The most popular and the best known tropical fruit, Banana, is considered a “fruit for all.” Bananas are one of America’s favorite fruits in fact, on average, Americans eat more than 28 pounds of bananas per person, per year! Let's know the interesting information about the banana plants, banana fruit and different types of banana that are popular to eat.And Bananas are the fruit produced by various banana plants.When rip they are usually long and curved with a soft inside covered by a yellow skin(Peel).
Besides being extremely nutritious fruit, Banana has many other things worth knowing. Here are some interesting facts about Banana:
- Bananas can founded in other colors including red also.
- Banana plants are not a trees they a type of Herbs.
- Humans have grown bananas for thousands of years.
- Most species of banana plants are originated in Southeast Asia.
- Bananas Are One of the Least Expensive Fruits We Can Buy.The banana is the cheapest fruit in the supermarkets.
- Bananas are grow in large, hanging bunches.
- A row of bananas is sometimes called a 'Hand' while a single banana is called a 'Finger'.
- The average banana weights around 125 grams.
- The Gros Michel Banana was a popular variety before crops were destroyed by Panama disease in the 1950's.Panama disease attacks the roots of banana plants.
- The most popular type of banana sold in the stores these days is the Cavendish Banana's.It is resistant to the strain of Panama Disease that effectively wiped out the Gros Michel Banana but there are concerns that it too may eventually suffer a similar fate.
- Lady Finger bananas are small, sweet and have relatively thin skins.
- Plantains are harder and contain less sugar than normal bananas, they are often used in cooking.
- Wild bananas grow with large,hard seeds.
- Bananas sent overseas are picked green and ripened under special conditions when they reach their destination.
- Fibre taken from bananas plants can be used to make clothes.
- Some cultures (most notably Japan) use the fiber in the banana plant to make fabric and sometimes even paper.
Health Benefits :-
That’s good news because bananas are nutrient-rich and offer other a wide variety of health benefits :
- Rubbing a banana peel on your forehead can help cure a headache.
- Bananas May Improve Your Athletic Performance.There may be a reason why most of the world’s best athletes love bananas. Olympian Yohan Blake reportedly eats 16 bananas a day!
- Bananas Give You a Boost of Vitamin C.It is usually oranges and strawberries that come to mind when think about Vitamin C, but a serving of banana provides 15 percent of the daily requirement for vitamin C. Vitamin C is an important antioxidant that helps neutralize damaging free radicals and helps keep systemic inflammation at bay. It also helps produce collagen that holds muscles, bones and other tissues together. If you need even more reasons, Vitamin C helps keep blood vessels healthy and is needed to optimally absorb iron and folate.
- Bananas Are Rich in Vitamin B6.Maybe the saying should be “a banana a day, keeps the doctor away.” Bananas contain 20 percent of the daily requirements of vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 helps the body make nonessential amino acids to create healthy cells. It also helps produce insulin, hemoglobin and antibodies that help fight infections.
- If you rub the inside of a banana peel on a mosquito bite (or other bug bite) or on poison ivy will help keep it from itching and getting inflamed.
- If you rub the inside of a banana peel on a scrape or burn, it will help the pain go away, keep the swelling down, and keep the wound from getting infected.
- If you rub the inside of a small piece of banana peel on a wart every night (or tape a piece of peel over the wart), the potassium in the peel can make the wart disappear in one to two weeks.
- If you tape a banana peel over a splinter, the enzymes help the splinter work its way out of your skin (and also heal the wound).
- To whiten teeth naturally, rub the inside of a banana peel on your teeth for about two minutes every night. If you gargle with salt water, this will heighten the effect. Expect results in about two weeks. It works because of the effect of the potassium, magnesium, and manganese in the banana peel.
- Bananas contain a lot of potassium, making them more radioactive than other fruits.But you don't need to worry though as this naturally occurring radiation has very little effect on the body.Other foods rich in potassium include potatoes, beans,seeds and nuts.
- Bananas contain around 75% water.
- Bananas Can Help You Feel Happy. A small banana provides 27 mg magnesium, which may help boost mood.
- Bananas Are Diet-Friendly.And Bananas have high nutritional value and are a healthy snacks.A medium banana is 110 calories and provides 30 grams of carbs and 3 grams fiber. In addition to filling fiber, bananas contain resistant starch, a type of carbohdyrate you can’t digest, but helps you feel fuller longer.This makes bananas a great mid-afternoon snack, or a perfect pre-workout snack if you eat them 1 hour before your workout.
- Bananas Are High in Blood Pressure-Lowering Potassium.A medium banana has 422 mg potassium while being sodium-free. The high potassium-to-sodium ratio helps to neutralize the blood-pressure raising effects of sodium in your diet. Various studies show that those who have diets rich in potassium are less likely to have high blood pressure and have reduced risk for stroke. Adults need 4,700 milligrams of potassium a day, so a medium-sized banana provides nearly 10 percent of the daily requirement.