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A medium banana has 105 calories. The health benefits include lower blood pressure, gut health and are a source of fiber and B6. The surprising reason its actually healthier to eat unripe bananas
The variety was once the dominant export banana to Europe and North America, grown in Central America but, in the 1950s, Panama disease, a wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, wiped out vast tracts of Gros Michel plantations in Central America, though it is still grown on non-infected land throughout the region.
The tables below include tabular lists for selected basic foods, compiled from United States Dept. of Agriculture sources.Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1]
Left to right: plantains, Red, Latundan, and Cavendish bananas The following is a list of banana cultivars and the groups into which they are classified. Almost all modern cultivated varieties ( cultivars ) of edible bananas and plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana .
Here’s the catch: You only think banana peels are destined for the trash. It turns out they have dozens of... 10 Banana Peel Uses That Are Even Better Than the Fruit Itself
Placing banana peels directly in the soil may seem like a good idea, after all, it's a way to reduce food waste and put minerals back into the soil. But you'll want to rethink your strategy.
Banana peel may have capability to extract heavy metal contamination from river water, similar to other purification materials. [136] [137] Waste bananas can be used to feed livestock. [138] As with all living things, potassium-containing bananas emit radioactivity at low levels occurring naturally from the potassium-40 (K-40) isotope. [139]
Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southern Asia, its range comprising the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Many of the modern edible dessert bananas are from this species, although some are hybrids with Musa balbisiana. [5]