Experience Eating 2 Bananas Daily and See What Happens

Bananas are popular and cheap fruits which you get worldwide. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), bananas are the developing world’s fourth most popular and important food crop after rice, wheat, and maize in terms of gross value of production. Bananas are delicious and can be consumed ripe, under-ripe, cooked, fried, baked and dried. They are great in smoothies, ice creams, cereals, yogurt, and bakeries.

What would happen if you ate two bananas every day?

Get ready to enjoy reading this post because there are mostly good benefits and just a few not-so-good benefits, which we are going to look at.

To begin with, bananas are naturally packed with potassium, fiber, vitamin C, and B6. However, they are not recommended for some people with certain conditions, and of course, you should not overdose on it like for any other food as well.

Nutritional value of 2 bananas:

Nutritional Elements	% of Recommended Dietary Allowance
Potassium	24 %
Carbohydrates	18 %
Dietary fiber	24 %
Sugar	28g
Protein	4 %

Nutritional Elements	% of Recommended Dietary Allowance
Vitamin A	2 %
Vitamin C	34 %
Iron	2 %
Vitamin B6	40 %
Magnesium	16 %

1. Recharge your batteries with potassium

Potassium is one of the most important nutrients because every cell uses it to generate an electrical charge to run your body machine.

2. Two bananas per day control blood pressure

Potassium also helps at keeping the heart rate steady, maintaining healthy blood pleasure, and triggering the release of insulin whenever it is required to control the blood sugar level. What you should know is that sodium (you get sodium from table salt) and potassium needs to be balanced to regulate hypertension. It is this balance that draws away excess water from the bloodstream toward your bladder. If the balance goes off, there is fluid retention that drives up blood pressure. Most people do not meet the daily RDA for potassium, which means that they are at higher risk for hypertension.

Magnesium from bananas helps to maintain healthy muscles, including the heart, and for the transmission of electrical signals in the body. Adequate magnesium intake from bananas can also lower the risk of atherosclerosis – a fatty buildup on the walls of arteries, hypertension, or high blood pressure.

3. Lower cancer risk

Bananas are known to be high in Vitamin C and they are a simple way to fight against carcinogenic free-radicals. You get your daily dose of essential nutrients without added sugar, food dyes, and chemical preservatives. However, this applies only to organic bananas!
When you peel a banana, you can see lots of peeling fibers on the flesh. It is important to eat all that as the fibers will help your digestive tract, and is thought to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.

4. The not-so-good benefits

Overdosing on bananas is almost impossible as you will have to eat hundreds of them. Your stomach naturally cannot contain all that bananas. However, for people taking beta blockers for heart disease, their level of potassium is already being raised. Hence, they should be careful not to consume bananas because this may raise potassium levels too much. If you are a diabetic, it is preferable to avoid bananas if you are already getting enough sugar from other sources. As seen in the above table, two bananas will provide you with 28 g of sugar, which can make you cross your sugar limit.

5. Sleepiness!

Did you know that bananas contain tryptophan – an amino acid known to assist you in sleeping better. We are not generalizing the case, but for some of you, this may lead to an influx of tryptophan that increases the production of serotonin, which is another trigger for sleepiness.

6. Diarrhea

Further to a high level of serotonin after eating 2 bananas some people can experience symptoms that can range from mild (shivering and diarrhea) to severe (muscle rigidity, fever, and seizures).

7. Digestive Issues

Fiber is indeed good for your digestion, but consuming 2 bananas may be bringing an excess of fiber for you if you already have a diet rich in fiber fruits and vegetables. Also, depending on your body mass or how much built up you are, 2 bananas may cause abdominal cramps, gas and bloating. Excessive fiber can interfere with the absorption of essential minerals like calcium and iron.

The bottom line

All said, bananas represent a potassium-rich diet that can help lower blood pressure, and people who eat 2 bananas daily have a lower risk of blocked arteries and heart disease.
Eat your bananas, enjoy your fruits, don’t be afraid. In the case of particular issues, your dietitian will give you the best advice.

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