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Banana taller than man
It is called "Pisang Seribu" in Malay, it literary means "Thousand Banana". As I've searched the web resources, understand that it is also called the "Thousand Fingers". I believe it is due to such a large number of bananas that it produces in a single bunch that it is given the name.
Another interesting fact about this banana is that it will continue to grow until it touches the ground. Thus it is also called "Tongkat Bumi", where "Tongkat" means "walking stick" and "Bumi" means "earth or ground", which in full means "walking stick that touches the ground".
The fruit of this banana is smaller than the normal bananas, nevertheless, it still tastes as sweet.
Picture of Pisang Seribu (Thousand Fingers Banana)
Morning Banana Diet
What is Morning Banana Diet?
The Morning Banana Diet regime is simple: A banana (or as many as you want) and room temperature water for breakfast; eat anything you like for lunch and dinner (by 8 p.m.). A three o'clock snack is okay, but no desserts after meals, and you have to go to bed before midnight.
Who invented it?
Sumiko Watanabe, a pharmacist in Osaka designed this stress-free diet to help increase the metabolism of her husband Hitoshi Watanabe, who had been rather overweight. In due course, Mr. Watanabe lost 37 pounds
How it becomes so popular?
Morning Banana Diet books published since March have sold over 730,000 copies, and some have been translated and published in South Korea and Taiwan. The diet became even more popular after a TV program featured a singer who had lost 15 pounds in just six weeks.
Source -TIME Magazine, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008
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Banana Cure Hangovers -fact or fiction?
What people do to cure hangovers
One of tthe quickest ways to cure a hangover is to make a banana milkshake sweetened with honey. The banana helps calm the stomach, and with the honey, builds up the depleted blood sugar levels. The milk soothes the stomach and rehydrates your system.
Source -health911.com
Scentific findings
When you consume high amounts of alcohol, you body becomes depleted of potassium. This exhausting of potassium levels makes up one of the reasons you feel so awful when you've got a hangover. Bananas are a first-class source of potassium and help to replenish the potassium you've lost. Bananas are likewise high in magnesium which will relax your blood vessels and can relieve you from a thumping headache. Bananas are also full of the vitamin B6, that has been proven to subdue hangover symptoms. In addition, bananas are a natural remedy for heartburn because they are full of natural antacid
Source -ezinearticles.com
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