After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.

• Bananas containing three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
• Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes.
• but energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
• It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
• Depression – according to a recent survey undertaken by mind amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

• PMS – forget the pills – eat a banana. The vitamin b6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
• Anemia – high in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
• Blood pressure – this unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the usa food and drug administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
• Brain power – 200 students at a twickenham (middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

• Constipation – high in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
• Hangovers – one of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
• Heartburn – bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
• Morning sickness – snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
• Mosquito bites – before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

• Nerves – bananas are high in b vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
• Overweight and at work – studies at the institute of psychology in austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high -pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic – induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
• Ulcers – the banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over – chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over – acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
• Temperature control – many other cultures see bananas as a “cooling” fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
• Seasonal affective disorder (sad) – bananas can help sad sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

• Smoking – bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The b6 & b12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
• Stress – potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
• Strokes – according to research in “the new england journal of medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
• Warts – those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
• So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin a and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, “a banana a day keeps the doctor away!”

           – BANANAS MUST BE THE REASON MONKEYS ARE SO HAPPY ALL THE TIME! 

Flaxseeds The warm, earthy and subtly nutty flavor of flax seeds combined with an abundance of omega 3 fatty acids makes them an increasingly popular addition to the diets of many a health conscious consumer.

It is recommended to purchase refrigerated packages of ground flaxseeds and oil because they can spoil easily. Flax seeds are slightly larger than sesame seeds and have a hard shell that is smooth and shiny. Their color ranges from deep amber to reddish brown depending upon whether the flax is of the golden or brown variety.

While whole flaxseeds feature a soft crunch, the nutrients in ground seeds are more easily absorbed when soaked in worm water and add honey for a good brake fast with a banana. Flaxseed oil is rich in alpha linolenic acid, an omega-3 fat that is a precursor to the form of omega-3 found in fish oils called eicosapentaenoic acid. Alpha linolenic acid, in addition to providing several beneficial effects of its own, can be converted in the body, thus providing beneficial effects.

For this conversion to readily take place, however, depends on the presence and activity of an enzyme called delta-6-destaurase, which, in some individuals, is less available or less active than in others. In addition, delta-6-desaturase function is inhibited in diabetes and by the consumption of saturated fat and alcohol. For these reasons, higher amounts of rich flaxseed oil must be consumed to provide the same benefits as the omega-3 fats found in the oil of cold-water fish

Flaxseeds’ omega-3 fats are far from all this exceptional food has to offer. Flaxseed meal and flour provides a very good source of fiber that can lower cholesterol levels in people with atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease, reduce the exposure of colon cells to cancer-causing chemicals, relieve the constipation or diarrhea of irritable bowel syndrome sufferers, and help stabilize blood sugar levels in diabetic patients.

Flaxseeds are also a good source of magnesium, which helps to reduce the severity of asthma by keeping airways relaxed and open, lowers high blood pressure and reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease, prevents the blood vessel spasm that leads to migraine attacks, and generally promotes relaxation and restores normal sleep patterns.

Eating high fiber foods, such as flaxseed, helps prevent heart disease.

Special Protection for Women’s Health

Flaxseed meal and flour have been studied quite a bit lately for their beneficial protective effects on women’s health.

Flaxseed is particularly rich in lignans, special compounds also found in other seeds, grains, and legumes that are converted by beneficial gut flora into two hormone-like substances called enterolactone and enterodiol.

These hormone-like agents demonstrate a number of protective effects against breast cancer and are believed to be one reason a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk for breast cancer. Studies show that women with breast cancer and women who are omnivores typically excrete much lower levels of lignans in their urine than vegetarian women without breast cancer.

So now you know! 

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