Contrary to the believe that bananas should be avoided if you want to reduce weight, it is one of the most desirable ingredients in diet drinks and thanks to potassium which solves the excess water in the body and hair,also speeds up the metabolism in association with others “fat melters” like the flax and spinach that are posing a real invasion on the unwanted fat pads.
Bananas are rich in potassium which helps to remove excess water from the body, and one banana contains 450 mg of this element. Besides natural sugars fructose, sucrose and glucose which are an excellent source of energy for our body, consuming bananas decreases the feelings of hunger, which often leads to forbidden calorie meals that are guilty for the fat pads, and the fiber for speeding up the metabolism.
Bananas can be used in diet drinks as a base on which we add natural “fat melters” like flaxseed, wild berries and spinach that among other things satisfy our body of all the necessary vitamins and minerals.
Banana with flaxseed
- 1 orange
- 1 banana
- 2 tablespoons of whey
- 2 tablespoons of flaxseed
Banana with forest fruits
- 1 banana
- 1 cup of blueberries, raspberries or cranberries
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1 tablespoon of grated ginger
- half a cup of lukewarm water
Banana and spinach
- 1 banana
- 200 g fresh spinach
- half cup of light yogurt
- third cup of crushed cereal
- 1 tablespoon of honey