Are bananas good for you?  Please provide what's good and bad about them?

Hi fred611,

Bananas are packed with nutrition and there is very little bad about them. 

Here's the facts:

Nutrition Data
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c20Tm.html
Data for this listing was provided by USDA.

RAW BANANA

93% Carbs 
 3% Fats 
 4% Protein 
 
The Good:
This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is
also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium and
Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin B6.

The Bad:
A large portion of the calories in this food come from sugars.

There's a lot more detailed information at the link above.


Here's another source that has the same information in an easier to read format:

Nutritional Information on Bananas, raw
http://www.elook.org/nutrition/fruits/1928.html


Here's a page at the DOLE FOOD COMPANY web site:

FUN FACTS ABOUT BANANAS
http://www.dole5aday.com/FoodService/pdfs/FACTSHEET_Bananas.pdf


Hope this helps!  If I can clarify anything for you, please ask for a
clarification.


~~Cynthia


Search terms used at Google:
banana nutrition

Good banana
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=7

Bad banana
http://www.american.edu/TED/costpest.htm

Straight banana
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=25401

Gay banana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bananas_in_Pyjamas.JPG

Endangered banana
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2664373.stm

Banana Split
http://www.dan-dare.org/Dan%20FRD/TheBananaSplitsTitle(TheTraLaLaSong).mp3