Essay On Eating Banana

Banana is one of the most popular fruits in this world. It grows up throughout the year and is available in many countries. Both green banana and yellow banana are beneficial. People can consume both raw banana and ripe banana that provide advantages to people in different ways. People around the world know that banana is a nutrient fruit, especially people who are on diet. Banana is low in calorie but high in energy and it is rich of vitamins, minerals and antioxidant such as vitamin A, vitamin B, potassium and magnesium. Many dieters consume banana as the important part of their diets. They want to gain low calorie and high energy from banana for daily work so that they do not have to eat another food. For example, there is a famous diet that is very popular in Japan a few years ago called “The morning diet” It was created by a Japanese pharmacist, Sumiko Watanabe. She set the rules about eating banana and daily routine for her husband that made him loss weight for 37 pounds. Then this diet was republished, it became the cause of shortage banana in food stores in Japan.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), eating banana can help protect cardiovascular system against high blood pressure. Because banana contains high potassium, low sodium and high level of antioxidant phenolic compounds. Banana also keeps the electricity flow throughout the body because potassium duties as a minerals electrolyte. And, Laura Flores, a San Diego-based nutritionist, concludes that “Bananas are high in antioxidants, which can provide protection from radicals, which we come into contact with every day, from sunlight to the lotion you put on your skin” (2014). The level of antioxidant in bananas will increase when they ripe. The great potassium in banana will absorbed via the intestinal walls into the bloodstream to keep the body fluid’s levels balance by helping to dissolve fluid in