A study showed that every German eats an average of 16.3 kilograms of bananas a year, so what are the benefits of this delicious fruit?
According to a report in Deutsche Welle, these are some of the benefits of bananas:
Get rid of abdominal pain
Bananas aid in digestion, mainly due to their magnesium and potassium content.
Bananas can also help relieve stomach pain, because they contain a lot of starch, and they coat the irritated stomach lining as a protective layer, which relaxes the digestive system.
Helps reduce high blood pressure
Foods rich in potassium such as bananas or dates can help lower blood pressure, explains Professor Felix Mahfouz, a cardiologist at Saarland University Hospital in Germany, and bananas also contain vitamin B6 (B6).
Mood improvement
According to the German “Berliner Courier” website, many people need hormones of happiness in the dark winter months more than the rest of the year, and we usually get them from chocolate, but bananas have a similar effect, and just 30 minutes in the open air can raise the mood and stimulate metabolism,” according to dietitian Deborah Grunberg.
Fast energy provider
The combination of fructose and fiber provides the body with energy quickly. Many people eat bananas to get energy quickly, at work or while exercising. The more ripe the banana, the better the result.
In turn, Antje Gall of the German Society for Nutrition explains that if the bananas are not ripe enough, they contain more starch, which breaks down as the banana ripens.
Unripe bananas contain more complex carbohydrates and less refined sugar, as a result of which less ripe bananas provide energy more slowly but over a longer period of time than ripe bananas.
Banana storage
The Berliner Courier website says that it is preferable to store bananas in a sunny and warm place, and to avoid the formation of black spots on them, it is preferable to hang them, and after peeling them and before eating them, it is recommended to wash hands well to get rid of the pesticides and anti-molds with which the bananas are treated, to prevent rotting during transportation and before reaching the consumer.