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The plantain or banana is a fruit that many excluded from your diet because they find it difficult to digest or believe it has lots of calories, but these ideas are only half-truths, and that in fact the consumption of this food offers unique health benefits. Know it and integrate it in their food!

The banana is a fruit that is popular in the world, especially in Asian countries from which, like India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Malaysia, Thailand and China, South Africa, including Botswana , Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa and in tropical regions of Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America, where European settlers introduced the crop to note that successfully acclimatized.

The different species of banana tree (Musa paradisiaca, scientific name means “fruit of paradise”) produce fruits that, in general, are elongated and have soft, sweet flesh that is protected by a tough skin, almost always are yellow and are united in groups called fronds. However, each type has unique characteristics in size, color and flavor, which can distinguish many varieties that are more or less accepted.

Thus, we can mention among the more popular the plantain, which is larger (sometimes over 20 cm) and its hardness is consumed cooked, grilled or baked, purple, whose skin is red and purple or pulp has the darkest of all, apple flavor and consistency that resembles the porous block, a Dominican, sweet and small (measuring approximately 5 centimeters), and Tabasco, the most popular because of its flavor and nice texture.

Useful in any diet

One of the main virtues of the banana is the contribution of carbohydrates, essential nutrients to your muscles have the strength to perform activities, so it is recommended that children, adolescents and athletes include this fruit in your meal plan.

Despite this, a large number of individuals prefer to avoid drinking alcohol because they believe that these compounds (also known as carbohydrates) are responsible for obesity, in addition to problems such as indigestion and constipation (infrequent bowel movements and annoying). However, these findings are biased and lack of knowledge, have created a bad name for bananas.

First we must remember that being overweight is dependent on healthy habits (poor diet and lack of exercise), genetic and psychological factors that make the amount of food consumed by a person is greater than that required by your body, so it is wrong to blame a single product for this problem. Second, nutritional studies have shown that the amount of calories contained in a medium banana (66) is very similar to other fruits, and even a little lower than that of an apple (70), so there credible evidence that demolishes the previous accusations.

Now it is true that this fruit can cause constipation and bad digestion, but this is due to two factors: the amount consumed and its maturation. When the banana is freshly harvested and has green skin is similar to starch carbohydrates (starch), so that feed large numbers of them will create problems to the digestive system.

However, carbohydrates of ripe bananas are transformed into sugar and soluble fiber, so their flesh is soft and sweet, very easy to digest and it is even used by specialists in natural medicine as a remedy to improve the intestinal transit.

It should be noted that the proper digestion of the fruit also depends on your good chewing, so that saliva is integrated perfectly into the thick flesh, and that is not mixed with banana bread, potatoes, sweet potatoes, dried fruits, chocolates, candy , oil, jam, however, combines perfectly with pineapple, orange, apple, fig, strawberry, grape, watermelon, melon, pear and orange.

We can not fail to mention that this fruit is rich in minerals such as potassium (revitalizing muscle tissue), calcium (strengthens bones and teeth), iron (helps the proper transportation of oxygen in the blood) and phosphorus (improving the functioning of skeletal and nervous systems), plus it contains vitamins A, C and B complex, which prevent cellular aging and help to build defenses against respiratory illnesses like colds.

Comment is that the banana is one of the first solid foods you can eat the baby fails to obtain nutrients as breast milk exclusively (weaning). Be consumed, prepared baby food, from the period between the first 4 or 6 months of age, only once a day and not be mixed with other fruits or vegetables in order to detect the possibility that the child is allergic to him.

credit to: María Elena Moura

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