Whether dried bananas are useful

Dried bananas are popular as additive to dietary breakfasts.

As far as they are useful how to prepare independently and whether there are contraindications to the use, we discuss in this article.

Caloric content and chemical composition

The chemical composition of a dried product is identical crude, vitamins and minerals remain in it almost in full, and indicators of nutrition value grow.

Are present at structure:

• vitamins — A, B1, B2, B6, B9, E, C, K, Karotin, RR;
• macrocells — potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus;
• minerals — iron, manganese, copper, selenium, zinc;
• irreplaceable amino acids — arginine, valine, an isoleucine, a lysine, methionine;
• replaceable amino acids — alanine, glutamic acid, glycine, tyrosine;
• fatty acids — an omega-3, an omega-6;
• other — palmitic, stearin, olein, linoleic acids.

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Nutrition value:

• proteins — 3.8;
• fats — 1.8;
• carbohydrates — 88.2;
• cellulose — 9.9;
• caloric content (dried) — 346 kcal, fresh fruit — 89 kcal.

Advantage for a human body

Let's consider whether dried bananas are so useful.

Making a start from structure, it is possible to claim with confidence about such positive properties:

• prevention of avitaminosis, especially during the winter period;

For prevention of avitaminosis you can also use home-made kvass and a sea cabbage.

• normalization of a metabolism, dream, work of nervous system and mental activity, thanks to group of vitamins B;
• irreplaceable amino acids participate in protein synthesis, stimulate brain activity, increase endurance of an organism, are responsible for cell regeneration, work of nervous impulses;
• normalization of digestive processes and removal of slags that is promoted by cellulose;
• improvement of work of a cardiac muscle, clarification of vessels and their strengthening (potassium, magnesium);
• availability of iron and copper will help to struggle with anemia, normalizing hemoglobin level;
• vitamins A, E, carotene — are responsible for health of hair, skin, nails;
• selenium works as antioxidant, reducing risk of oncology, supports an endocrine system;
• zinc improves work of a reproductive system of men and women, is responsible for health of skin, reducing risk of her diseases;
• calcium and phosphorus strengthen bone, muscular fabrics.

But there is more to come, than dried fruit are useful. The diet with dried fruits is registered during the postoperative period, at big loss of weight. The product is useful to smokers, the fact that it expands the vessels narrowed under the influence of nicotine, normalizing blood circulation and a warm rhythm.

Women can use a product in the cosmetic purposes, and not only eating, but also using as ingredient for the mask rejuvenating skin. Thanks to a large amount of Retinolum and tocopherol, such masks are effective in fight against small wrinkles, give to skin equal tone, elasticity and healthy shine.

Whether you know? Not only herbivores, but also some predators, for example, the jubate wolf living in South America like to eat bananas.

Whether it is possible to eat

Dried fruits are not always equally useful, in certain cases they can do much harm to an organism. It is desirable for fans of a natural dessert to know in what cases it is necessary to refuse dried banana.

At weight loss

If you try to lose excess weight, then it is better to use fresh fruit, but not dried. In dried, dried banana of calories, carbohydrates and sugars three times bigger, than in fresh.

About banana chips, especially fried in oil, the people keeping to a diet in general should forget as caloric content because of roasting with oil increases five times.

Learn also about useful properties of such dried fruits as dried apricots, prunes, a fig dried, dried persimmon, dried apricots.

At pregnancy and breastfeeding

At pregnancy it is possible to use a product, it has many properties, useful during this period:

• helps to appease nausea at toxicosis;
• copes with digestion problems;
• levels heartburn;
• provokes production of hormone of joy that it is useful for future mother.

However it is necessary to remember that the product used during pregnancy in large numbers will promote a set of weight that will pour out then in short wind, load of legs and heart and also extensions on skin. When breastfeeding it is also possible to eat it, especially if ate during pregnancy, but also infrequently and it is a little.

Important! During breastfeeding it is not desirable to eat the fried banana chips, they can cause problems with a stomach in mother and gripes in the kid.

At pancreatitis and gastritis

Dried fruits at pancreatitis cannot be used in case of strong increase in level of glucose in blood. In other case in small amounts three-four times a week fruit is not contraindicated, however, not during a disease attack, and after it.

It is better to eat banana in the crushed view in a combination with other products, for example, with porridge.

At gastritis the product not only is not forbidden, but also is useful. Its components help to adjust digestion processes, softly enveloping the angry mucous, normalize acidity of gastric juice.

Important! At stomach diseases just dried banana is given preference before a fresh fruit as it does not cause fermentation processes.

How to make dried bananas in house conditions

Before starting drying, it is necessary to prepare fruits correctly:

1. Only ripe fruit without damage traces participate in process.
2. Fruit clean and cut ringlets or plates.
3. As banana starchy, it can darken that to avoid it, fruits presoak in the water acidified by juice of a lemon or citric acid for a minute.
4. Later define in a colander to get rid of excess moisture.

In the sun

The cut and prepared fruit display on a big tray and dry under sunshine in the fresh air. There are several moments:

• the product needs to be protected from insects, for example, a gauze layer;
• when the sun is too active, to remove in a shadow for a couple of hours that banana did not turn black;
• for the night to bring to the house as night moisture and morning dew can saturate a product with moisture and slow down process.

Drying will take from two to four days.

In an oven

The fruit is displayed on parchment on a bottom a sound board, dry a product at a temperature about 70 °C. At the same time it is necessary to leave open a door for free air circulation inside. From time to time segments need to be overturned for uniform drying. The approximate duration of process — 3–5 hours.

In the electrodryer

The most qualitative and easy way. On pallets spread the prepared segments of fruits, establish temperature on 70 °C. Each two hours pallets interchange the position, process of preparation lasts from ten to twelve hours.

As it is correct to store

Dried fruits store in paper packages or in densely closed capacity or in the fridge in a compartment for vegetables, or in the storeroom.

Storage conditions out of the fridge:

• temperature — 17–24 °C;
• humidity — up to 65%;
• lighting is absent.

Harm

Dried bananas do the main harm because of a large number of sugar therefore with an excess weight it is not desirable for people to eat them. Dried and dried fruits are contraindicated to patients with any form of diabetes.

The product also has property to increase blood clotting therefore it is contraindicated in such states:

• recently had heart attack or stroke;
• atherosclerosis;
• thrombosis.

In conclusion we will note that dried bananas — very useful product. Its rich structure brings benefit and to the growing organism, both elderly people, and future mothers. Everything that needs to be remembered at the use — in everything there has to be a measure.