MY PEACE of nutrition - Bananas
I want to be more aware of what I am eating and why I should eat certain foods. I eat too much processed food, i.e., frozen dinners, take out, potato chips. . The easiest way to permanently change your diet; is change it moderately over time. Anything done drastically, will not last. So instead of forcing myself to eat ONLY fruit, I will add a piece of fruit per week. Last week it was an apple a day. This week it's bananas. A banana a day is a must have, according to "The Healthy Food Directory" by Michael Van Straten. Why? One banana contains just over a quarter of the daily requirement of vitamin B 6 A banana a day is highly recommended to replenish vitamin B 6 because the vitamin is water soluble, meaning it dissolve in water and cannot be stored by the body. Excess amounts of vitamin B 6 are flushed out of the body through urine. Since the body cannot store these vitamins, they need to be replenished ...