dying off again.
Im finding food in general has lost its taste. Veggies even organic dont taste like they used to
In the U.S they grow strawberries for size not flavor. Not to get too off topic, but i read one would have to eat 50 heads of lettuce to get the same nutrition of just one head of lettuce from 1950 - a top soil issue
In countries where pesticides are non existent, one has to eat a pear, nectarine, or peach over the sink because its so juicy
Maybe its me. Food just doesnt taste like it used to
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Ironically it's called BANANAS! and there's also Big Boys Gone Bananas, but there is an older one, pre-youtube I remember seeing a long time ago about how Dole eventually became the world cartel owner of banana crops.
Even searching about Dole will show a shit load of court cases against them and a recent $50 million euro fine for price fixing. Fuckers are evil.
Not only Dole but pretty much every company dedicated to buy and export banana production. The official price they have to pay is $ 6.50 for a 43 pounds banana box, but it's pretty common they end up paying even $3.00. The price fluctuates a lot, except for organic bananas. The main cause for this... the supply is too high.
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Im finding food in general has lost its taste. Veggies even organic dont taste like they used to
In the U.S they grow strawberries for size not flavor. Not to get too off topic, but i read one would have to eat 50 heads of lettuce to get the same nutrition of just one head of lettuce from 1950 - a top soil issue
In countries where pesticides are non existent, one has to eat a pear, nectarine, or peach over the sink because its so juicy
Maybe its me. Food just doesnt taste like it used to
That's the issue with overfarming, genetic manipulation and getting products out to market quicker. Most fruits and veggies are picked way before they're ready then packed and shipped where they are put into Gas chambers to help kick off the ripening before they're delivered to market. a tomato may look bright red, a banana bright yellow but the fruit is still far from being mature enough to where it should be consumed. When I was in Hawaii I went to farmer markets where they bring in fruits and veggies off the trees and vines that are ready to consume that day. They are so flavorful and amazing. No shelf life because they are picked that morning at their peak of ripeness. Shit you buy from any grocery chain, whether organic or not are all picked before they're ready to eat.
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lolol. I love these random memes sometimes.
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That's the issue with overfarming, genetic manipulation and getting products out to market quicker. Most fruits and veggies are picked way before they're ready then packed and shipped where they are put into Gas chambers to help kick off the ripening before they're delivered to market. a tomato may look bright red, a banana bright yellow but the fruit is still far from being mature enough to where it should be consumed. When I was in Hawaii I went to farmer markets where they bring in fruits and veggies off the trees and vines that are ready to consume that day. They are so flavorful and amazing. No shelf life because they are picked that morning at their peak of ripeness. Shit you buy from any grocery chain, whether organic or not are all picked before they're ready to eat.
Agreed
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On a trip to Jamaica I commented on how sweet a grainy the beef tasted and when I asked why this was I was told it's because sometimes fruit is the only thing around at times to keep cattle there fed. I don't know how true this is but there beef is delicious and that's coming from a native Texan.
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On a trip to Jamaica I commented on how sweet a grainy the beef tasted and when I asked why this was I was told it's because sometimes fruit is the only thing around at times to keep cattle there fed. I don't know how true this is but there beef is delicious and that's coming from a native Texan.
Same deal with the chicken. You can give a Jamaican all the ingredients but the chicken from Jamaica to cook jerked chicken and it won't even taste close to what you get there.
in Kauai they have chickens running loose everywhere. I had smoked chicken from this place called Chicken in a Barrel. The best damn fucking chicken I've ever eaten.
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Im finding food in general has lost its taste. Veggies even organic dont taste like they used to
In the U.S they grow strawberries for size not flavor. Not to get too off topic, but i read one would have to eat 50 heads of lettuce to get the same nutrition of just one head of lettuce from 1950 - a top soil issue
In countries where pesticides are non existent, one has to eat a pear, nectarine, or peach over the sink because its so juicy
Maybe its me. Food just doesnt taste like it used to
Good post. The peaches and plums this year are not good at all. And strawberries are no longer strawberries....
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Not only Dole but pretty much every company dedicated to buy and export banana production. The official price they have to pay is $ 6.50 for a 43 pounds banana box, but it's pretty common they end up paying even $3.00. The price fluctuates a lot, except for organic bananas. The main cause for this... the supply is too high.
Same with Nestle and bottled water. Bunch of fucking pieces of shit. They go in and buy up poor areas water supplies, bottle the water, then sell the water back to the people at 100x the cost.
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Im finding food in general has lost its taste. Veggies even organic dont taste like they used to
In the U.S they grow strawberries for size not flavor. Not to get too off topic, but i read one would have to eat 50 heads of lettuce to get the same nutrition of just one head of lettuce from 1950 - a top soil issue
In countries where pesticides are non existent, one has to eat a pear, nectarine, or peach over the sink because its so juicy
Maybe its me. Food just doesnt taste like it used to
Just imagine what will happen when marijuana becomes legal in all 50 states. Maybe the commericalization of marijuana production will actually be the ruin of the quality of the product.
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I`m gonna` up my banana intake.
NO HOMO
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Same deal with the chicken. You can give a Jamaican all the ingredients but the chicken from Jamaica to cook jerked chicken and it won't even taste close to what you get there.
in Kauai they have chickens running loose everywhere. I had smoked chicken from this place called Chicken in a Barrel. The best damn fucking chicken I've ever eaten.
the chicken is good but I ate so much the spices gave me the shits so bad I could shit through a screen door, and my asshole was on fire
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Explosive Flaming Diareah Of Peace
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One thing I hate about these articles, is the author's need to find a round number of 'benefits' from the food they are writing about, i.e. 20 amazing things you can do with a cucumber, when we all know there's only one amazing thing you can do with a cucumber.
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Same with Nestle and bottled water. Bunch of fucking pieces of shit. They go in and buy up poor areas water supplies, bottle the water, then sell the water back to the people at 100x the cost.
In SoCal it turned out that Nestlé's contract ended some time in 1990 and for the last 25 years they've been pumping and bottling water without paying a cent to anyone. The state is now investigating who was getting paid off to let this slide for so long.
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One thing I hate about these articles, is the author's need to find a round number of 'benefits' from the food they are writing about, i.e. 20 amazing things you can do with a cucumber, when we all know there's only one amazing thing you can do with a cucumber.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!