Nowadays, everyone have to live depends on the medicine that they adopt, because of uncultured foods day by day we lose our God gifted health which we have by birth. This blog am gonna talk about the natural ways to overcome from the help of medical drugs. Nature is always having ultimate source to cure all problems.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Banana fruit nutrition facts
Health benefits of banana fruit!!!!
Banana fruit is one
of the high calorie tropical fruits. 100 g of fruit provides 90 calories.
Besides, it contains good amounts of health benefiting anti-oxidants, minerals,
and vitamins.
Banana pulp is composed of soft, easily digestible flesh with
simple sugars like fructose and sucrose that when eaten replenishes energy and
revitalizes the body instantly; thus, for these qualities, bananas are being
used by athletes to get instant energy and as supplement food in the treatment
plan for underweight children.
The fruit contains a good amount of soluble dietary fiber (7% of
DRA per 100 g) that helps normal bowel movements; thereby reducing constipation
problems.
It contains health promoting flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants
such as lutein, zea-xanthin, ß and α-carotenes in small
amounts. These compounds help act as protective scavengers against
oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) that play a role
in aging and various disease processes.
It is also a very good source of vitamin-B6 (pyridoxine),
provides about 28% of daily-recommended allowance. Pyridoxine is an important
B-complex vitamin that has a beneficial role for the treatment of neuritis, and
anemia. Further, it helps decrease homocystine (one of the
causative factors in coronary artery disease (CHD) and stroke episodes) levels
within the body.
The fruit is an also moderate source of vitamin-C (about
8.7 mg per 100g). Consumption of foods rich in vitamin-C helps the body develop
resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful oxygen-free radicals.
Fresh bananas provide adequate levels of minerals like copper,
magnesium, and manganese. Magnesium is essential for bone strengthening and has
a cardiac-protective role as well. Manganese is used by the body as a
co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Copper
is required in the production of red blood cells.
Fresh banana is a very rich source of potassium. 100 g fruit
provides 358 mg potassium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body
fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure, countering bad effects
of sodium.
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