The Benefits of Bananas...

Bananas are one of my children's favorite fruits!  They love them in all sorts of ways... cut up into fruit salad, dipped in chocolate or nut butter, blended into smoothies, right out of the peel, etc.  But we always seem to have an issue the minute there is the TINIEST of brown spots on the peel.  And I'll admit I was like that too as a child.  But there are benefits to the banana, brown spots included, that are very helpful.  And believe it or not, it goes so much further then the fact that they're full of potassium!

• when bananas are green they are an anti-diarrheal
• provide energy
• help with hangovers
• help circulation
• fight infections
• protect skin against damage from UV-light
• anti-ulcer
• suppress prostate-gland enlargement
• supress Oxalate kidney stones
• anti-diabetic
• enhance nutrient absorption
• fight obesity
• heartburn remedy
• help maintain regular heartbeat
• reduce risk of stroke
• reduce symptoms of nicotine withdrawal
• lower blood pressure
• help body deliver oxygen to the brain
• fight depression and anxiety
• reduce menstrual pains
• anti-inflammatory
• may prevent kidney cancer
• helps curb sugar cravings

Some benefits that I find especially interesting...

• those darker patches on the skin mean that it has a higher immunity enhancement quality - therefore better anti-cancer quality!
• rubbing the peel of a banana on a bug bite can help reduce itching and pain of those bites!
• those same peels, when rubbed on pimples, can help reduce or eliminate them!

And have I mentioned how yummy they are frozen? We have a YONANA in our house.  What this awesome machine does is turn frozen bananas (and you can add other frozen fruits in it as well) into ice cream!  Can you say YUMMY!!!

Until Next Time...