9 Amazing Things That Happen When You Eat Bananas
Reducing bloating
Regardless of how well toned you are, bloating can still make your jeans feel tight. Most of the times, this uncomfortable symptom is caused by water retention and gas. Once again, bananas can help you out by regulating digestion and recreating a balance in healthy gut bacteria.
A 2011 study published by Clinical Microbiology discovered that women who ate a banana twice per day as a snack for 60 days had their belly bloat reduced by up to 50%.
How does it happen? Aside from increasing the amounts of healthy bacteria that fights off bloating in your stomach, bananas are also one of the best sources of potassium. This nutrient has long been renowned for diminishing excess fluid retention.
Regulating bowel movements
Probably anyone who has children knows that bananas can do wonders in regulating bowel movements. The most amazing part about this fruit is that it can cure both constipation and diarrhea. Here’s the trick: if you’re prone to constipation, your bananas must be as ripe as possible (with black spots on their peel). Meanwhile, if you want to stop diarrhea, you should eat unripe bananas that have a green hue on their peel.
Isabel Smith, MS, RD, founder of Isabel Smith Nutrition, says that bananas also contain valuable probiotics which promote the functionality of healthy microbes naturally found in our guts.
