Banana (Musa paradisiaca)

    

Banana (Musa paradisiaca) fruit this one is very popular among the public, in addition to karna easily obtained, cheap, this fruit also has a lot of vitamin content. Pisang (Banana) is a type of Terna trees (trees with soft stems and woody) of Musaceae tribes with strong stems, and the leaves are large and dark green elongated. This tree appears in the form of combs, each comb which contains (10 20) bananas, and there are no seeds in the fruit. Banana is a fruit with an almost perfect source of nutrition because bananas contain six nutrients are: water, sugar, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals. And thanks to the high nutritional value it contains, it has become an important food (staple) for many people.

     It is said that the fruit came from southeast Asia and then the fruit is starting to spread to the western part of the continent. And keep in mind that Indonesia is one of the largest banana-producing countries, which ranks fourth in the world. In bananas contained lots of fiber and some vitamins that

(68%) water, (25%) sugar, (2%) protein, (1%), fats and oils, (1%) Starch Cellulose fiber and tannin acid, vitamin A (300 IU per hundred grams), vitamin B with various kinds; B1, B2, B 6, and 12 (100 mg per hundred grams), a considerable percentage of vitamin D, and a little vitamin Z. And bananas also contain calcium (100 mg per hundred grams), Phosphorus, Iron, Sodium, Potassium (potassium), Magnesium, and Zinc.

     But the most memorable is the benefit of banana fruit itself, other than it feels good banana possessed such benefits

• Boost immunity

Vitamin A, C, and B6 contained in bananas can boost immunity against infection.
Drug hypertension (high blood pressure)
Potassium helps regulate the balance of fluids and electrolytes to blood pressure control. Fiber content that is able to bind to fats can prevent the formation of plaque that affects blood pressure to rise.

• Prevent heart disease

Vitamin C and flavonoids which are antioxidants in bananas prevents oxidation of fats cause heart disease. Potassium is a good tonic for the heart. Pektinnya take effect in fiber helps lower cholesterol.

• Fetal health

Pregnant women are advised to eat bananas because the content of folic acid are easily absorbed fetus.

• Anemia (lack of blood)

This fruit also contains iron. Two bananas every day, enough to make people saved anemia.