We love them. We eat them in their whole form, sliced into fruit salad or mashed and added to muffin and bread recipes. Frozen bananas can be added to smoothies ice cream. A serving size is one peeled medium-sized banana, about 7 inches long.
Health Benefits:
🍌Calories:
A banana averages about only 110 calories.
🍌Potassium:
Bananas are known for their high potassium content,
with over 400 mg potassium in a single medium-size banana
🍌Vitamin C:
One banana provides about 10 mg of vitamin C, or
about 15 percent of your daily recommended amount.
🍌Vitamin B-6:
Since B vitamins are more commonly found in animal products,
it may come as a surprise that bananas are an excellent source of
vitamin B-6, also called pyridoxin.
🍌Manganese:
Bananas are a good source of manganese, with
one medium banana providing about .3 mg.
🍌Fiber:
According to the USDA, one banana has about 3 g of fiber.
Dietary fiber can help you feel fuller longer and also keep your
digestive processes running smoothly.
🍌Other Nutrients
Bananas also deliver small amounts of other vitamins and minerals.
A banana provides some iron, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus as
well as vitamins A and E, folate, carotene and choline.
Bananas also contain trace amounts of many amino acids.
I love my bananas in ice cream. Delicious!