Author: Justin Shelton

However, if you mean that the inside gets all mushy and tastes awful, a-la extreme over ripeness, or the old wives’ tale that bananas in the refrigerator will produce poison gas or other toxins, neither of these are correct. Can bananas become toxic? But for a healthy person, “it would be impossible to overdose on […]

Banana does not grow on a tree but on an herb. A tree’s stem is made of wood unlike the banana’s, which is made of fibres. 3. Bananas are sterile; you can’t sow seeds and grow them. Why are bananas different from other fruit? Bananas are both a fruit and not a fruit. While the […]

This was not so with the banana, where the level of arsenic and phosphorus on the peel (0.053 and 254.0 mg/kg respectively) was lower than that on the flesh (0.066 and 289.0 mg/kg respectively). Also, arsenic and phosphorus levels were found to be highest on the flesh of the avocado pear (0.097 and 302.0 mg/kg). […]

A fully brown banana is full of antioxidants An article on Spoon University says that when a banana is almost or fully all brown, basically all the starch has broken down into sugar — they’re sweeter, which is why people often use mushy bananas to bake with — and chlorophyll has taken a new form. […]

A single plant can produce bunches of bananas, but not the “bunch” you see at the store. A single banana is called a finger. A grouping of attached “fingers” make up a “hand” of bananas. Multiple hands that grow in a cluster are called a bunch or stalk—a bunch of bananas may contain 3 to […]

A bunch of bananas is the common general phrase. So use “bunch” but you might occasionally hear “hand” or even “comb”. Can we say a bunch of bananas? A bunch of bananas is called a hand, while a single banana is referred to as a finger. How many is a bunch of bananas? When bananas […]

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When a bunch starts to grow, the bananas are in fact hanging downwards but as they grow and take on more sunlight, this spurs on their grown hormone. This triggers a phenomenon called negative geotropism, and they start to turn upwards (like you see in the picture above). Which direction do bananas grow? Bananas are […]

Bananas are extremely low in sodium. High blood pressure patients are often told to limit their sodium intake. Excess sodium puts extra pressure on blood vessels and also disrupts the water balance. Do bananas make your blood pressure go up? But you might not know that a banana a day keeps high blood pressure at […]

Bananas and other potassium-rich foods A high concentration of potassium makes bananas healthy for most of us. But you could end up with too much potassium if you eat a bunch of bananas while taking an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, like lisinopril or captopril. What fruits interfere with high blood pressure medication? People taking […]

I suppose you are referring to the seeds. If it bothers you, simply cut the banana into quarters length wise and slice the part you don’t like. Most fruits have the seeds on the inside that’s why they qualify as a fruit. Why is my banana black inside? when a banana is almost black just […]

Bacterial diseases of bananas and enset have not received, until recently, an equal amount of attention compared to other major threats to banana production such as the fungal diseases black leaf streak (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) and Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense). Do bananas have bacteria? Studies employing tissue-cultured and field-grown bananas have indicated widespread […]