Guest guest Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 All about bananas Anaemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia. Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit�s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke. Brain Power: 200 students at an English school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. Constipation: High in fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives. Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin � known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier. Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system. Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body so if you suffer from heart-burn, try eating a banana for soothing relief. Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness. Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation. Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods � such as bananas � every two hours to keep levels steady. PMS: Forget the pills � eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, trypotophan. Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking, as the high levels of Vitamin C, A1, B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalise the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body�s water-balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack. Strokes: According to research in �The New England Journal of Medicine� eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%! Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a �cooling� fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature. Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronic ulcer cases. It also neutralises over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach. Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that, if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape! Sylvia <h10feet@...> wrote: I was wondering...what properties the ripe banana has that would benefit the skin tone? I know raw honey has rejuvinative qualities. I have not heard of applying ripe banana for skin before? Suzi List Owner What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://360./suziesgoats Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with FareChase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 WOW - this is really cool info! I am wondering if it will help with all the skin problems i am still having? Thanks Suzi! > > All about bananas > Anaemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia. > > Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit & #65533;s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke. > > Brain Power: 200 students at an English school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. > > Constipation: High in fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives. > > Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin & #65533; known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier. > > Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system. > > Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body so if you suffer from heart-burn, try eating a banana for soothing relief. > > Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness. > > Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation. > > Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. > > Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods & #65533; such as bananas & #65533; every two hours to keep levels steady. > > PMS: Forget the pills & #65533; eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. > > Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, trypotophan. > > Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking, as the high levels of Vitamin C, A1, B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. > > Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalise the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body & #65533;s water-balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack. > > Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronic ulcer cases. It also neutralises over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 "Constipation: High in fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives." That's strange - we use a little very ripe banana to stop the runs in young goats. Gayla Always Enough RanchAcampo, Californiahttp://bouncinghoofs.com/alwaysenough.htmlBill Barnhill is our Inspiration! Go Bill!!!aeranch@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Re read it.. Gayla <aeranch@...> wrote: "Constipation: High in fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives." That's strange - we use a little very ripe banana to stop the runs in young goats. Gayla Suzi List Owner What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://360./suziesgoats oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 I find them difficult to digest ..they are an energetically cold and heavy food... they may suit people with strong digestive fire...agni as in Ayurveda. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I know we are all different, but they have never bothered me either. I guess each person will just have to see how they feel after eating one. Amber I don't know if I buy that. If they are so hard to digest, why are they one of baby's first foods? Have a blessed day! Evie Maddox . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 That's why in my previous response I advised a person attacked by gallstone should analyse what foods they had been eating that triggered pains after. Just like heart disease or cancer, or any other pains, they have different triggers in each person. So, instead of getting mad or resisting on one poster's advise, analyse each instead and observe what's best for your protection and healing. Like in my case the food that triggered pains on my gallstone are bananas (because of it's acidic contents when digested, not that it is hard to digest), Yohoo chocolate drink and all brands of soda (because of their caffein content), natural and caffein-free teas or coffee (because of their caffein content), beef meat (because it's hard to digest and it has too much of hard to digest oil content), very cold water (I don't know why, but this one really either makes me run to the bathroom immediately, and makes my gall bladder palpitate like a living fetus in my stomach), mentholated candies (makes me run to the bathroom immediately and makes my gall bladder palpitate like a living fetus, too). It's more than a year now, since I ran away from my scheduled gall bladder removal last May 23, 2006. Thanks God, I simply followed what not to eat and what not to drink by a person with gallstone. But on the center of this process I drink 3 or more glasses of pure apple juice, and 5 or more glasses of water (unrefrigerated) in a day. And here I am, enjoying life still with a gall bladder, AND NO GALLSTONE ATTACK. Jess Amber <amber@...> wrote: I know we are all different, but they have never bothered me either. I guess each person will just have to see how they feel after eating one. Amber I don't know if I buy that. If they are so hard to digest, why are they one of baby's first foods? Have a blessed day! Evie Maddox .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I think the original issue here is that someone else posted that bananas are hard to digest, which you also agree it isn't. I agree with you that every person is different and should listen to their bodies reactions to all types of foods and liquids. --- Jess Guim <jessguim@...> wrote: > That's why in my previous response I advised a > person attacked by gallstone should analyse what > foods they had been eating that triggered pains > after. Just like heart disease or cancer, or any > other pains, they have different triggers in each > person. So, instead of getting mad or resisting on > one poster's advise, analyse each instead and > observe what's best for your protection and healing. > > Like in my case the food that triggered pains on > my gallstone are bananas (because of it's acidic > contents when digested, not that it is hard to > digest), Yohoo chocolate drink and all brands of > soda (because of their caffein content), natural and > caffein-free teas or coffee (because of their > caffein content), beef meat (because it's hard to > digest and it has too much of hard to digest oil > content), very cold water (I don't know why, but > this one really either makes me run to the bathroom > immediately, and makes my gall bladder palpitate > like a living fetus in my stomach), mentholated > candies (makes me run to the bathroom immediately > and makes my gall bladder palpitate like a living > fetus, too). > > It's more than a year now, since I ran away from > my scheduled gall bladder removal last May 23, 2006. > Thanks God, I simply followed what not to eat and > what not to drink by a person with gallstone. But > on the center of this process I drink 3 or more > glasses of pure apple juice, and 5 or more glasses > of water (unrefrigerated) in a day. And here I am, > enjoying life still with a gall bladder, AND NO > GALLSTONE ATTACK. > > Jess > > Amber <amber@...> wrote: > I know we are all different, but they have > never bothered me either. I guess each person will > just have to see how they feel after eating one. > > Amber > > I don't know if I buy that. If they are so hard to > digest, why are they one > of baby's first foods? > > Have a blessed day! > > Evie Maddox > > . > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > XanGo ™ Your Search is Over. > http://www.mymangosteen.com/JessGuim/ > > --------------------------------- > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! > Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's > economy) at Games. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Autos. http://autos./new_cars.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 The link to the St 's diet I posted a few weeks ago used to list the foods that will keep the gallbladder quiet if it's reactive. I think the doctor is now charging for a book he wrote, so he's taken the food lists off the website. Last year, however, one of my Lyme friends who is a nurse called this doc and they discussed the diet. He explained that fiber causes the gallbladder to expand, and that's why certain fiber foods are limited. Bananas are loaded with fiber. And for some reason, according to Chinese medicine, bananas are felt to be hard to digest. However, the gallbladder needs fiber to keep healthy, so it's a balancing act. It's certainly an individual issue on whether bananas, or any food, will trigger a GB attack. It's great that so many people on this list have done much better and feel good once they change their diets to eat what is good for their bodies--instead of eating what corporations decide they want to feed us to make themselves richer. Margh ----- Original Message ----- From: Jess Guim gallstones Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Re: bananas Recent Activity a.. 11New Members Visit Your Group A family Group to share and learn about healthy eating. Real Food Group on What does real food mean to you? Sell Online Start selling with our award-winning e-commerce tools. .That's why in my previous response I advised a person attacked by gallstone should analyse what foods they had been eating that triggered pains after. Just like heart disease or cancer, or any other pains, they have different triggers in each person. So, instead of getting mad or resisting on one poster's advise, analyse each instead and observe what's best for your protection and healing. Like in my case the food that triggered pains on my gallstone are bananas (because of it's acidic contents when digested, not that it is hard to digest), .. . . . Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 So does this diet keep fiber to a certain amount at a time, or limit the foods itself? I eat a high fiber diet of about 40 grams a day, but usually have an attack when I eat more sulfer containing veggies...like broccoli or cabbage. Other then that I don't have a problem usually. Everyone is so individual...that some things trigger it some things are fine. ----- Original Message ---- From: Margherita <mmdh@...> gallstones Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:49:03 PM Subject: Re: Re: bananas The link to the St 's diet I posted a few weeks ago used to list the foods that will keep the gallbladder quiet if it's reactive. I think the doctor is now charging for a book he wrote, so he's taken the food lists off the website. Last year, however, one of my Lyme friends who is a nurse called this doc and they discussed the diet. He explained that fiber causes the gallbladder to expand, and that's why certain fiber foods are limited. Bananas are loaded with fiber. And for some reason, according to Chinese medicine, bananas are felt to be hard to digest. However, the gallbladder needs fiber to keep healthy, so it's a balancing act. It's certainly an individual issue on whether bananas, or any food, will trigger a GB attack. It's great that so many people on this list have done much better and feel good once they change their diets to eat what is good for their bodies--instead of eating what corporations decide they want to feed us to make themselves richer. Margh ----- Original Message ----- From: Jess Guim gallstones@gro ups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Re: bananas Recent Activity a.. 11New Members Visit Your Group A family Group to share and learn about healthy eating. Real Food Group on What does real food mean to you? Sell Online Start selling with our award-winning e-commerce tools. ..That's why in my previous response I advised a person attacked by gallstone should analyse what foods they had been eating that triggered pains after. Just like heart disease or cancer, or any other pains, they have different triggers in each person. So, instead of getting mad or resisting on one poster's advise, analyse each instead and observe what's best for your protection and healing. Like in my case the food that triggered pains on my gallstone are bananas (because of it's acidic contents when digested, not that it is hard to digest), .. . . . Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 For my kid I couldn't because it feeds yeast very very well. It seems to cause intestinal inflammation afterward, then. - > > We're new to the Do's and Don'ts of Diet. Are bananas out? My husband says they are a tropical fruit (true), but they've always seemed so benign... You take out berries, tropicals and melon and it doesn't leave much > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 They attract the bites or the mosquitos? ;-D (I just had to razz you). Caroline From: <thecolemans4@...> Reply-< > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:24:38 -0700 (PDT) < > Subject: Re: Re: Bananas And they attract mosquito bites too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 My son gets bitten like 10 times the day after he has a banana during mosquito weather. Typically none of us will be bitten, or I might have one bite. Then one day I decided to have a banana and the next day I had lots of bites too. I've heard that several times, but my son loves them, so it took quite a lot of bites before I finally believed it enough to remove them during the warmer weather. I guess it's most important to know that if you're very sensative to mosquito bites. My cousin is quite allergic to them, and when I told him about the possible connection and he stopped eating bananas, the number of bites he had went down. My youngest still gets bitten more than any of us though. I doubt that there's anything to support it, but I believe it. ________________________________ From: Caroline Glover <sfglover@...> Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 1:48:48 PM Subject: Re: Re: Bananas  They attract the bites or the mosquitos? ;-D (I just had to razz you). Caroline From: <thecolemans4> Reply-<groups (DOT) com> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:24:38 -0700 (PDT) <groups (DOT) com> Subject: Re: Re: Bananas And they attract mosquito bites too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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