March 1, 2024 | 10:32 pm PT
I tried to eat three to 4 bananas day by day since we had an extra in our family. Might you inform me the optimum variety of bananas to eat every day? (Trang, 34, Hanoi)
Reply:
Consultants suggest warning with banana consumption, as a frequent error is overindulging on this fruit day by day, below the impression that consuming ripe bananas poses no risk.
Bananas, broadly cherished for his or her style, include minimal hostile results and are acknowledged for his or her well being advantages, whether or not unripe or ripe. They help in digestion and are full of important nutritional vitamins and minerals, notably potassium, which is important for sustaining wholesome blood stress ranges. Furthermore, bananas help coronary heart well being and contribute to decreasing the dangers of creating kidney stones and osteoporosis.
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Bananas provide numerous well being advantages. Illustration photograph by Pixabay |
Nonetheless, bananas are calorie-dense, and overeating can lead to weight acquire. A big banana weighs about 100 grams and offers roughly 97 energy. Consuming two bananas equates to 1 and a half occasions the caloric content material of a bowl of rice, which generally ranges from 130 to 150 energy. Burning off the energy from two bananas would require roughly two hours of strolling.
Due to this fact, the advice is to restrict consumption to 1 or half a banana day by day, even when in surplus, to keep away from extreme calorie consumption that would result in weight acquire.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam
Former deputy director of Nationwide Institute of Vitamin