Health Benefits : Bananas

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One of Nature's most superb fast-food, bananas are unjustly maligned as a high-calorie food, in fact the average banana contains under 100 calories, and it is packed with nourishment, particularly potassium which is essential to the functioning of every single cell in our bodies.
Zinc, iron, folic acid, calcium are other goodies.
The useful form of fiber known as pectin helps the body eliminate toxic wastes.
Weight for weight, bananas contain nearly the same amount of vitamin B6, chronically under-supplied in the average diet as liver.
Bananas are highly beneficial to the digestive tract, soothing and helping to restore normal function, naturopaths recommend them for both constipation and diarrhea.
Bananas should be eaten when they are easily digested, they are much less so while green around the tips.