Satisfy your sweet tooth and boost your potassium intake with this banana smoothie. Bananas are a healthy source of carbohydrates and help our body produce energy. Also, it is well known for being high in potassium. Potassium is a vital mineral and electrolyte for your body. It helps maintain normal blood pressure, transports nutrients into your cells and supports healthy nerve and muscle function.
Aside from being very healthy and delicious, bananas are convenient snack food. They contain essential nutrients for heart health, digestion, and weight loss.
To get a quick creamy effect for a small serving of this recipe, it is best to use frozen banana chunks.
HERE ARE 6 AMAZING HEALTH BENEFITS OF BANANAS
1. Improve Digestive Health
Fiber-rich food like bananas has many health benefits, including improved digestion. Bananas contain two main types of fiber, these are Pectin and Resistant Starch. They may feed your friendly gut bacteria and safeguard you against colon cancer.
2. Aid Weight Loss
Eating more fiber from vegetables and fruits like bananas have repeatedly been linked to lower body weight and weight loss. Also, unripe bananas are packed with resistant starch, so they tend to be very filling and may reduce your appetite.
3. Support Heart Health
Despite its importance, few people get enough potassium in their diet. Bananas are a good dietary source of potassium and magnesium. These two nutrients are essential for heart health.
4. Improve Kidney Health
Potassium is essential for blood pressure control and healthy kidney function. As a good dietary source of potassium, eating a banana may be especially beneficial for maintaining a healthy kidney.
5. Improve Insulin Sensitivity
Insulin Resistance is a major risk factor for many of the world’s most serious diseases, including type 2 diabetes. Unripe bananas are a great source of resistant starch. Therefore, they may help improve insulin sensitivity.
6. Moderate Blood Sugar Levels
Bananas can help moderate blood sugar levels after meals and may reduce appetite by slowing stomach the emptying of your stomach. Thanks to pectin and resistant starch. Bananas are rich in pectin, a type of fiber that gives the flesh its spongy structural form. Unripe bananas contain resistant starch, which acts like soluble fiber and escapes digestion.
Bananas make a great addition to yogurt, cereal, and smoothies. You can even use them instead of sugar in your baking and cooking.
Ingredients
- Ice Handful
- ½ Banana
- 1 Scoop 10 grams
- Almond Milk 200 milliliters
Directions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth.
- Pour into a glass mason jar and enjoy!