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Banana Flower a healthy as well as delicious diet that many people are unaware. Also known as banana heart it is a nutritious foodstuff that has also medicinal value. You’ll be surprised if you come to know its benefits.

What is actually a Banana Flower?

The banana flower is not an ordinary flower that you keep in your garden. This is the part that is found beneath the banana fruit. Its shape is like a cone with different layers of petals and pinkish purple in color. Familiar too many south Indian families banana flower is such a nutritious food that is beneficial to the body i.e. skin, hair, eyes digestive system etc.

Make a note that there is wide variety of bananas, but only some varieties of banana flowers are edible. One of them is the banana flower of plantain banana, {picture given below} mainly grown in Kerala. So please check before you make use of

Let’s check out what all nutrients are present in it?

Banana flower contains a wide variety of healthy supplements that are essential for our body.  The nutrients hidden in a banana flower which can make our body and mind healthy are;-

Fiber, potassium, calcium, copper, phosphorous, iron, magnesium and vitamin E

Of these the benefits of potassium, calcium and phosphorous have been discussed in my earlier blog ‘Garlic – A Granary of Nutrition’

Click the link below to know the details.

https://www.koloursoflife.in/2021/10/garlic-granary-of-nutrition.html

Fiber

If the food we consume is not digested properly our body will not get any nutrients. Here comes the significance of fiber in our daily diet.  Fiber rich foods should be included in our daily food habits. Fiber is needed for proper digestion of food that we eat. One should intake plentiful of fiber in their diet irrespective of their age or body composition.

Fiber helps our body in many ways –

• Fights Cancer and many other deadly diseases.
• Makes our body and skin healthy and glowing.
• Controls high blood pressure and diabetes.
• Prevents obesity and keeps our body fit.
• Fiber facilitates the digestive process and prevents constipation and indigestion.

Copper

A brownish red/reddish brown colored mineral essentials for our body. Even though it is required in a very small quantity, copper can do many wonders. It plays an important role in our body development and overall health. The benefits of copper have been known for a long period of time. Many of us know that how good it is for our body to wear copper based accessories or to eat/drink in a copper vessel. In the same way our body will have the benefits if we intake food items that contain copper.

How’s copper beneficial

• Copper helps the development of bones and muscles by increasing bone strength.
• It tends to improve our heart health as it reduces the blood clot formation, reduce cholesterol level etc.
• Copper boosts our immune system and thus prevents easy attack of diseases.
• Copper aids in the production of hemoglobin which is vital to make red blood cells which helps in oxygen transportation throughout the body.
• Copper enhances iron absorption in the body thereby making the body healthy.

Iron

Iron is one of the important mineral that our body needs for its overall development. Iron is mainly associated with blood production in our body, the deficiency of which can cause many diseases and even risk your life. So it is very important to include iron in your daily diet. It is applicable to all [children as well as adults].

Therefore the benefits of iron are

• Iron is essential for the formation of hemoglobin a protein in blood.
• It Increases the blood production and makes our body energetic.
• Iron makes us feel refreshed and helps to do things actively.
• It removes fatigue and anemia and keeps our body and mind healthy and fit.
• If we intake sufficient iron it will optimize our concentration and attentiveness which ultimately results in overall performance.

Magnesium

Magnesium is an essential mineral for the overall functioning of our body. It plays an important role in regulating and accelerating all the activities of the body. It helps our body to produce the energy it needs. Magnesium should be present in our body in an abundant form , so we should be careful to include magnesium rich foods in our daily diet. Magnesium has the potential to convert the food we eat into energy.

Some of the benefits of magnesium are

• Consuming magnesium rich foods boosts the performance of a person as magnesium has the capability to convert food into energy.
• Magnesium eases the muscle and nerve function; therefore we can do any physical activity without strain.
• It regulates the blood pressure by preventing blood vessels from becoming narrower.
• Magnesium has been proven to improve insulin sensitivity in persons with type 2 diabetes.
• Researches show that adequate intake of magnesium helps reduce depression by increasing a hormone serotonin which regulates our mood.

Vitamin – E

Vitamin- E a nutrient and a fat soluble antioxidant is important for many significant functions of our body. It is an important vitamin.

This is required for the proper function of many organs in our body. Vitamin -E is stored in liver and used whenever it is needed.      Our body gets it mainly from foods and other health supplements.

Vitamin-E is used not only for health purpose but also for beauty. Intake of vitamin-E results in a healthy and glowing skin. Research has proved that it is also essential for good hair growth.

Here are the benefits

• The antioxidant effects of vitamin-E are known to prevent coronary heart disease.
• Vitamin-E protects eye cells from free radicals thereby resulting in improvement of vision.
• Vitamin-E when applied to skin can reduce the skin damage caused due to sun exposure to a great extend.
• It strengthens body’s natural defense system to fight against infections.
• The adequate intake of vitamin-E is said to lower the risk of cancer.

Now a day’s Luxury is having a Good Health and Good Health is the result of Good Food. Changing our food style itself can prevent many of the diseases. Try to experience this sustenance in your daily diet and the results will be just awesome. Staying healthy has become highly essential for us as almost everything around us is becoming polluted day by day.

Good Food; Good Health

Eat Healthy; Stay Happy

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Thank You.