CARAMELIZED BANANAS-LECINQBLOG'S POST SWIMMINGSNACKS series-NUTRITION INFORMATION
I am CURRENTLY a PRACTICING PHYSICIAN .However, I did complete TWO YEARS of college studying GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY, Food technology,Food Microbiology and Biochemistry prior to deciding that I am more inclined to the CLINICAL SIDE of things and hence decided to get into MEDICAL SCIENCE .I did very well in medical school thereafter and am now a "kick-ass" doctor .My interest in "Food" and the "Science of cooking" continues to this day and explains why I now have a Food blog as part of my LECINQBLOG family.I seek to dispel FOOD FADS, food myths via this food blog.I seek also to increase health awareness by canvassing for healthier diets.
Any kind of workout that causes you to sweat will cause you to lose electrolytes from the body-both sodium and potassium.
If we do not replenish these electrolytes-dehydration with cramping of muscles is a surety.
Potassium is also required for proper cardiac functioning.AGAIN,don't go overboard on potassium supplementation for the very same reason.
After a work out, REPLENISHING POTASSIUM is just as necessary as replacing sodium.
BANANAS are a great source of potassium.Easy to eat just so too.HAVE SOME BANANAS in your work out bag.That way,soon after the work out, you can chomp on some.UNCOOKED BANANAS are also good source of vitamin C.Bananas have a lot of cellulose in them.So,if you are having constipation problems, cellulose will surely ease your bowel movement .Eat bananas IF you don't hit the dumper each day regularly.Be amazed at the results.
PICTURE ABOVE is from 2007? it is possibly a cellphone picture taken with a cellphone which was manufactured in 2004.LOL..
Anyways, this is a post swimming work out snack post,So let us talk a wee bit about swimming.Swimming uses up a LOT MORE ENERGY than your average workout.
IN ORDER to not lose weight after swimming everyday, it became necessary for me to eat carbohydrate loaded food after each swimming session.I also wanted to include potassium rich foods.BANANAS has both carbs and potassium.DOUBLE SCORE.
I WOULD SAUTE the bananas with butter or oil and add cane sugar and salt, till they caramelized .This would on an average take me 5 minutes in total.Then I WOULD gobble up the snack ..INSTANT RECHARGE!
POSTNOTE: Recipes not included due to plagiarism concerns.I device and design my own recipes all the time and I am saving up all recipes for a FUTURE VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK.
(Interested Cookbook publishers/food magazines/book agents/TV production houses , Please quote a valid office postal address and phone number along with your work email while sending a proposal to me.I regret to say that I am unable to respond to people contacting me with no OFFICIAL postal address or office phone number)
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