How big is the giant banana in Papua New Guinea? What's the advantage of eating bananas?

The current banana planting technology is relatively good, we are no longer worried about banana production. Have you ever seen a rare variety of banana? The banana tree unexpectedly grows a bunch of giant bananas, one of which weighs 2 kilograms, and the whole family is afraid to eat it.

If you are usually a banana eater, you are also familiar with the size of bananas. Our common bananas are about the size of the palm of the hand, and there are smaller plantains. However, there is a kind of banana in Papua New Guinea, which is so big that both banana trees and bananas are scary!

It is 18 meters tall and 2 meters thick. Banana leaves are also large in area. Because they are big and hard, local people like to use banana leaves as eaves or as utensils for holding food. What about the bananas from the trees? It is also bigger than ordinary bananas, and some weigh as much as 2 kilograms. At first glance, it looks like a thin little wax gourd. Such giant banana trees are rare, so giant bananas are very popular, and local people carry out characteristic tourism because of this giant banana, and tourists who come here can't hide the exclamations of seeing giant bananas.

Giant bananas are not expensive. A 2.5-kilogram banana costs only 40 yuan. Can not hold a hand of the banana, it is really very big, generally speaking, buy a family can eat enough. Papua New Guinea is a backward country, mainly in agriculture, which accounts for 34% of Papua New Guinea's economy (2003). The main exports are mineral and agricultural coffee, cocoa, dried coconut, palm oil, rubber, wood and seafood.

Bananas have five amazing benefits, and nutritionists praise bananas as "divine tonics"!

Banana can be called the most convenient fruit to eat, in many fruits, it does not need to peel, do not need to cut, open the skin of the fruit can be eaten, loved by many people.

A medium banana weighs about 150 grams, provides 127 calories, 2.2 grams of protein, 33 grams of carbohydrates (sugar), 2.4 grams of fiber, and is rich in potassium and vitamin B6. Its fiber and magnesium content can meet about 10% of the daily demand, vitamin C is 16%, potassium 27.6%, vitamin B6 is 41.3%.

In addition, banana also contains phenols, alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, saponins and other phytochemicals; according to USDA database, the antioxidant index (ORAC) per 100 grams is 795 μ TE.

Although fruits are rich in monosaccharides such as fructose and glucose, bananas contain fiber and resistant starch, so the glycemic index of bananas is not high. According to the international GI database, bananas have a GI of 51, which is a low GI food, so there is no need to worry too much about its effect on blood sugar.