Hometown Recipes
Bananas – the most popular fruit
Because of their impressive potassium content, bananas are highly
recommended by doctors for patients whose potassium is low. One large
banana, about 9 inches in length, packs 602 mg of potassium and only has
140 calories. That same large banana even has 2 grams of protein and 4
grams of fiber. Those reducing sodium in their diets can't go wrong with
a banana with its mere 2 mgs of sodium.
Vitamins and minerals are abundant in the banana, offering 123 I.U. of
vitamin A for the large size. A full range of B vitamin are present with
.07 mg of Thiamine, .15 mg of Riboflavin, .82 mg Niacin, .88 mg vitamin
B6, and 29 mcg of Folic Acid. There are even 13.8 mg of vitamin C. On
the mineral scale Calcium counts in at 9.2 mg, Magnesium 44.1 mg, with
trace amounts of iron and zinc.
Putting all of the nutritional figures together clearly shows the banana
is among the healthiest of fruits.
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