Top Nutritional and Health Benefits of Bananas

 

Found some homegrown bananas growing in my courtyard garden. I love bananas mainly because of its sweet taste, nutritional benefits, health benefits also because it makes you feel full and energetic for a longer period of time.

Gardening helps you so much to connect with nature. Isn’t it funny, how much satisfaction you get from growing your own fruits and vegetables?

Banana is one superfood that is commonly available across the globe. I love this fruit as it provides you instant energy to kickstart your day.

Here are the Top Nutritional and Health Benefits of Bananas;

Bananas are highly nutritious

1. There is 110 calories in single banana with zero fat.

2. Bananas are rich in Potassium, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Iron and Manganese.

3. Packed with fibre, it provides lots of energy.

4. They are rich sources of fibre and have lot of antioxidants.

5. It’s don’t require much pesticides so it doesn’t get dirty.

Health benefits of Bananas

There are many health benefits of bananas like -

Bananas can help regulate blood sugar

It might actually help lower blood sugar. For a lower Glycemic Index, eat green bananas. It is packed with fibre, it provides lots of energy. It helps in boosting your immune system.

Bananas may support heart health

It helps in curing heart diseases and regulates blood pressure and helps in recovering from illness, fighting fatigue, reducing the person's risk of cancer, diabetes, inflammation and other health problems,

Bananas may help with weight loss

The carbs helps you produces more serotonin, which helps regulate your metabolism. It helps in reducing constipation. Bananas contain no fat, sodium or cholesterol.

Bananas are good for digestive health

Bananas is an amazing food that help with digestion. It treats nausea, morning sickness, stomach problems and other infections. It keeps eyes and bone healthy. It also reduces the risk of kidney diseases. It helps in curing acne and pains.

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Bananas can be eaten both ways, riped and raw. Raw bananas are used to make different kinds of dishes. It can be eaten as banana chips or banana fritters. There are different recipes which can be made with riped bananas as well like smoothies, porridge, pancakes, ice creams, muffins, granola, blueberry bars. All of these recipes doesn’t take more than 15 minutes.

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Homegrown Bananas

Nothing beats the joy of growing your own produce. These are the two big bunches of homegrown bananas and yet many more to come.

We planted our banana tree few years ago and since then it’s giving us bunches of bananas every year in our backyard garden.

As it’s raining here in India and we have been producing lots of bananas. We just gave away a huge basket full of bananas to my aunt and neighbours and there is one more basket which is in the kitchen. They taste so good like the pineapples.

Well to grow these banana plantains, I did nothing much. Simply feed it with fertiliser and mulch with compost which has lots of manure. Please keep in mind that bananas do require lot of sunlight and watering. Also, do not forget to trim down the banana leaves. These were grown in our backyard, so today we got stuck into the thinning down this overgrown tree.

Well, I have been keeping myself occupied everyday in the lockdown period. I was trying my hands on gardening as my gardener wasn’t coming so I was busy either making new recipes or helping my mother in gardening.

Most people have some extra time on their hands, so don’t panic in such pandemic situations instead stay calm and do what makes you happy like trying out new recipes, opting for some new hobby, going for LIVE session on Instagram, gardening or just talking and relaxing with your friends and family.

Enjoy the little things in life because one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things. What are you doing during this lockdown? Let me know in the comments below.

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