Banana anyone?

[~Ãutolovér~]

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.



Sorry if that was a bit long.

[tigereyes]

That's very interesting. I didn't know a banana could be used for all those things. I guess you learn something new everyday.

[Gecko]

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

[~Ãutolovér~]

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

Awwww.....I should have used that pic.....damn it!  :)))

[tigereyes]

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

Now now Gecko, that's not PG-13  :)))

[~Ãutolovér~]

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

Thats why I feel so good today, after all those Banana's u fed me last night Gecko. 0:

[pugsly™]

i going to have to show this to hubby

[pugsly™]

i wonder if naners will get rid of hic ups i know cheese does for me

[hades]

i always liked bananas regardless.  :P

[Gecko]

for my sweetie pie  AutoLover    to show my love for you
:-*                                     :-*                           :-*


                 

[Tara]

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

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.  :)))

[foxx]

"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? 

[Tara]

"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!   :-*

[foxx]

"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!   :-*

:)) 

[Lynne]

Thanks for the info Auto, didn't know bananas were so useful, the one use I thought of wasn't listed  :ooo jk  :)))

[Gecko]

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    :)))

[pugsly™]

i wonder if nanners cure allergies

[Gecko]

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

[hades]

allergies?  :o

[Tara]

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

:))