Lifestyles Ideas Management - Bananas

We say bananas trees.
Bananas do not grow on trees, the word “trees” is a term however bananas is a perennial herb according to website homecooking.about.com. Its trunk is not a true one but many leaves wrapped tightly around a single stem which emerges at the top as the fruit-bearing flower stalk. Some bananas trees can continue to bear fruits for up to 100 years although most plantations cut them down after every 10 to 20 years to renew their stocks.
The banana is botanically classified as a berry and it from the same family as ginger, turmeric and cardamom. There are over 400 varieties of bananas around the whole world and it is the world’s best selling fruit, outranking the apple and orange.

Banana are good source of vitamin C, potassium and dietary fiber and contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium, according to the International Banana Association (website: eatmorebananas.com). They also contain a rich supply of vitamin B 6, providing 20 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance of B6. Vitamin B6 helps in protein metabolism, red blood cell formation and the functioning of the central nervous system.
Bananas contain more digestible carbohydrates than any other fruit. The advantage is that the body burns off calories from carbohydrates more quickly and easily then calories from protein or fat. Bananas contain three types of natural sugars –sucrose, fructose and glucose – which can give you an energy boast.
A banana makes a good after workout snack because it helps to replenish necessary carbohydrates, glycogen and body fluids depleted during exercise.
Research has proved that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90 minute workout.