BananA Oh! BaNana

Depression:

According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND among people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating banana. This is because bananas contains 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, banana can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in thr blood and so help in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:

This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US 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 Middlesex school were helped through their exams by eating bananans 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 i the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangover:

One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a bananas 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 choclate and chips. Looking at 5000 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 craving, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every 2 hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:

The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorder 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 banana as a "cooling"fruit that can lower both thr phisical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers bacause they contain the natural mood anhancer trytophan.

Smoking:

Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12, potassium and magnesium they contain help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:

Potassium in a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, send 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 re-balances with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Stroke:

According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of regular diet can vut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%.