Incredible properties of banana for health

While banana gives us a lot of energy if we eat during the day, not we must take it at night, given that we do not quemaríamos it and we engordaría

The banana is a fruit, delicious, nutritious and very satiating, ideal to take at certain times of the day, but instead less recommended as and combine it with other foods.
In this article you will learn what are their properties, what gives us and in which cases we should not abuse, and the best way to eat it so that not only not fattening, but it will help us to lose weight.

Nutritional values

A banana about 100 grams contains approximately 100 calories, 1 gram protein, 25 grams of carbohydrates, and less than a gram of fat. It also contains 3 grams of fiber.
The banana is rich in vitamins B6 and C, folic acid and minerals such as magnesium and potassium.

The banana is rich in starch

While the banana is a fruit, their nutritional values do you belong to the category of starches along with other foods such as potato, cereal, flour, peanuts, etc. This point is essential in determining what is the best time to eat, what foods we should or not to combine it, etc.

When we eat them?

Starches have the main feature to provide energy to our organism and to be slow digestion, and for that reason it is not recommended to consume them at night, since then that we could say that they fattening. Everything you eat at night should be light and easy to digest.
On the other hand, starches are excellent in the morning, as they provide us with energy for all day.
There are also two times ideal to eat bananas, and it is a morning or afternoon, just when we are hungry, we want snacks that satisfy us but that we not fattening. Bananas we quench easily without having to consume refined sugars, fats or other less-healthy foods. In addition, we can always take them over and they are easy to eat.
On the other hand, we recommend not to eat more than one a day, precisely to have as complete nutritional values.

Properties

Eating bananas regularly provides the following beneficial properties to our Organization:

• It reduces cholesterol levels
• It regulates the intestinal problems
• Reduces muscle cramps
• Brings energy to our organism quickly, so it is a great fruit for children and athletes, or for cases of exhaustion, chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia
• It regulates our nervous system and helps to alleviate problems of anxiety, irritability, etc.
• It helps to naturally treat anemia
• Reduces high blood pressure
• It reduces the risk of heart attacks
• Thanks to its alkalizing properties works as a natural antacid
• It reduces nausea and vomiting morning
• An ideal food when you suffer from ulcers
• It helps to relieve menstruation pains
• It is a good complement in the treatment for tobacco cessation
• It is an essential fruit for pregnant women, since it reduces nausea, regulates the intestine, gives energy without fat and contains folic acid

How to eat it?

The only indication is that banana should eat always mature well, since but difficult to digest. Moreover, it offers countless culinary possibilities:

• Gives a creamy and sweet to the smoothie texture. This allows us to be able to add other healthy ingredients less tasty but very beneficial, as alg plant n of green leaf, yeast of beer, vegetable drinks, etc.
• One way very original and light make a banana ice cream is to peel ripe bananas and freeze them. When they are frozen we grind them in a blender along with a yogurt. After it we can eat directly or you can freeze it one little longer if you like harder. We can also add hot chocolate on top, if we want to get a dessert delicious and attractive.

• It allows us to use less sugar when cooking cakes, and also gives them juiciness
• We can cook it roasted with cinnamon
• If we crush the banana with the help of a fork will get a sticky paste that we can mix with cocoa, to obtain a very healthy cacao, dairy-free cream, flour or sugar

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