Benefits of Green Banana Flour and How to Use

Using green banana flour is a great weight loss strategy because it helps control hunger, lowers blood sugar spikes, loosens the gut, and lowers cholesterol and triglycerides.

With so many benefits this flour, which is very easy to make at home, is a good dietary supplement for those who are dieting or simply cares about appearance and health. The main benefits of green banana flour include:

• Helping to lose weight because it satisfies hunger and makes food stay longer in the stomach;
• Helps control diabetes because it has low glycemic index, which prevents blood glucose peaks;
• Improve intestinal transit because it has insoluble fibers, which increase the fecal cake, facilitating its exit;
• Decrease cholesterol and triglycerides because it favors these molecules to bind to the fecal cake, being eliminated from the body;
• It favors the body's natural defenses because with the bowel functioning well, it manages to produce more defense cells;
• It fights sadness and depression due to the presence of potassium, fiber, minerals, vitamins B1, B6 and beta-carotene it has.

To achieve all these benefits, it is recommended to regularly consume green banana flour and follow a healthy diet with few fats and sugar and still do some type of physical activity.

How to Make Green Banana Flour

To make green banana flour at home just follow the recipe:

Ingredients

• 6 green bananas

Method of preparation

Cut the bananas into medium slices, put side by side in a way and bring to the oven at low temperature, not to burn it. Leave them to dry well, practically frying in the hand. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. After completely cool, put the slices in the blender and beat well until turning a flour. Sieve until the flour is in the desired thickness and store in a very dry container and cover.

This homemade green banana flour lasts up to 20 days and does not contain gluten.

How to use

The amount of green banana flour that should be consumed per day is up to 30 grams. You can add up to 2 tablespoons (20g) of soup in a glass of water and take on fast or add in yogurt, fruit, fruit vitamin or beans, for example.

It does not have a strong flavor and can also be used to replace wheat flour in the preparation of cakes, muffins, cookies and pancakes.

But it is important to consume more water than usual to ensure that the fecal cake gets well hydrated, making it easier to exit. Otherwise, the stools will be very dry.

Recipes with green banana flour

1. Banana cake with raisins

This cake is healthy and has no sugar but is sweet in the right measure because it has ripe banana and raisins.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 1/2 cup green banana flour
• 1/2 cup oat bran
• 4 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup of raisins
• 1 pinch of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soup

Method of preparation:

Mix all the ingredients, putting the yeast last, until everything is even. Bake for 20 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test.

The ideal is to place the cake in small pans or in a tray to make muffins because it does not grow much and has a mass a little thicker than normal. So it will look more beautiful and cook faster.

2. Pancake with green banana flour

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 cup green banana flour
• 1 cup of cow's milk or almond milk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt and sugar or stevia

Method of preparation:

Beat all ingredients with a mixer and then prepare each pancake by putting a little of the batter in a small frying pan greased with coconut oil. Heat the two sides of the pancake and then use as a filling fruit, yogurt or cheese, for example.

Nutritional information

The following table indicates the nutritional value found in green banana flour:

Price and where to buy

Industrialized green banana flour can be found in some supermarkets and in natural food stores. Its price ranges from 5 to 15 reais.

Who can not consume

Green banana flour has no contraindications and can be consumed by all people, of all ages. But if you opt for an industrialized product see your label to make sure it does not contain dyes or other food additives because these should be used sparingly by children.

The banana peel that is not used in the manufacture of green banana flour has twice as much potassium as the fruit itself. It can also be used in recipes like cake and brigadeiro, see its benefits and how to use here.