Why on earth would you ever eat a fucking banana?!?!, you ask incredulously.
Good question!
Bananas = 🤮
Sure, bananas make for good deep-throating practice but when it comes to bananas as food rather than just as something to perfect your blowjob skills with, they’re 🤮
But here’s the thing…
Bananas are most associated with potassium.1A medium banana (118g) provides 422mg of potassium, which is 12 percent of the Daily Value (DV). There are many foods that provide a higher percentage of the DV and are thus better sources of potassium, among them are avocados, large baked sweet potatoes, 3 ounces of salmon, 1/2 cup of raisins, and 1 cup of low-fat plain yogurt and cooked acorn squash, spinach, black beans, lentils, and soybeans. That mineral is of importance because among the many roles it plays, it supports bodily functions that influence calorie burning, such as more efficient use of nutrients like iron, magnesium, and calcium to produce the energy necessary for physical activity. Further, potassium is essential for muscle contraction, the synthesis of proteins that build and repair muscle tissue after exercise, and transporting glucose to muscle cells for their use as energy for movement and muscle growth.
Now, if the outlined benefits of potassium aren’t enough to eat a banana, then consider the following. In a study of cyclists, bananas were found to increase the performance time of a 75-km trial by 5 percent compared to water. In addition to that objective improvement in cycling time trials, bananas also had a subjective effect, as the participants reported feeling more energetic and a greater ability to focus while exercising. These results largely stem from the sugar profile of bananas, with them providing fructose and glucose that the body can quickly break down for energy. Something else that bananas are laden with are phytonutrients with antioxidant properties, which helps explain the reduction in inflammation that was also observed in the study. So not only do bananas improve exercise performance but they also enhance recovery. 2The study also included pears, which had similar but less pronounced performance and recovery benefits than bananas versus water. For more, see Nieman, DC, et al. “Metabolomics-Based Analysis of Banana and Pear Ingestion on Exercise Performance and Recovery.” Journal of Proteome Research, vol. 14, no. 12, Nov. 2015, pp. 5367–5377. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00909
Yeah, I know, bananas sound mighty, mighty tasty right about now!
Banana Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 medium (118g)
• Calories: 105
• Total Fat: 0.4g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 1mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 27g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.1g
• Sugar: 14g
• Protein: 1.3g
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