. Bananas are best eaten after other foods so they can aid in digestion. They contain plenty of calories, vitamins A, C, D, and E, and many mineral salts.
No, eating a banana does not lead to coughing. But eating a banana and drinking water the very next minute of consuming banana can lead to coughing. So try and avoid that if you don’t want to cough or start the sad journey of cold and cough.
Why should we not eat bananas? Bananas are a sugary fruit, so eating too many and not maintaining proper dental hygiene practices can lead to tooth decay. They also do not contain enough fat or protein to be a healthy meal on their own, or an effective post-workout snack. Eating bananas becomes significantly risky only if you eat too many.
Why Do Bananas Hurt My Stomach?
- Ripeness How ripe a banana is affects not only the taste, but also the digestion in your body.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Those who suffer from IBS might deal with everything from diarrhea to sharp cramps and more.
- Too Much Fiber Bananas have a high-fiber content of about 3.5 grams in each large one.
Nutritional Benefits Of Eating Banana
- Banana in the form of powder is said to be safe to consume during cough and cold.
- Kerala banana, mazhavazhai pazham and red banana, which is commonly available in South India is said to be a safe option too.
- Elaichi bananas also can be given occasionally.
- They are rich in Vitamin C, hence help in boosting the immune system.
Why is mucous important?
In fact, mucous helps to keep our nasal route clean. It actually prevents any pathogen to enter our body. In general, our body generates 1 to 1.5 liter of mucous every day. During infection/ allergy the mucous formation automatically increased.
Banana is a fruit for all. It’s available throughout the year, affordable, nutritious, and tasty and of course easy to eat – what else you need? No wonder banana is the most popular fruit. However, when you get cold, cough, or fever – seniors suggests you avoid banana.
But if you are struggling with allergic symptoms like excess secretion of mucous and tears, itching, rashes, etc for more than 2 weeks , avoid having high histamine foods like bananas for better histamine balance.
Banana contains histamine. In fact, banana is one of the high histamine containing food. Histamine triggers the hyper secretion of mucous. Therefore the common belief that bananas increase mucous secretion is partially true. However, don’t jump into the conclusion early.
Not only banana, foods which are high in histamine – fermented foods (pickle, curd, sauerkraut, etc), wine, avocado, eggplant, raisin, cashew, almond, citrus fruits, tomato, chocolate, etc – are to be avoided to bring down the histamine level and control the unwanted allergic symptoms.
Few will suggest, banana is extremely healthy so you must continue to have it during cough and cold. Whereas the other group will strongly recommend you to avoid it as it will increase the mucous formation.
Besides this, banana is soft and easy to swallow. Consuming a ripe banana a day is good for gut health and controlling stress.
Is it better to eat bananas or bananas?
Ditto Asha. Ripe banana in fact would be easier on your digestion than any grains or milk that you take. A fully ripe banana will have dark spots on it so if you have bananas that have dark spots in skin instead of yellow ones usually sold in shops, you will feel better. Banana is also rich in potassium and fiber. Potassium helps your liver function well despite illness and medicines. Fiber will help curtail acidic side effects of antibiotics on you stomach and intestine lining.
Hence I do try to keep a check on the general perception and opinion but also ensure to keep a check on how my body, in particular, responds to a given food. You should observe how bananas affect your body during cough and cold, then only you will get to know that does eating banana cause cold for your body type or not..
Why do bananas make my throat hurt?
This, as explained above, is not because of the fruit; it is because of the irritation that it causes in conjunction with the mucus that is already present in the throat. This is another problem associated with eating bananas at night.
Chitinase often causes the immune system of the body to react in an unfavorable manner. This is a type 1 allergy caused by contact with bananas. People who have a banana allergy may also be allergic to kiwi fruit and avocado because the protein chitinase is also present in these other fruits.
Most cough episodes will clear up, or at least significantly improve, within two weeks.
Mucus is a normal, slippery and stringy fluid substance produced by many tissues in our body. It is essential for body function and acts as a protective and moisturizing layer to keep critical organs from drying out. Mucus also acts as a trap for irritants like dust, smoke, or bacteria.
Continue Reading. Banana allergy is one of the food allergy found in nearly 0.1 to 1.2% people in different parts of the world. Some people might find food allergy symptoms to be little uncomfortable, but not severe and for others, these can be terrific and can even be life-threatening.
No, eating a banana does not lead to coughing. But eating a banana and drinking water the very next minute of consuming banana can lead to coughing. So try and avoid that if you don’t want to cough or start the sad journey of cold and cough. My first answer on Quora so bear with me. 10.3K views.
Try these simple remedies to get some relief from cold and cough: 1 Always drink hot or warm water.Have them in plenty to keep yourself hydrated which is very important especially when you’re unwell. 2 Have plenty of other fluids too (not cold) including some hot beverages frequently. 3 Have a paracetamol (with do