Based on how the consumption of fruit, bananas are grouped into two categories, namely bananas table (dessert banana) and bananas if (plantain, cooking banana). Bananas consumed in the form of fresh table after ripe fruit, like bananas, milk, king, a thousand, and sunripe. Processed bananas consumed after being fried, boiled, baked, or dikolak, such as bananas kepok, Siamese, cotton, horn, and Uli.
Bananas can be processed into various products, such as sale, cakes, or wine (in Latin America).
In addition to nutrients contributed to higher than apple, banana can also provide energy reserves quickly if needed. Includes when the brain is experiencing fatigue. Various kinds of snacks from the bananas that are relatively popular among others, from Lampung banana chips, banana Sale (Bandung), Pisang Molen (Bogor), and Epe (Makassar).
Bananas have a very good nutrient content, such as energy supply is quite high compared to other fruits. Bananas are rich in minerals such as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, and calcium. Bananas also contain vitamins, namely C, B complex, B6, and serotonin is active as a neurotransmitter in the smooth functioning of the brain.
Energy
Energy value of bananas around 136 calories for every 100 grams, which as a whole comes from carbohydrates.
Banana energy value twice higher than the apple. Apples with the same weight (100 grams) contains only 54 calories.
Banana Carbohydrates provide energy slightly slower than sugar and syrup, but is faster than rice, biscuits, and a type of bread. Therefore, many athletes during rest breaks or eating bananas as energy reserves.
Energy content of the banana is instant energy, which is easily available in a short time, so useful in providing the caloric needs for a moment. Carbohydrate banana is moderately complex carbohydrates and are available in stages, so as to provide energy in a time not too fast. Carbohydrate reserves of energy that the banana is very well used and can be quickly available to the body.
Sugar banana is fruit sugar, which is composed of fructose which has a lower glycemic index than glucose, so it is quite good as a store of energy for a little more slowly metabolized. After working hard or think, always arise drowsiness. This situation is a sign of brain energy shortage, so that the biological activity also decreased.
To perform their activities, the brain needs energy in the form of glucose. Blood glucose is vital for the brain to function properly, among others, expressed in the ability of memory.
Glucose was mainly obtained from brain blood circulation due to glycogen as glucose reserves are very limited existence.
Blood glucose mainly derived from dietary intake of carbohydrate. Bananas are the best alternative for providing energy in times of rest or pause, at the time of the brain in desperate need of a quick energy available for biological activity.
However, protein and fat content of bananas was not good and is very low, at only 2.3 per cent and 0.13 per cent. However, fat and protein content of bananas are still higher than the apple, which is only 0.3 percent. Therefore, no need to fear of obesity despite eating bananas in large quantities.
Mineral
Bananas are rich in minerals such as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and iron.
When compared with other vegetable foods, bananas minerals, especially iron, is almost entirely (100 percent) can be absorbed by the body.
Based on the dry weight, iron content of bananas to 2 milligrams per 100 grams and 0.8 mg zinc. Compare with apples, which contain only 0.2 mg iron and 0.1 mg of zinc for weight 100 grams.
Very high content of vitamins, especially provitamin A, ie beta-carotene, by 45 mg per 100 gram dry weight, while the apple is only 15 mg. Bananas also contain B vitamins, namely thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin B6 (piridoxin).
Banana vitamin B6 is high enough, that is equal to 0.5 mg per 100 grams. In addition to functioning as a coenzyme for several reactions in metabolism, vitamin B6 plays a role in protein synthesis and metabolism, especially serotonin. Serotonin is believed to play an active role as a neurotransmitter in the smooth functioning of the brain.
Vitamin B6 also plays a role in the metabolism of energy derived from carbohydrates. The role of vitamin B6 is clearly supporting the availability of energy for the brain to everyday activities.
