Botanical Name: Musa Paradisiaca
Description
The banana is on of the oldest and best know fruits of the world. It is deliciously seedless and it is available in all season at a affordable price which is within everybody's reach. It is very hygienic fruit as it come in a germ-proof package. Its thick covering provides an excellent protection against bacteria and contamination. The mature fruit vary in size and may be green, yellow or reddish in colour.
Origin and Distribution
The origin of banana is believe to be India and Malaya. the fruit as well as it plant is considered to be very auspicious in all the religion and social ceremonies in India. In the mythology age of Europe it was called the "apple of paradise" The Greek and the Arabian writer refer to it as the wonderful fruit of India. The Malaya soldiers probably took them to Madagascar in the fifteen century AD and from there it spread to east coast and main land of Africa. Later it was introduce in the western country and other part of the world.
Food Value
The banana is o great nutritional value. it has a rare combination of energy value, tissue building element, protein, vitamin and minerals. it is a good source of calories being richer in solid and lower water content than any other known fresh fruit. A large banana supplies more than 100 calories. It contains a large amount of easily assimilable sugar, making it a good of quick source of energy and an excellent means of recovery from fatigue.
The banana constituent is almost a complete balance diet in combination with milk. It contain a high grade protein, which include three of the Amino acids. Banana and milk supplement each other in ideal manner and provide all the nutrient need in the body.
Natural Benefit and Curative Properties
In the tradition medicine of India and the ancient Persia this golden fruit is regarded as nature's secret of perpetual youth. To this day, banana is known for promoting healthy digestion and creating a felling of youthfulness. They help promoting the retention of calcium, phosphorus and nitrogen- all of which then work to build sound and regenerated tissue Banana also contain invert sugar, which is an aid to youthful growth and metabolism.
Intestinal Disorder
The banana is use as a dietary food against intestinal disorder because of it soft texture and baldness. it is said to contain an identify compound called, perhaps jokingly, vitamin u (against ulcer). it is the only raw fruit which can be eaten without distress in chronic ulcer cases it neutralizes the over acidity of gastric-juice and reduces the irritation of ulcer by coating the lining of the stomach.
Ripe Banana are highly beneficial in the treatment of ulcerate colitis, being bland, smooth, easily-digestable and slightly laxative. They relieve acute symptoms and promote the healing process.
banana is my favorite fruit
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