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Banana: |
Bananas are delicious eaten with one's fingers after peeling off the skin.
Depending on the type of banana unripe bananas are also cooked, fried or deep-fried a lot.
Bananas are the basic food in many tropical countries.
five different types of bananas common on the market:
Red bananas: have a green/red peel and pink fruit flesh. They taste the same like yellow bananas. The redder a fruit, the more carotene it contains, so maybe they are healthier than their yellow colleagues;
Fruit-bananas: are the normal, yellow bananas, 15-30 cm.
Apple-bananas: are smaller, 8-10 cm., and ripen faster. They are also yellow;
The baby-banana (pisang susa): is yellow as well and measures 6-8 cm. It is the sweetest of the banana family;
Baking bananas: are 30 to 40 cm. large and are green, yellow or red-like. They cannot be eaten raw. They fulfill the role of the potato in the tropical countries.
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HEALTH TIPS |
bananas are highly recommended by doctors. They are helpful in:
* Reducing depression
* Anemia
* Restoring a normal bowel function
* Constipation and diarrhea
* Eyesight protection
* Strengthening the bones
* Healthy kidney
* Blood pressure
* Heart problems
* Treating heart-burn
* Curing a hangover
* Overcoming nervous disorders
* Reducing morning sickness
* Improving nerve function, and many more.
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