Banana tea and its fabulous health benefits
Posted on: 21/Jan/2020 10:44:39 AM
Heard about banana tea?
For its mild taste and for its many health benefits, banana tea is the latest health fad.
Preparation of banana tea:
It is made by boiling a whole banana in hot water. In the next step, banana is removed and cinnamon or honey is added to the water and drunk. Information is banana tea could be made with or without the banana peel. Banana peel tea is a tea made with a banana peel.
There are many nutrients like potassium, magnesium, manganese, copper, vitamin B6 etc present in banana tea and hence intake of this tea would provide many health benefits for us.
Health benefits of the intake of banana tea are
Good for heart health:
The presence of nutrients such as magnesium and potassium in banana tea would reduce blood pressure plus lower the risk of strokes and heart disease. The catechin in this banana tea plays a huge role in lowering the risk of heart disease risk.
Controls diabetes:
This is also one superb health benefit we could get by drinking banana tea. People with diabetes could drink banana tea without any risk.
Helps in sound sleep:
The muscle-relaxing property of magnesium and potassium helps in improving sleep. The amino acid L-tryptophan in the banana could produce sleep-inducing hormones serotonin and melatonin. It is important to note that serotonin improves our mood and melatonin produces sleep.
Helps in weight loss:
The low-calorie content in bananas plays a crucial role here. It is believed that drinking banana tea would suppress appetite, rev up metabolism and keep us feeling full for a long time. We would lose weight.
Good for skin health:
It is known that free radicals could lead to skin inflammation, ageing etc in us. Intake of banana tea could help us to fight free radicals. By this, the skin health would be good.
