Guest guest Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 I knew they were good for you...I just thought they had potassium...amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 actually, bananas are not high in iron,they are packed with potassium and are good if you have uscle cramps or localized seizures its the green leafy veggies (kale, collards, spinache seaweed like nori, kelp, and dulse,) that are packed with iron I was anaemic for a while, and I eat these all the time (N I also take spirulina) bananas are really tasty and one of my favorite fruits but they are also one of the few fattening fruits Ross Cannon <ross.cann wrote: A banana a day keeps doctors away! THE BANANA - a must to your daily diet. If you want a quick fix for flagging energy levels there's no better snack than a banana. Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose - combined with fibre, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved 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 your daily diet. --------------- Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia. --------------- Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US 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 fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives. --------------- 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. --------------- 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 rehydrate your system. --------------- Heart-burn: 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. ---------------- Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria 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 such as bananas every two hours to keep levels steady --------------- PMS: Forget the pills eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. ---------------- 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-chronic ulcer 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 cool temperature. --------------- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan. ------------------ Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking, as the high levels of Vitamin C, A1, B6, B12 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, there by reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack. -------------- Strokes: According to research in 'The New 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 you see 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 to read as, " A Banana a day keeps the doctor away! 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Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 No B12 in bananas, that's an animal product only vitamin. In case you're wondering why we're all not dead in this group, we need only tiny trace amounts of the vitamin, which are provided by all the bug parts and mouse parts we ingest without knowing it, like with a good part of mankind who are vegetarian by poverty, not choice. Ironic, huh? So bananas would probably not be a very good source at all, considering they come in that nice zip-up hygenic packagiong. , veronica R <blo0ming> wrote: > actually, bananas are not high in iron,they are packed with potassium and are good if you have uscle cramps or localized seizures > its the green leafy veggies (kale, collards, spinache seaweed like nori, kelp, and dulse,) that are packed with iron > I was anaemic for a while, and I eat these all the time (N I also take spirulina) > bananas are really tasty and one of my favorite fruits > but they are also one of the few fattening fruits > > Ross Cannon <ross.cann@j...> wrote: > > A banana a day keeps doctors away! > THE BANANA - a must to your daily diet. > > If you want a quick fix for flagging energy levels there's no better > snack than a banana. Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, > fructose and glucose - combined with fibre, a banana gives an > instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has > proved 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 your daily diet. > --------------- > Anemia: > > High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in > the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia. > --------------- > > Blood Pressure: > > This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in > salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure. > So much so, the US 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 fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal > bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to > laxatives. > --------------- > > 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. > --------------- > > 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 rehydrate your system. > --------------- > > Heart-burn: > > 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. > ---------------- > > Nerves: > > Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. > Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in > Austria 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 such as bananas every two hours to keep levels > steady > --------------- > > PMS: > > Forget the pills eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates > blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. > ---------------- > > 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-chronic ulcer 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 cool temperature. > --------------- > > Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): > > Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood > enhancer, tryptophan. > ------------------ > > Smoking: > > Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking, as the high > levels of Vitamin C, A1, B6, B12 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, there by reducing our > potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a > high-potassium banana snack. > -------------- > Strokes: > > According to research in 'The New 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 you see 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 to read as, " A Banana a day > keeps the doctor away! 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Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Actually, B12 can be found in lots of vegetables.. mostly things like nutritional yeast which comes from mollasses which comes from a plant. B12 comes from the ground.. mostly raw foods. If you have an organic garden and pull up a carrot from the ground, clean off the dirt, the chomp down on it, guarantee, you'll be getting some B12s *G* Animals do not manufacture B12, they get it from the food they eat, the vegetables. Be peace, Mary ) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Earth is my home and animals are my family. Life is my religion and love is my example. Peace and freedom belong to us all. On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:34:26 -0000, gzuckier <gzuckier wrote: > > No B12 in bananas, that's an animal product only vitamin. In case > you're wondering why we're all not dead in this group, we need only > tiny trace amounts of the vitamin, which are provided by all the bug > parts and mouse parts we ingest without knowing it, like with a good > part of mankind who are vegetarian by poverty, not choice. Ironic, > huh? So bananas would probably not be a very good source at all, > considering they come in that nice zip-up hygenic packagiong. > > , veronica R <blo0ming> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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