1 The benefits of eating bananas: Supplementing nutrition and energy
Bananas contain a large amount of sugars and other nutrients, which can be used to satisfy hunger and supplement nutrition and energy. Treating fever and polydipsia
Bananas are cold in nature and can clear intestinal heat; sweet in taste, they can moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation, and can treat fever and polydipsia. Protect the gastric lining
Bananas can also ease the irritation of gastric acid and protect the gastric lining. Lower blood pressure
The angiotensin contained in bananas is called enzyme inhibitory substance, which can inhibit the increase in blood pressure. Anti-inflammation and detoxification
The methanol extract in banana pulp has an inhibitory effect on bacteria and fungi, and can reduce inflammation and detoxification.
2 What should you pay attention to when eating bananas
1. People with weak spleen and stomach, loose stools and diarrhea are not suitable for excessive consumption or raw food. People with excessive gastric acidity, acute and chronic nephritis and kidney disease are not suitable for eating bananas. People with incomplete function should not eat it.
2. It should be noted that bananas are not suitable for consumption with milk, because milk is rich in protein, and when it meets the fruit acid contained in bananas, it will combine and solidify, thus affecting the absorption of protein and causing intestinal irritation. Indigestion.
3. Bananas are not suitable for eating together with taro, otherwise it will cause stomach discomfort and easily cause abdominal distension and pain.
4. During the process of storing and transporting bananas, the cells on the banana skin will be destroyed. At the same time, the oxidase in the banana will also be oxidized by the oxygen in the air, thus producing a black substance. , the banana peel will turn black. This is also a process of banana ripening. The sweetness of the pulp will not affect its nutrition.
3 How to choose and store bananas
⑴Look at the color
The skin of a moderately ripe banana is bright yellow and bright, with green edges on both ends; the peel is completely green If the peel turns black, it is a raw fruit; if the peel turns black, it is an overripe fruit.
⑵Pinch with your hands
Gently pinch the fruit body with two fingers. If it is elastic, it is a moderately ripe banana; if the flesh is hard, it is an overripe fruit; if it is easy to peel off, it is an overripe fruit. Fruit; if the skin and pulp are peeled off, it is an overripe fruit.
⑶ Taste
Fruits that are soft and waxy in the mouth and have a full sweetness are moderately mature fruits; fruits that are firm and lack sweetness are overripe fruits; those that have not lost their astringency are It is a raw fruit, and if the flesh is soft and rotten, it is an overripe fruit. Storage
Bananas ripen quickly, so they should be stored in a cool, dry and ventilated place indoors. The effect will be better if they are hung in the air. When storing in winter, the ambient temperature should not be lower than 11°C, otherwise frostbite will easily occur.
4 What are the wonderful uses of bananas
⑴ Rub the leather sofa. Rub the inside of a banana peel on the leather surface of your sofa to remove dirt and keep your leather sofa clean.
⑵ Polish shoes. Using a banana peel to polish leather shoes can make the leather surface of the leather shoes cleaner and brighter.
⑶Cure chapped skin on hands and feet. After wiping your hands and feet with hot water, rub the inside of a banana peel on your hands and feet to prevent chapped skin on your hands and feet. If there is a crack, you can rub the banana peel directly on the crack and use it several times to heal it.
⑷Cure skin itching. Banana peel contains abanacetin, which can inhibit fungi. Select fresh banana peels and rub them repeatedly on the itchy areas of the skin, or mash the banana peels into mud and apply it on the itchy areas, or boil the banana peels in water and wash them. Use them continuously for several days to achieve the therapeutic effect.
⑸Beauty and beauty. Mash half a banana into a paste, add appropriate amount of milk, make a paste and apply it on your face. After keeping it for 15 to 20 minutes, wash it off with water. It can make the skin fresh and smooth, and remove acne and freckles on the face.