Bananas, Keep away from heart attack risk

Posted by thomenda7xx on Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Banana be cited as the fruit of life. Potassium content is pretty much contained in these fruits can lower blood pressure, heart health, and facilitate the delivery of oxygen to the brain. If blood, heart, and brain is interrupted, is not human life is threatened?

In addition, a high content of Vitamin A can increase the body's resistance to respiratory infections, scaly skin, and blindness. Another benefit, bananas can be a substitute for staple foods, thereby reducing the dependence of the Indonesian people against rice.

Humans have been eating bananas since time immemorial. The word banana comes from the Arabic language support, namely that by Linneus maus included in the family Musaceae, to give awards to Antonius Musa, who was a Roman emperor's personal physician (Octaviani Augustine) who advocate for eating a banana. That is why in Latin, banana called Musa paradisiacal.


Banana identical with primates food turned out to have very high potassium content. There are about 350 mg of potassium in a medium-sized banana. For comparison, two bite-size banana (usually green banana), equivalent to 99 mg dose of potassium supplement. That is why, patients are usually advised to eat bananas hypokalemia by a physician.

The higher levels of potassium, the risk of heart attack and stroke due to the lower potassium to balance the role of sodium in the body. Also, bananas good for people who are stressed. When stressed, the body's metabolism to increase dramatically to reduce the levels of potassium. By eating a banana, potassium levels will be back in balance.

Another advantage, which contained sodium content in bananas is low. This makes bananas safe to eat people with high blood pressure who have a diet low in salt, but requires potassium.

Lately Agency for Food and Drug Administration United States (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to allow banana farmers to advertise that the banana has the ability to treat high blood pressure. To meet the needs of potassium in the body, recommended eating one banana per day.

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