Bananas are a popular brain fruit and being readily available, there are plenty of dishes, which can be made with this favorite of fruits. How and why are bananas good for your brain?
Its good to keep your brains on high-octane with fruits and energy foods, because that will automatically keep you in high-spirits, from the brain to mind and then the body, the feel-good factor simply cascades to these three layers.

Tracing through this interconnectivity between the three layers of the body, banana does good to all zones of your body, which directly or indirectly affects your brain.

•    Banana as stress busters: We know that stress releases a lot of negative elements into the body system and too much of stress-associated releases can upset or numb the working of your brain cells. So, bananas with a rich supply of potassium and low salt levels, act as good stress busters and there fore keeping the mind and the brain in a comfort zone.

•    The Mood-Elevator: Mood –swings, depression and other mental-state regression can be alleviated with good intake of bananas as they contain a chemical called serotonin, which negates negative tones of brain chemicals.

•    High-level of Alertness: Bananas also induce a high-level of alertness in the brain. The presence of serotonin enhances brain function and promotes positive brain activity.

•    The Boost to the Brain – routers: Brain Routers or the nervous system need good stimulants in the way of vitamins (vitamin B and associates). To keep the nervous system ticking and young, banana supplies ample vitamin B to the body system.

•    Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Victims of seasonal affective disorder, a condition affecting the brain, can derive benefits from the banana, as it contains tryptophan, a mood-uplifting chemical.

•    Morning sickness: For most pregnant woman, suffering from morning sickness, which is brain-hormone triggered, having a banana along with breakfast, considerably brings down the degree of morning sickness.

Research is also laying grounds for finding a mode of prevention of Parkinson’s diseases, through a diet richly supplemented with bananas. The research is oriented towards showing positive effects of banana on the brain and the nervous system as such.
Bananas can also keep dementing diseases at bay. “Why are bananas good for the brain?” theory has crossed over the zone of scientific reasoning to testify with research and results for the power-impact of brain-y-bananas.

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