Eating bananas helps you lose weight? Nutritionists reveal the “best time” and risks

Easy to carry, nutritious bananas are the favorite of many fitness people, recently seen in the discussion of bananas to lose weight, 1 banana is about 1/3 of a bowl of rice, rich in potassium, magnesium, dietary fiber, and is a happy fruit, indeed beneficial to health, but should not be eaten in large quantities, so as not to trigger gastrointestinal discomfort.

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Bananas are “high in potassium and low in sodium” for cardiovascular health

Bananas are rich in dietary fiber, resistant starch, vitamin B, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium and other minerals. Bananas are the fruit with the highest potassium content. The most important function of potassium is to regulate blood pressure, maintain the body’s metabolism, regulate water balance, and improve the muscle and nervous system. In addition, bananas are low in sodium, making them a “high potassium, low sodium” food, which is good for cardiovascular health and prevention of hypertension.

Resistant starch increases gastrointestinal peristalsis and helps defecation

In addition, resistant starch can also improve the volume of bowel movements, while increasing the gastrointestinal tract peristalsis and probiotic health, and dietary fiber can also promote intestinal peristalsis, help defecation, so people with constipation problems can eat more bananas. But for people who want to lose weight, do not try bananas to lose weight, eat only 4 bananas a day, all calories only 5, 6 hundred calories, only equal to a meal, the most terrible thing is that bananas for carbohydrates, lack of protein, fat, if long-term banana weight loss, may only be less muscle, but it is easy to lose hair, menstrual disorders, immune system decline.

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The most suitable to eat bananas in the morning, full of vitality

The clinic has met with people who try bananas to lose weight, only 3 or 4 bananas a day, such as 100 grams of bananas 85 calories, the total caloric intake of less than 500 calories a day. However, the female case 3 days because of insufficient calories, hungry to faint.

As for which time is the most suitable to eat bananas? According to a study by the International Journal of Obesity, the human body burns calories more efficiently in the morning and can be part of breakfast. It is recommended that one banana be eaten for breakfast, along with oats, milk, nuts, and some good starch, to keep people energized.

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