Bananas are one of the fruits are good for pregnant women to diet and snack. In the recommendation of the National Institutes of Health for pregnant women is to consume 3-4 servings of bananas every day. Because nutrition in bananas is needed by the mother and the fetus. In addition to high carbohydrate content, bananas are also rich in vitamins (A, B1, B2, B6, and C), and minerals (potassium and sodium) with a low fat content. Because of the low fat content, banana is a fruit that is recommended for the elderly and those with excess weight. Because of it's nutrient content, we can get a lot of banana benefits for our health.
Vitamin A is beneficial for eye health. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) plays a role in energy-producing reactions. A lack of thiamine can cause polyneuritis due to disruption of nerve transmission that lack of energy. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and B6 play an important role in the body's metabolic processes. A lack of riboflavin can cause symptoms of damaged skin, impaired motor nerve, also abnormalities in the blood.
While vitamin B12 is a vitamin that is extremely complex molecule and plays a role in keeping our body cells function normally, especially the gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, and bone marrow. While vitamin C serves as an antioxidant that plays a role in the capture of free radicals cause aging and the appearance of cancer cells.
Potassium owned banana with high levels (ie 400 mg in 100 g ripe banana) is one of the minerals that can help lower blood pressure. As well as magnesium which in addition can help lower blood pressure also prevent irregular heartbeat. Meanwhile chromium in bananas is a micronutrient to encourage the activity of the enzyme in the metabolism of glucose for energy and sintetsis fatty acids and cholesterol.
Banana meat is very tender and contain fat and oil that makes the fruit easy to digest without causing a lot of problems, so as to coat the bowel wall and serves as an anti-inflammatory that is accelerating healing. Bananas are also able to coat, soothe, and heal a serious inflammation of the stomach. So no surprise that pediatricians always recommend the banana as a fruit first introduced to infants when they begin to be introduced to solid foods.
An epidemiological study from the University of California, Marilyn Kwan, proving that eating bananas regularly may reduce the risk of leukemia. This effect is apparent if the banana is eaten regularly 4-6 times a week until the baby is 2 years old. Bananas can be a bastion of leukemia attack early on because it is rich in vitamin C. As an antioxidant vitamin C can reduce the risk of DNA damage. Thus the emergence of cancer automated process can be stopped. Potassium in bananas also proved to stabilize DNA and decrease the chances of mutation.
