Banana

The tropical banana plant came originally from the Indo-Malaysian area and are now cultivated all over the tropical and sub-tropical continents. Bananas are grown in Columbia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. The plants grow typically 9 to 15 meters high with large leaves of up to one meter wide and up to 4 meters long. 

The fruit grows up to 30cm long and eaten when yellow in color as the fruit ripens from a green color. Only the soft insides are eaten discarding the easy peeled skin outer. Bananas are one of few fruits that ripen best off the plant. 

Bananas are a good source of fiber, iron, potassium, phosphorus, and vitamin C, A1, B6, B12, and high in starch (more starch than sugar) which is a carbohydrate, and contains all the 8 amino-acids our body cannot produce itself, and proteins like tryptophan and other beneficial trace elements. 

Warnings
May not be good to eat too much if you’re diabetic type 2 because of the high starch content (high carbohydrate).

Medical Uses
Health Tonic, Energy Boost, Weight Gain, Constipation and Stomach Ulcer Reduction: Eating one fresh banana a day is a great health tonic and natural fiber. If lacking energy eat from 1 to 3 bananas as 2 bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. If you eat a lot of bananas a day 5+ and not burn it off by exercising, you will gain weight, as it is high in starch content which will be converted in to body fat. This is the fruit of choice for modern athletes for its energy replenishment and high fiber. 

Anemia and high blood pressure and strokes reduction: Eating one banana a day will stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and the potassium contents acts on the blood. It is said that eating some banana fruit in a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%. 

Depression and Stress reducing, and Relaxing agents:  Eating a banana when stressed or depressed will be beneficial as the banana proteins when eaten are converted in to serotonins which are known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier. 

Heart Burn, Anti Acid, Bowel and Intestinal inflammation, Morning Sickness and PMS: Eating one banana when needed or daily as preventative. The natural sugars and soft fiber will reduce stomach acid levels, with easy digestion and increase bowel movements, and regulate blood sugar levels that are lost from the sickness of vomiting and blood loss. 

Warts: Tie a banana skin on to the affected skin area with the wart with the outer yellow skin side facing out and replace every 4 hours with a fresh skin. (Also see Dandelion treatments.)