Is banana a healthy fruit? It tastes good, so I feel like it's not so good. What are some benefits of it?!
Fruit of the genus Musa(Banana); cultivated kinds are sterile hybrids, and so cannot be given species names. Dessert bananas have a high sugar content (17-19%) and are eaten raw; plantains (sometimes known as green bananas) have a higher starch and lower sugar content and are picked when too hard to be eaten raw.
One medium banana (100?g) is a good source of vitamin A; a source of vitamins B6 and C, and copper; contains 0.3?g of fat, of which 33% is saturated; provides 3?g of dietary fibre; supplies 86?kcal (360?kJ). The sodium content is low (1.2?mg/100?g) so bananas are used in low-sodium diets.
Banana, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 90 kcal 370 kJ
Carbohydrates 22.84 g
- Sugars 12.23 g
- Dietary fiber 2.6 g
Fat 0.33 g
Protein 1.09 g
Thiamin (Vit. B1) 0.031 mg 2%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.073 mg 5%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.665 mg 4%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.334 mg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.367 mg 28%
Folate (Vit. B9) 20 μg 5%
Vitamin C 8.7 mg 15%
Calcium 5 mg 1%
Iron 0.26 mg 2%
Magnesium 27 mg 7%
Phosphorus 22 mg 3%
Potassium 358 mg 8%
Zinc 0.15 mg 2%
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cg...
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http://bananasweb.com/bananas/Bananas+Nu...
http://www.banana.com/nutrition.html
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Answers: Food and Nutrition: banana
Fruit of the genus Musa(Banana); cultivated kinds are sterile hybrids, and so cannot be given species names. Dessert bananas have a high sugar content (17-19%) and are eaten raw; plantains (sometimes known as green bananas) have a higher starch and lower sugar content and are picked when too hard to be eaten raw.
One medium banana (100?g) is a good source of vitamin A; a source of vitamins B6 and C, and copper; contains 0.3?g of fat, of which 33% is saturated; provides 3?g of dietary fibre; supplies 86?kcal (360?kJ). The sodium content is low (1.2?mg/100?g) so bananas are used in low-sodium diets.
Banana, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 90 kcal 370 kJ
Carbohydrates 22.84 g
- Sugars 12.23 g
- Dietary fiber 2.6 g
Fat 0.33 g
Protein 1.09 g
Thiamin (Vit. B1) 0.031 mg 2%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.073 mg 5%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.665 mg 4%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.334 mg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.367 mg 28%
Folate (Vit. B9) 20 μg 5%
Vitamin C 8.7 mg 15%
Calcium 5 mg 1%
Iron 0.26 mg 2%
Magnesium 27 mg 7%
Phosphorus 22 mg 3%
Potassium 358 mg 8%
Zinc 0.15 mg 2%
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cg...
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/se...
http://bananasweb.com/bananas/Bananas+Nu...
http://www.banana.com/nutrition.html
All the best :)
bananas are great for you...they have good natural sugars in them and potassium
It has some great vitamins in it one of the most common is the vitamin C level and it has huge ammounts of potassiam in it. Bananas are very good for you!
banana is good. but too much of it might make you gain weight. =)
Bananas are relatively high in sugar and calories for fruit but good sources of B6, C and potassium-so in moderation they are healthy. There are certainly many worse things you could choose!
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Because of their impressive potassium content, bananas are highly recommended by doctors for patients whose potassium is low. One large banana, about 9 inches in length, packs 602 mg of potassium and only carries 140 calories. That same large banana even has 2 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber. No wonder the banana was considered an important food to boost the health of malnourished children! Those reducing sodium in their diets can't go wrong with a banana with its mere 2 mgs of sodium. For the carbohydrate counters there are 36 grams of carbs in a large banana.
Vitamins and minerals are abundant in the banana, offering 123 I.U. of vitamin A for the large size. A full range of B vitamins are present with .07 mg of Thiamine, .15 mg of Riboflavin, .82 mg Niacin, .88 mg vitamin B6, and 29 mcg of Folic Acid. There are even 13.8 mg of vitamin C. On the mineral scale Calcium counts in at 9.2 mg, Magnesium 44.1 mg, with trace amounts of iron and zinc.
Putting all of the nutritional figures together clearly shows the banana is among the healthiest of fruits.
Yeah, they are very healthy. Although I hate when they're mushy!