THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BANANA

Introduction

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A banana is an edible fruit with botanical name berry produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.source

Banana is mostly know as fruit we eat, and some people put in food they are eating as spice but there are health benefits to bananas but before we go into the health benefits, let's see the species of bananas.

There are 6 species of bananas

Apple Banana
Cavendish banana
Lady finger Banana
Pisang Raja bananas
Red Banana
Cooking banana

Apple Banana

This are the exceptionally delicious apples which are gone in Hawaii majorly, some people call it Candy apple banana. This kind of banana is suitable for fruit salable because they don't get brown easily like other species an ld their flesh is firm and has a little pinkish tone on it.

Cavendish banana

This banana is the most popular of all the species with its sharming yellow colour and funny enough it is not that sweet as the candy apple banana but it is also delicious. This banana are green when they are not ripe and then when they are ripe they are yellow with, they don't get soft easily.

The perfect ripeness depends on personal taste, of course. Super ripe and browning bananas can be thrown in the fridge -- peel and all -- and peeled and used to make smoothies or banana bread.source

Lady Finger Banana

Lady finger as the name says it, they are small and far sweeter than the cavandish banana. They serve same purpose but particularly for portion-controlled snacks, mainly for children.

Pisang Raja bananas

Non known by alot if people, it is found in Indonesia used for making banana fritters.

Red banana

We must have seen this type of bananas couple is times, they are beautiful with the glowing red colour, it can be eating from the hand as well as yiu can dush it the most important thing is when it is red, it is ready

Cooking banana

This are the ones with two lives I means they can be eaten as well cooked or fry, basically like the plantain. You can roast it, steam it, fry it into chips, and can also be served as long vegetables. This banana is sold as green and other type is species can be used as cooking banana provide it is green and stachy I can't say they can be eaten.

Health Benefits of This fruit

Bananas are good for your heart. They are packed with potassium, a mineral electrolyte that keeps electricity flowing throughout your body, which is required to keep your heart beating. Bananas' high potassium and low sodium content may also help protect your cardiovascular system against high blood pressure, according to the FDA.source

List of its benefits and why you should love and eat bananas

Bananas adds to your diet
Bananas has benefit for exercise
Unripe Bananas can improve insulin for diabetes patients
Bananas Contain carbohydrates which can make you full
Bananas has Antioxidants for reducing heart disease
Bananas can help fat people loose wait
Bananas can improve digestive health
Bananas contain different nutrients
Banana can control blood sugar level

Closing

We have seen benefits around the bananas, I know must of us have use to have apples as our best fruit and other lovely fruit as our favorite which is good, generally fruits are good but bananas is one fruit yiu don't want to leave out of your fruit timetable.