Bananas are the most popular fruits that quickly gained the sympathy of most people. However, not everyone knows that bananas can be not only beneficial to humans, but also harmful to health.
The benefits of bananas
Bananas contain potassium, which is very beneficial for the brain, heart, and muscles. Eating two bananas a day, you can make up for the body's lack of this trace element.
Bananas contain iron, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, and calcium.
Bananas are high in vitamin C, which is known to protect the human body from infections and colds.
Due to the content of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, E, PP in bananas, memory, attention, efficiency increases, etc.
Vitamin E has a positive effect on the condition of the skin, makes it smooth and elastic, and prevents aging.
With frequent use of bananas, blood pressure is normalized and the work of the gastrointestinal tract returns to normal.
Bananas are an excellent remedy for constipation. However, with this problem, you should not abuse this fruit.
Banana peel is also useful - it is an excellent antihelminthic agent.
Banana harm
It is not recommended to feed babies under 3 years of age with bananas, as the digestive system of such young children is not ready to assimilate such food.
Nursing mothers should also not eat large amounts of bananas in food, since with the mother's milk, the child can receive not only ingredients that cause allergies, but also vitamin K, which can lead to jaundice.
It is undesirable to use bananas for people with increased blood clotting, diabetes, coronary heart disease. It is advisable for people with undesirable weight to remove bananas from their diet, since they are high in calories.
Banana combined with milk will not do any good. In this case, intestinal upset is guaranteed.
Unripe bananas can harm even a healthy person. Unripe bananas contain a large amount of insoluble starch, which is difficult for the stomach and intestines to digest.
