Everybody knows how beneficial and healthy bananas are. They are abundant in fibers, being the fourth most popular food after rice, corn and wheat in terms of fiber content. Not only are bananas rich in nutrients, one of its many advantages is that it is pretty cheap and easily available. It is interesting that bananas can help in the process of losing weight, because they have the ability to stimulate this process when you eat almost nothing but bananas. If you eat great quantities of bananas in a day, on the other hand, you can gain some weight. In order to lose weight, you should not eat more than eight to 10 bananas a day, and besides that, the usual small meals as well.
Yulia Tarbath, a nutritionist, has fed to this regime for twelve days and she says that this regime is also called mono-fruiting weight loss. She ate bananas only in order to detoxify her organism and also to lose weight, which she succeeded in.
To improve the results of this regime even more, Yulia also drank a lot of water, and she exercised on regular basis. She also took enough of rest. The first results she had noticed were changes in her digestive system. Namely, the stomach discomfort she used to feel was now gone. Another thing that was also changed was the level of stress. She became more relaxed than ever and she was not feeling any stress anymore, as well as some other issues she has had, now started fading away. In other words, not only the physical aspect of Yulia’s life was changed, but the mental and emotional aspects as well improved.
What Did She Do?
Yulia’s aim was to test the mono-fruit diet based on eating just one fruit during the diet. She is nutritionist and motivational coach as well, and she got great results from this diet, also known as banana island diet.
What does the banana island diet do?
- you should eat ripe bananas only and take in the usual amount of calories as with your previous diet
- you should have an exercise routine and practice this routine on a daily basis
- you are allowed to eat bananas as much as you want, every day. Even thought this is a mono-fruit diet, you can add some other ingredients as well, like lettuce, for example
- you should drink water in huge quantities, as much as you can, like for instance, two or three liters every day
- the fiber that bananas contain help in absorbing water in the body and improve the digestion
- you should get enough rest, since your body will pass through deeper detoxification
- another useful information is the fact that a six inch banana contains about ninety calories, which is much fewer than candies, sweets, chocolates and so on do
This is what happened during her banana island diet:
- she became much more positive
- she detoxified her body and she was feeling better during this period of one month
- her life improved on emotional plan and she was more efficient in finishing her usual tasks on time and she was even finishing them better than ever
- her skin became shinier, softer and more gleaming
- she became more flexible than ever
- it was a busy internal journey for her
- she has run every day, 22 kilometers in the mountain Doi Suthep in Chaing Mai, Thailand. She did not felt any pain in her legs and she has recovered in less time than before
there are many benefits in even just one banana. There are 108 calories in a single banana, which equals 17.5 carbohydrates and everyone knows that carbohydrates are fundamental for the proper function of the organism. But, besides carbohydrates, there are more nutritive ingredients in bananas. They also contain great amounts of fiber, vitamins and minerals. they also contain pectin, a substance that has ability to stop the cravings for a longer time.
Moreover, bananas also have low glycemic index, which is also great and quite beneficial when it comes to losing weight. They also balance the levels of blood sugar.
