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Nutrition tip: go bananas!

Posted May 31, 2007 at 07:00 PM by Sahara Jackson

Section: Her Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Workout Fuel

If you need to recharge your batteries before your evening workout, then the fruit in the yellow jacket is perfect for you. 

Packing just 100 - 110 calories and 467 mg of potassium, the banana registers as one of the world’s healthiest foods.  Potassium rich diets, powered by fruits like bananas, may help prevent high blood pressure and protect against atheroslerosis.  But that’s not all . . . bananas also pack healthy amounts of fiber, manganese, vitamin C and vitamin B6. 

The World’s Healthiest Foods lists the following benefits of adding bananas to your diet:
1. Bananas may offer cardiovascular protection.
2. Bananas offer soothing protection from ulcers.
3. Bananas may protect eyesight.
4. Bananas may help us build better bones.
5. Bananas promote kidney health.

So feel free to go bananas!!

Source:
World’s Healthiest Food: Banana

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