PENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL INDONESIA

TYPES OF BANANAS AND THEIR BENEFITS

Banana plant is made up of stalks that are covered with overlapping. A stalk of stem can be about 30 cm thick. A banana plants can grow up to 6 meters. It has up to 20 long and wide leaves. Each cluster can carry about 10 to 20 bananas. The first banana fruits can grow about a year after planting.

There is not only one type of bananas, but there are many types. That is :

1. Plantain (Pisang Raja)

Plantain (pisang raja), plantains have fruit features that are slightly curved upwards. and the skin is thick but rather rough. When ripe, this fruit is orange yellow, with a fragrant aroma and sweet and sweet taste. The advantage of plantains is that they have a fragrant aroma compared to other types of bananas.

2. barangan bananas

Barangan bananas (pisang barangan). The characteristics of barangan bananas are straight texture with a length of about 11 cm and a diameter of 30 mm. The flesh of the banana fruit is yellow and slightly white, sweet and has no seend. These bananas are usually served as a dessert at parties.

And many other types of bananas. Beside having many types, bananas also have many benefits too. That is, bananas are rich in a mineral called potassium. This mineral is important as it helps maintain fluid levels in the body and regulates the movement of nutrients and waste products in and out of cells. Potassium also helps muscle to contract and nerve cells to respond. It keeps the heart beating regulary and can reduce the effect of sodium on blood pressure.

In addition, bananas can help maintain kidney health because of this the content of potassium is very important for maintaining blood pressure stability and healthy kidney function. Research has found that consuming bananas 4-6 times a week can reduce the risk of kidney disease by 50% compared to people who don't eat bananas.

Not only consumed as fruit, bananas are also often processed into other food ingredients. For example, it's processed into banana cake, or chocolate banana, or banana molen and many other processed foods made from bananas.

 

Nama  : Meita Steviana A

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