Why you shouldn't eat bananas every day: an expert's answer

Iryna MelnichenkoLS Food
Benefits and harms of bananas
Benefits and harms of bananas

Bananas are one of the most nutritious and high-calorie fruits that can be given even to young children during the feeding period. Experts recommend eating them for breakfast because they will quickly fill you up and relieve you of hunger for several hours. But don't forget that this is a very high-calorie product, and it can often cause allergies.

Lucia Garcia, a doctor from the United States, explained how many bananas you should eat a day to make it safe for your body, Quora reports.

How many bananas can you eat in a day

The expert emphasized that you can eat 2-3 bananas a day. But people who want to lose weight should not get carried away with these fruits every day.

One medium-sized banana weighs about 100 grams and contains about 80 calories

Garcia also added that banana is one of the healthiest fruits.

Banana is very healthy

"This product is moderately sweet and contains a lot of nutrients necessary for the body," the expert said.

It is worth noting that a banana is a real storehouse of vitamins and essential trace elements, namely, 100 g of banana contains

  • 1.32 grams of protein
  • 75 grams of water
  • 9.3 mg of calcium
  • 0.78 mg of niacin
  • 0.55 mg of iron
  • 0.58 grams of fat
  • 19.3 grams of carbohydrates
  • 0.82 mg of dietary fiber
  • 9.3 mg of calcium
  • 8.5 mg of phosphorus
  • 0.24 mg of carotene
  • 10.3 mg of vitamin B
  • 6 mg of vitamin B20

Banana must be also a great product for delicious dishes. It can be used to make delicious pie, pudding, ice cream, muffins, and cocktails.

What to cook with bananas

Delicious Banofi banana cake according to the recipe of Hector Jiménez-Bravo

Ingredients:

  • Bananas - 4 pcs.
  • Butter - 100 g
  • Puff pastry - 1 sheet
  • Brown sugar - 150 g
  • Vanilla - 1 g
  • Cinnamon - 1 g

Method of preparation:

1. Peel the bananas, cut 2 of them in half, and leave 2 whole.

2. Put butter and brown sugar in a frying pan, add vanilla and cinnamon.

3. Heat the mixture until it becomes a homogeneous caramel, dip the bananas into it, and turn them over so that the bananas are covered with caramel.

4. Put an iron mold on the puff pastry and cut the dough to fit it.

5. Put the caramelized bananas in the mold and pour the rest of the dough over them. Put the pre-cut dough on top of the bananas and align it along the edges so that the dough is tight.

6. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 C. Put the finished cake on a plate and turn it over.

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