Will eating bananas make you fat?

Many people are very concerned about whether eating bananas will make them fat. First of all, bananas are high in calories but low in heat, so they provide the body with a lot of calories but no fat. It is generally not easy to gain weight by eating bananas. There are many uses for bananas, such as breakfast, weight loss food, helping us to defecate and moisturize the intestines, etc.

1. Bananas are high in nutrition and low in calories

Abnormal daily living habits are the cause of diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes. In order to prevent the occurrence of these diseases, moderate exercise and a balanced and nutritious diet are very important. What has attracted everyone's attention is "banana", which has a good nutritional balance and can prevent cancer. Last year, the Japanese Cancer Society published a report that bananas have the effect of improving immunity and preventing cancer. Eating two bananas a day can effectively improve physical fitness. In addition, bananas are cheap, easy to eat, and convenient to carry. They are nutrients for maintaining health and can truly be called "magic fruits."

Bananas are not very helpful for gaining weight, but they are quite effective for losing weight because they are low in calories and rich in dietary fiber. Bananas are very sweet, so people tend to think that they must be high in calories. In fact, a banana (net weight about 100 grams) has only 87 calories, which is about half the calorie content of a meal of white rice (150 grams, 220 calories).

2. Bananas can be used as breakfast and weight loss food

In our busy lives, more and more people are using health foods or supplements to supplement their unbalanced diets. Bananas contain almost all vitamins and minerals, so it is easy to get a variety of nutrients from them. Bananas contain considerable amounts of potassium and magnesium. Potassium can prevent blood pressure from rising and muscle cramps, while magnesium has the effect of eliminating fatigue.

Since bananas are easily digested and absorbed, everyone from children to the elderly can eat them safely and get balanced nutrition. Recently, more and more people skip breakfast, and breakfast is the source of energy for the day. Therefore, bananas, which have immediate energy and can maintain energy for a long time, have become the most suitable food for breakfast. In addition, because bananas are low-calorie foods, even people who are trying to lose weight can eat them without worry.

3. Bananas lower blood pressure and promote bowel movements

From a nutritional point of view, bananas are beneficial fruits rich in starch. From a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, bananas are sweet and cold in nature. They can clear away heat and moisten the intestines, and promote gastrointestinal motility, but they are not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea.

There is always a reasonable explanation for everything. Bananas are cold in nature. According to the principle of "cooling down the hot", they are most suitable for people with dryness and heat. People with hemorrhoid bleeding and fetal movement disorder due to dryness and heat can eat banana flesh raw.

However, because bananas are cold in nature, people with weak constitutions are best to avoid them. For example, people with cold stomach (dry mouth and bloating), deficiency cold (diarrhea, dizziness), nephritis (also a deficiency cold), and swollen feet during pregnancy should not eat raw bananas. The banana flesh can only be eaten after it has been steamed and its coldness has been reduced. As for cold cough, you should not eat bananas, but it is acceptable to steam the bananas before eating.

Folk remedies include stewing bananas with rock sugar to treat chronic coughs, and boiling bananas in wine as a food therapy.

Modern medicine suggests that bananas can be used to treat high blood pressure because they are rich in potassium, which can balance the adverse effects of sodium and promote the growth of cells and tissues. Bananas can be used to treat constipation because they can promote gastrointestinal motility. The most interesting thing is that German researchers said that bananas can treat depression and emotional instability because they can promote the secretion of endorphin chemicals in the brain.