Bananas and Your Health!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose
combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for
a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the
number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number
of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
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.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B-6 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 so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt,
making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, theUS 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.
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.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore
normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make
a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.
The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey,
builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn,
try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep
blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
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. (Also used the same way for ant bites)
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology inAustria 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.
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.
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.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain
the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking.
The B-6, B-12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them,
help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
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 re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in "TheNew England Journal of Medicine, 'eating bananas as part
of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
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!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit.
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Sorry if that was a bit long.
That's very interesting. I didn't know a banana could be used for all those things. I guess you learn something new everyday.
my koalas uses banana,s so they can get from gum tree to gum tree its helps in bed too nothing like a feed of banana b4 u go to sleep :pp
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Quote from: GeckoDundee on June 11, 2006, 08:51:59 PM
my koalas uses banana,s so they can get from gum tree to gum tree its helps in bed too nothing like a feed of banana b4 u go to sleep :pp
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Awwww.....I should have used that pic.....damn it! :)))
Quote from: GeckoDundee on June 11, 2006, 08:51:59 PM
my koalas uses banana,s so they can get from gum tree to gum tree its helps in bed too nothing like a feed of banana b4 u go to sleep :pp
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Now now Gecko, that's not PG-13 :)))
Quote from: GeckoDundee on June 11, 2006, 08:51:59 PM
my koalas uses banana,s so they can get from gum tree to gum tree its helps in bed too nothing like a feed of banana b4 u go to sleep :pp
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Thats why I feel so good today, after all those Banana's u fed me last night Gecko. 0:
i going to have to show this to hubby
i wonder if naners will get rid of hic ups i know cheese does for me
i always liked bananas regardless. :P
for my sweetie pie AutoLover to show my love for you
:-* :-* :-*
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Quote from: GeckoDundee on June 11, 2006, 08:51:59 PM
my koalas uses banana,s so they can get from gum tree to gum tree its helps in bed too nothing like a feed of banana b4 u go to sleep :pp
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LMAO @ this picture!!
Auto? Thanks for the informative post on what a banana does. None of the reasons I thought a banana was useful were listed. :o
My honey <3's banana pie. :)))
"Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make
a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.
The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey,
builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system."
Now this is a hangover cure I would try....
T? You need this today?
Quote from: foxx on June 12, 2006, 06:45:21 AM
"Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make
a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.
The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey,
builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system."
Now this is a hangover cure I would try....
T? You need this today?
Dammit!! Why didn't you tell me that before I rubbed bananas all in my pits? Gawd, now I have to take a shower.
Nah sweetie, I don't have a hangover! :-*
Quote from: Tara on June 12, 2006, 07:04:39 AM
Quote from: foxx on June 12, 2006, 06:45:21 AM
"Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make
a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.
The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey,
builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system."
Now this is a hangover cure I would try....
T? You need this today?
Dammit!! Why didn't you tell me that before I rubbed bananas all in my pits? Gawd, now I have to take a shower.
Nah sweetie, I don't have a hangover! :-*
:))
Thanks for the info Auto, didn't know bananas were so useful, the one use I thought of wasn't listed :ooo jk :)))
Quote from: lmazzettia on June 12, 2006, 02:35:07 PM
Thanks for the info Auto, didn't know bananas were so useful, the one use I thought of wasn't listed :ooo jk :)))
u'll get urs soon enough then ur hubby will buy the chemist out of headache pills lol its always same after a while , not tonight dear i have a headache. now :ll this is where the banana,s come into there own to help u get cured :)))
i wonder if nanners cure allergies
Quote from: pugsly on June 12, 2006, 08:46:20 PM
i wonder if nanners cure allergies
OMG ive lost count on the amount of times u said that ur doin a bubbles on me :oo
allergies? :o
Quote from: GeckoDundee on June 12, 2006, 08:59:54 PM
Quote from: pugsly on June 12, 2006, 08:46:20 PM
i wonder if nanners cure allergies
OMG ive lost count on the amount of times u said that ur doin a bubbles on me :oo
:))
Being as my nick is Nanners, I can tell you I can cure lots of things..but allergies isn't one of them :))
Gecko.. bananas cure headaches... jus a lil FYI.... >>:D
An apple a day keeps da doctor away, so they say...
A banana a day keeps frustrations away, I know that for a fact...
I make the best banana pudding, if you don't believe me ask Homer. :pp
Quote from: Tara on June 13, 2006, 09:55:29 AM
I make the best banana pudding, if you don't believe me ask Homer. :pp
I wont touch that... rofl.. no doubt..no doubt... did I say that twice... well.. once more.. "no doubt you do"... lol
But if Homer ever bring home some new banana puddin recipe... u better ask him... uh.. and jus whereeeee did u get that from... :OO
pugsley doesn't know what nanners is??
well hells bells, everyone knows its ME!! :)) <3
sweet lovable adorable ME!!
Quote from: Tokenstokenstokens on June 13, 2006, 09:57:27 AM
Quote from: Tara on June 13, 2006, 09:55:29 AM
I make the best banana pudding, if you don't believe me ask Homer. :pp
I wont touch that... rofl.. no doubt..no doubt... did I say that twice... well.. once more.. "no doubt you do"... lol
But if Homer ever bring home some new banana puddin recipe... u better ask him... uh.. and jus whereeeee did u get that from... :OO
It's a secret private recipe, that only I can provide him with.. LOL
One day we need to share recipes... u know... change recipes....
U know what I'm sayin.....
Dont Lib come over here stampin this as "post of the day"... rofl
Quote from: Tara on June 13, 2006, 10:08:40 AM
Quote from: Tokenstokenstokens on June 13, 2006, 09:57:27 AM
Quote from: Tara on June 13, 2006, 09:55:29 AM
I make the best banana pudding, if you don't believe me ask Homer. :pp
I wont touch that... rofl.. no doubt..no doubt... did I say that twice... well.. once more.. "no doubt you do"... lol
But if Homer ever bring home some new banana puddin recipe... u better ask him... uh.. and jus whereeeee did u get that from... :OO
It's a secret private recipe, that only I can provide him with.. LOL
Quote from: nanners on June 13, 2006, 10:07:55 AM
pugsley doesn't know what nanners is??
well hells bells, everyone knows its ME!! :)) <3
sweet lovable adorable ME!!
i been calling this yellow fruit that monkeys like nanners since i could talk
AutoLover where are u i got u a nice ripe fresh banana just for you this morn sweetie pie :-*
When i was pregnant and had leg cramps alot at night my doctor told me to eat bananas. They did help! Just adding another use!
Quote from: flgal on June 16, 2006, 06:55:59 PM
When i was pregnant and had leg cramps alot at night my doctor told me to eat bananas. They did help! Just adding another use!
banana,s contian quinine i think thats what its called and indeed they do stop cramps , add some garlic n baked beans and ur got a sure fire people mover , or motion detector :)))
Quote from: Gecko on June 16, 2006, 07:06:04 PM
Quote from: flgal on June 16, 2006, 06:55:59 PM
When i was pregnant and had leg cramps alot at night my doctor told me to eat bananas. They did help! Just adding another use!
banana,s contian quinine i think thats what its called and indeed they do stop cramps , add some garlic n baked beans and ur got a sure fire people mover , or motion detector :)))
beans are the muscial fruit
Quote from: flgal on June 16, 2006, 08:55:07 PM
Quote from: Gecko on June 16, 2006, 07:06:04 PM
Quote from: flgal on June 16, 2006, 06:55:59 PM
When i was pregnant and had leg cramps alot at night my doctor told me to eat bananas. They did help! Just adding another use!
banana,s contian quinine i think thats what its called and indeed they do stop cramps , add some garlic n baked beans and ur got a sure fire people mover , or motion detector :)))
beans are the muscial fruit
add some prunes to ur beans and u'll be a runner to the next olympics games :))
Sooooo, now that we know that a banana will do, should we move on to another fruit?
YES! please!
i would like to make this anouncement in the pc forum topic , , here goes i am so much in love with you autolover lets alope and get married :o yes this is a proposal and i b on my knees asking u to b my wife autolover we cant live in sin
and i awaits ur loving answer :-*
Quote from: Gecko on June 17, 2006, 04:48:27 AM
i would like to make this anouncement in the pc forum topic , , here goes i am so much in love with you autolover lets alope and get married :o yes this is a proposal and i b on my knees asking u to b my wife autolover we cant live in sin
and i awaits ur loving answer :-*
:o :ooo :o :ooo
Speechless
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 05:02:22 AM
Quote from: Gecko on June 17, 2006, 04:48:27 AM
i would like to make this anouncement in the pc forum topic , , here goes i am so much in love with you autolover lets alope and get married :o yes this is a proposal and i b on my knees asking u to b my wife autolover we cant live in sin
and i awaits ur loving answer :-*
:o :ooo :o :ooo
Speechless
we head over to h/j topic,s cause im tempted to try something in a banana topic and its no pg 13 rated >>:D i loves u dearly sweetie pie :-* :-*
Congrats to the happy couple!! when's the big day? <3
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:32:34 AM
Congrats to the happy couple!! when's the big day? <3
Not sure yet....but I want Hippo as my maid of honour.....best man just doesn't quite suit him. ??? :P
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:32:34 AM
Congrats to the happy couple!! when's the big day? <3
Not sure yet....but I want Hippo as my maid of honour.....best man just doesn't quite suit him. ??? :P
Invitation declined. I have plans that day to watch paint dry... sorry.
Quote from: SainŦHiρρo™ on June 17, 2006, 06:49:26 AM
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:32:34 AM
Congrats to the happy couple!! when's the big day? <3
Not sure yet....but I want Hippo as my maid of honour.....best man just doesn't quite suit him. ??? :P
Invitation declined. I have plans that day to watch paint dry... sorry.
:)) He bites!!!!!!! :))
Don't hold back.St H..Just tell them you don't want to go.. :)) Or be in the wedding.
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 06:51:49 AM
Quote from: SainŦHiρρo™ on June 17, 2006, 06:49:26 AM
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:32:34 AM
Congrats to the happy couple!! when's the big day? <3
Not sure yet....but I want Hippo as my maid of honour.....best man just doesn't quite suit him. ??? :P
Invitation declined. I have plans that day to watch paint dry... sorry.
:)) He bites!!!!!!! :))
ur just so beautifrll AutoLover and to think ur so smart and cluey as well
love u babes i love ur banana thread :-* :-*
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:55:02 AM
Don't hold back.St H..Just tell them you don't want to go.. :)) Or be in the wedding.
its ok nanners u can come O0 , saves us getting our wide angle camera fixed :)))
we love u as well
:-*
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:55:02 AM
Don't hold back.St H..Just tell them you don't want to go.. :)) Or be in the wedding.
I would say I don't want to go but don't you think that would be rude?
Quote from: SainŦHiρρo™ on June 17, 2006, 07:04:19 AM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:55:02 AM
Don't hold back.St H..Just tell them you don't want to go.. :)) Or be in the wedding.
I would say I don't want to go but don't you think that would be rude?
Nahhh...thats just being yourself. :pp :D
I do it all the time.. I am not a wedding goer person.. Went to my own cause I had to :)))
So I guess i'm the rude one
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 07:08:23 AM
Quote from: SainŦHiρρo™ on June 17, 2006, 07:04:19 AM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 06:55:02 AM
Don't hold back.St H..Just tell them you don't want to go.. :)) Or be in the wedding.
I would say I don't want to go but don't you think that would be rude?
Nahhh...thats just being yourself. :pp :D
love u sweetie we dont need anyone rude at our wedding
and as long as ur there it makes no diff to me who else is love u babes :-*
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 07:09:47 AM
I do it all the time.. I am not a wedding goer person.. Went to my own cause I had to :)))
So I guess i'm the rude one
Well being rude isn't too bad. If gives you a chance to speak your mind and make fun of people ;)
Quote from: Gecko on June 17, 2006, 06:57:09 AM
ur just so beautifrll AutoLover and to think ur so smart and cluey as well
love u babes i love ur banana thread :-* :-*
Quote from: Gecko on June 17, 2006, 07:14:42 AM
this is my lovely sweetie pies banana info topic i love her for being so knowlagable :-*
:))) :))) At least someone is "beautifrll" & "knowlagable"... :))
See's my poor Banana post being filled with cr@p.
Where did I see someone mention something about people making useless posts, hmmm............
Quote from: ~Ãutolovér~ on June 17, 2006, 07:55:08 AM
See's my poor Banana post being filled with cr@p.
Where did I see someone mention something about people making useless posts, hmmm............
Well I know it wasn't anywhere near one of my posts because I mentioned "useless topics" along with other "useless junk" and "non-purposeful cr@p". However, I can mention "useless posts" is you would like me to. Let me start a list of them if needed. Let me start at one's person daily mid-US night postings... off to view a profile or two.
Hey St H..go view my profile..let me know if anything is changed..cause I can't get to it.. :)) :))
Just effing stop.
This is so frickin childish.
Quit effing talking to each other...and Hippo? You know I love you...but grow the eff up.
Quote from: foxx on June 17, 2006, 12:15:26 PM
Just effing stop.
This is so frickin childish.
Quit effing talking to each other...and Hippo? You know I love you...but grow the eff up.
I'm not violating the TOS of the forum when I make my posts so I'm in the clear there. That being said, I did not start this once again. In this case, someone mentioned me regarding a lame wedding and I responded. It went from there but it's as simple as them not mentioning me and we would be fine. I've avoided one person because I don't like dumbing down things but his' partner in crime brought me out today. Maybe you should tell those people who are suppose to be older than me to "grow the eff up".
Cheers.
Quote from: SainŦHiρρo™ on June 17, 2006, 12:27:16 PM
Quote from: foxx on June 17, 2006, 12:15:26 PM
Just effing stop.
This is so frickin childish.
Quit effing talking to each other...and Hippo? You know I love you...but grow the eff up.
I'm not violating the TOS of the forum when I make my posts so I'm in the clear there. That being said, I did not start this once again. In this case, someone mentioned me regarding a lame wedding and I responded. It went from there but it's as simple as them not mentioning me and we would be fine. I've avoided one person because I don't like dumbing down things but his' partner in crime brought me out today. Maybe you should tell those people who are suppose to be older than me to "grow the eff up".
Cheers.
>:(( Fine. Everybody involved in this? Grow the eff up. Quit effing talking to each other.
But you know what? I am not the PC Police either....so, I am outta here...
Have fun.
Well just how old are you first of all? You might be ancient, who knows, I sure don't :pp
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 12:44:36 PM
Well just how old are you first of all? You might be ancient, who knows, I sure don't :pp
I'm younger than 30 but older then 25... so pick of any those 4 years and you have a 25% chance of being right.
gets out pen and paper........OH ok got it now..thanks
Heck I have ...........older than you...
see PG-13 :))
lol...very interesting.
Just another installment of As the Stomach Turns ;::
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 01:06:20 PM
Just another installment of As the Stomach Turns ;::
Yeah, no kidding. I feel like I'm in the fourth friggin' grade.
Foxx? Wait up... I"m right behind you.
Quote from: Libra on June 17, 2006, 01:10:40 PM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 01:06:20 PM
Just another installment of As the Stomach Turns ;::
Yeah, no kidding. I feel like I'm in the fourth friggin' grade.
Foxx? Wait up... I"m right behind you.
Uh... hold my hand?
You dont wanna hold hands?? ;::
lol. :-X
Quote from: Libra on June 17, 2006, 01:10:40 PM
Quote from: nanners on June 17, 2006, 01:06:20 PM
Just another installment of As the Stomach Turns ;::
Yeah, no kidding. I feel like I'm in the fourth friggin' grade.
Foxx? Wait up... I"m right behind you.
umma did i miss something 0: 0: i was expelled from pre school aka kindie