While there are some dietary restrictions that limit fruit intake, for most of us, a healthy diet includes your eating fresh vegetables and fruits daily. Fortunately fruits are readily available year round. Think about enjoying the ABCs of fruit: an apple a day keeps the doctor away, bananas are why monkeys are so happy (or maybe the monkey is happy because of the friendship of a kitten), and cantaloupes (I can’t elope, I am already married).

Here are just a few of the many benefits of bananas:

• Gives an instant energy boost
• Contains tryptophan which has been shown to lessen or prevent depression
• Stimulates production of hemoglobin to prevent anemia
• High in potassium and low in sodium so good for blood pressure
• Provides fiber for good bowel health
• Natural antacid
• Contains B vitamins

This week, pay attention to the way things affect you. Don’t monkey around. Notice your energy levels as well as your moods. One size does not fit all. As with everything in life, discover what works for you and do it!

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According to “10 Foods You Should Eat for Pre and Post Workout” by Kimberly Snyder, the banana is one of the most perfect pre and post workout foods. She, too, cautions for specific dietary needs:

Bananas are full of complex carbs, minerals such as potassium and fiber. Our close genetic relatives, chimps, eat bananas in bunches and thrive. Once you’ve stabilized a Candida condition, you too can enjoy bananas and other sweet fruits. I personally eat 3+ bananas a day when I’m active, especially in the summer. I find them to be such perfect human foods, and I never gain weight from them as my body is balanced to handle fruit sugars. I actually just ate my third one today while writing this blog…but the day is not over yet!