that found that bananas have something called"resistant starch." While starch may sound like a negative—generally, something we try to avoid over-consuming, this resistant starch actually"helps generate the production of short-chain fatty acids," according to Fawkes.
He explained that short-chain fatty acids"play a vital role in colon health," so the more you generate, the healthier your colon will be."We'd heard this rumor before, and so we were psyched when Richards confirmed it. "Bananas contain essential electrolytes that can help keep the body hydrated and balanced," she says."When the body gets out of balance related to our minerals, we can begin experiencing negative side effects like muscle cramps."
Meaning, essentially, that all those years of eating bananas on the sidelines of high school games were not in vain.