Banana : Did You Know ?

1)One banana has 16 per cent of fibre, 15 per cent of vitamin C, and 11 per cent of the potassium we need daily.

2)They contain 75 per cent water.

3)Many cultures see bananas as a cooling fruit. In Thailand, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure the baby is born with a cool temperament.

4)Bananas are harvested every day of the year.

5)While opinion varies as to the optimum amount to eat per day, at least one is recommended as they contain all the 8 amino-acids our body cannot produce itself.

6)The banana plant is not a tree,but a giant plant of the same family as lilies,orchids and palms.

7)They are the world's most exported food-around 48,000 of them can be stuffed into each shiping container, bound for vessels that can typically transport 8,000 containers at a time.

8)According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine", eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death from strokes by as much as 40 per cent.

9)Banana milkshake,sweetened with honey,is one of the quickest ways to cure a hangover.

10)There are about 400 varities of this fruit.

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