1, relieve constipation

Bananas are rich in dietary fiber and pectin, can promote intestinal peristalsis, promote defecation. Chinese medicine believes that the banana taste sweet, cold, and cold can clear the intestinal heat, taste sweet can embellish the bowel, more suitable for the intestinal and gastrointestinal heat caused by constipation. Eat a banana every night before going to bed can effectively relieve habitual constipation.

2, antidepressant

Bananas in the human body can help the brain to create a chemical component - serotonin, this substance can stimulate the nervous system, send out a pleasant, calm, peaceful signal. Therefore, bananas are also known as "happy food". Patients suffering from depression, you can usually eat more bananas to reduce depression, so that pessimism and despair, misanthropy and irritability gradually dissipate.

3, relieve premenstrual syndrome

Vitamin B6 in bananas can regulate blood sugar levels, relieve premenstrual symptoms.

4, regulating blood pressure

Bananas are high in potassium and low in sodium, which can well regulate blood pressure levels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed the banana industry to publicize the banana's blood pressure-lowering and stroke prevention effects in advertisements.

5. Improve brain power

A British study with 200 students found that eating fruits high in potassium, such as bananas, helps to improve students' concentration, learning efficiency and performance.

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