Good Reasons to Eat a Banana

Banana is a fresh, versatile and relatively inexpensive fruit. It is native to Southeast Asia but now grow in many warm climates around the world. Bananas are an excellent choice if you’re interested in adding more healthy fruits to your diet. It is a good source of vitamin C, dietary fiber and manganese. Banana is also fat-free, cholesterol-free and virtually sodium-free.

Banana contains essential nutrients that may enhance heart health, help manage blood pressure and boost a person’s mood, among other benefits. While banana can be good for your health, there may be risks in some cases. Eating bananas can help to lower blood pressure and may reduce the risk of cancer.

Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association recommend to eat bananas and other fruit as they contain fiber. Eating a high fiber diet could reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and may lower the blood sugar in those who already have the disease. Unripe bananas also contain resistant starch, a type of fiber that your body does not digest properly. So, this means that despite their higher carb content, bananas may not cause major spikes in blood sugar levels in people who don’t have diabetes.

Weight Loss

Banana contains three natural sugars sucrose, fructose and glucose, giving you a fat and cholesterol-free source of energy. As such, banana is ideal, especially for children and athletes, for breakfast, as a midday snack or before and after sports.

Digestive Health

Resistant starch, one type of fiber found in unripe bananas, is a prebiotic. Prebiotics escape digestion and end up in your large intestine, where they become food for the beneficial bacteria in human gut. Some test-tube studies suggest that pectin may help to protect against colon cancer, although further research in humans is needed to learn more about this possible benefit.

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