Banana - The Happy Fruit
I’m a few days late posting in the Gimme Food meme over at Runners Lounge, but I couldn’t resist adding my 2 cents on one of my favorite food items.
Bananas!
Not only do they provide runners with quick energy - they fill you up! And I love them.
Banana Factoids:
- They are 93% carbs.
- They have 5.9 mg of calcium.
- And 0.3 mgs of Iron.
- An average 118gm banana has 88gms of water.
- A cluster of bananas is called a hand.
- Bananas are America's #1 fruit.
- Bananas were officially introduced to the American public in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Each banana was wrapped in foil and sold for 10 cents.
- There is banana beer.
- The average American consumes over 28 pounds of bananas each year. I know I eat more!
- Bananas contain tryptophan which is good for people suffering depression.
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Ref - Wiki, rawplus, and corsinet.
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