Nurition

Bananas

Bananas.jpg

You'll never look at bananas the same way again after discovering the health benefits and reasons to add them to your diet! Did you know Bananas can help to combat depression, relieve morning sickness, protect against kidney cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and blindness. Plus they can even cure the itch of a mosquito bite and put a great shine on your shoes. Bet you didn’t know that!!

Facts your probably didn’t know about bananas….

  1. Bananas help overcome depression due to high levels of tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin -- the happy-mood brain neurotransmitter.

  2. Improve your mood and reduce PMS symptoms by simply eating a banana, this regulates blood sugar and produces stress-relieving relaxation.

  3. Bananas can act as a prebiotic, helping to stimulating the growth of friendly bacteria your bowel. Plus they also produce digestive enzymes to assist in absorbing nutrients.

  4. Bananas can make you smarter and help with learning by making you more alert. TIP: Eat a banana before an exam to boost your level of potassium.

  5. Eating a banana can lower the body temperature and cool you during a fever or on a hot day. Perfect for Summer!

  6. Last but not least, bananas are the ultimate snack for on the go plus super affordable! They always readily available and can be used for smoothies, fruit salads and baking!

Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 12.05.39 pm.png

3 ingredient Protein Banana Pancakes

INGREDIENTS
- 1 banana
- 2 eggs
- 1 scoop of protein powder

METHOD
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Lightly spray a medium non-stick frying pan with oil and heat over medium heat. Spoon 2 tablespoons batter into pan and spread out evenly. Repeat with remaining batter. Cook for 1–2 minutes or until golden. Serve with fresh berries and greek yogurt.

So many ways to spruce up a salad!

Sophia Mcdermott Drysdale

There are so many ways to spruce up a salad. Make your staple greens, whether it be kale or various sorts of lettuce but you can add so much flavour to salads by adding some blue cheese, or goats cheese, cranberries, onion, shallots, nuts and in  this case some dried apple chips. This gives the salads some texture too. 

Serve with a piece of fruit or some baked sweet potato and this is a perfect meal with protein from the chicken, greens, good fats from nuts and an olive oil/balsamic dressing and carbs from the fruit or sweet potato.