Banana: Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana.
This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS: the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system
Overweight and at work: Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in "The New Eng land Journal of Medicine, "eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
Thursday, May 7, 2009
what is banana
Spartant
I've just see a movie bout heroes vs villains, it the story bout Spartant, i have heard bout him but i never know who is he, and when i watch his movie from DVD i really respect bout him
The movie begun when Spartant and his family got caught and they separate them, they sell him to a man who collect a man to be come a gladiator, at first he is a rebel one but his new friend told him to follow the rules if he want to survive, so he follow the rules until he become a good gladiator and always wins the battle.
Even he got success but he always dream bout the freedom, so he asked his friends as a gladiator to rebel and most of them agree, lots of them got success and Spartant become the leader of their group and always follow him wherever he go.
Spartant eventually realize that lots of the people in Rome become a slave, he tough bout his wife and their kids but didn't find a clue where are they and how are they now. When he saw a child who's digging a trash for find a food he couldn't help it and took that kid and made him to be his losing kids. He always maraud from a rich people and give a food for the starving one.
And because of his kindness, he begun famous and more and more people looking after him for his protection, his follower getting larger and most of them are a farmer, women and children, his friend as a gladiator angry to him cos his kindness and never lead them to start a fight and roll the government.
Eventually he take his follower and lead them to a place new and made a new live and never been a slavery anymore, he is a good figure that a leader don't have to made a war and always think bout welfare of his people...
I hope all the leader follow his impression and always think bout their people more than his revenge or his obsession
Sunday, May 3, 2009
resort or slavery
I had a story, a few weeks ago my high school friend ask me to look for un umbrella head, it looks like an umbrella and u used it like a head, it don't have stick to take on. because she is my old friend so i looked for it at 2 mall, i searched it bout 3-5 hours at that mall each, at last i found it but that store didn't have it right now so u must order it, so i order 6 pieces..
At the next day my friend force me to make sure to that store so i go to Metropolis Town Square (Metos) so that things really there and i don't have to looked for them, the salesgirl of that store made sure but that things can we take 2 days more cos her bos still had a holiday in Puncak.
At the we'd plan i go to Metos again and my friend's sister already transfer me the money. She gave me Rp. 500.000 cos the umbrella's price is Rp. 45.000.- each so its bout Rp.270.000.-, the postage to Bali Rp. 55.000.- and my fee to 2 mall for 3 days Rp. 75.000,- so all just Rp. 400.000,- and my friend asked me to transfer the remain bout Rp.100.000,- to paid her credit card, at first i have got confused. cos my fee is only Rp.75.000,- for my tired and cost and she got Rp.100.000,- for not doing anything, but cos i tought she was my friend so i gave it to her.
Bout few days later her husband SMS, asked me to find them a house near to my house, i told them that this is must be serious and they said yes they were serious, so i asked my uncle and his friend to helped me find a house under Rp. 100 million. But before my uncle and his friend looked for it they asked me some money for the cost, so i gave them Rp. 50.000,- each and i've got plan that i'll asked my school friend and her husband, but before i asked the money for compensation and we already find 3 good house for recommend them, she said to me that it was too late, her husband already find a good house behind my back and didn't tell me anything, so our work hard and especially my money did for nothing..
I really got angry with them, especially with my school friend, she asked me for sorry so many times but my heard couldn't give her apologies. it really broke my heard, that's what i thought is it a resort or slavery