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Bananas
Bananas are have high potassium content. This mineral is a big player in heart health.
Potassium-rich foods help manage your blood pressure because they help you get rid of more sodium when you pee, it also relaxes the walls of your blood vessels, which helps lower your BP.
Warning: if you have kidney problems, too much potassium isn’t good for you. Check with your doctor to see how much you should have.
Green bananas are full of something called resistant starch. It acts like insoluble fiber, which is the kind that can help keep your bowels working at their best. Resistant starch also helps lower your blood sugar.
Vitamins and Minerals found in Bananas are:
- Vitamin B6: A medium banana gives you about a quarter of the vitamin B6 you should get each day. It helps with metabolism. And it plays an important role in brain development during pregnancy and infancy, as well as immune system health.
- Vitamin C: You should shoot for between 75-90 milligrams per day. So with about 10 milligrams, your morning banana can get you well on your way. Vitamin C helps protect you from the damage caused by things called free radicals. Those are reactions in our body to the food we eat, cigarette smoke, pesticides, and other potentially harmful things.
- Magnesium: This mineral helps control your blood pressure and blood sugar and keeps your bones strong. A banana gives you 8% of what you need.
- Vitamin A: This vitamin is good for your vision and might help protect you from cancer.
