Bananas are favorites among many though they are not aware entirely of the advantages that can be gained from them, this sweet and exotic fruit surely appeases the taste buds also is known for its mind refreshing ability. There are very few people who will probably believe that banana is 4th primary food which is eaten across entire world immediately after eating rice, wheat and corn. Banana takes first place when it comes to finding which is the most consumed fruit across entire US that is followed by Apple.
Among the 80 million tons of banana which are produced across entire world there is only 20% of this production which is sent out to export while the rest of this production is used for local use. Banana is the main food item when it comes to India and Sub-Sahara and even among those who follow Islam it is said that this banana is food of Heaven.
Some of the South-east Asian parts make use of the fruit along with its leaves in cooking where banana leaves are used as wraps to cook fish while the fruit which can be cooked is known as plantain and are green in color unlike the ripe one which is usually yellow in color and can be eaten directly.
This fruit can also be used to prepare exotic drinks, smoothies apart from which it can also be used in baking and desserts, the bananas which are used in their ripe form are known as desert bananas. The main vitamins in this fruit include Vitamin A, B complex, B-6 and C apart from which 75% of these bananas are full of water along with other nutrients like potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and fiber.