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Subject: Bananas
Category: Health
Asked by: fred611-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 09 Mar 2006 15:12 PST
Expires: 08 Apr 2006 16:12 PDT
Question ID: 705521
Are bananas good for you?  Please provide what's good and bad about them?
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Subject: Re: Bananas
Answered By: cynthia-ga on 09 Mar 2006 17:09 PST
 
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
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Subject: Re: Bananas
From: hardtofindbooks-ga on 09 Mar 2006 17:12 PST
 
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

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