BANANAS DEFY AGED LONG SUPERIORITY OF APPLES

          

               BANANAS DEFY AGED LONG SUPERIORITY OF APPLES

             WAQAR HUSSAIN 14/29--A SAMANABAD LAHORE.03336700587

              SINCE AGES, APPLES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AS THE MOST NUTRITIOUS,DELICIOUS AND BENEFICIAL FRUIT OF ALL.THAT IS WHY, IT FOUND ITS WAY EVERY WHERE. IN THE BIBLE, IT IS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN.IN  MORPHOLOGY, HUMAN LARYNX IS CALLED ADAM'S APPLE BECAUSE OF NOTION THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY FORBIDDEN FRUIT STICKING IN THE THROAT OF ADAM. IN MYTHOLOGY,THREE GODDESSES JUNO,MINERVA AND VENUS CONTENTED FOR GOLDEN APPLE, THROWN BY ERIS,THE GODDESS OF DISCORD.LATER IT WAS ADJUDGED TO VENUS BUT THE RIFT REMAINED UNRESOLVED AND CULMINATED IN THE TROJAN WAR..ONE FINDS TOO MANY IDIOMS PIVOTING AROUND APPLES; APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, APPLE-PIE BED,APPLE-PIE ORDER, APPLES AND ORANGES,ETC.IN SCIENCE,APPLE STRUCK NEWTON'S HEAD AND LAW OF GRAVITATION SEPT OUT OF IT.GEOLOGISTS OFTEN GIVE ANALOGY TO THE INTERIOR OF EARTH WITH A SPLIT APART APPLE. IT IS MORE LIKE BALL THAN HEART BUT TO SHOW REVERENCE,IT IS OFTEN REGARDED AS HEART SHAPE.ABOVE REVERENCES  SHOW THE WORTH OF APPLES IN ANCIENT TIMES.

            APPLE IS JUICY TOOTHSOME FRUIT OF TEMPERATE AND SUB-TROPICAL REGION WITH ENORMOUS ALIMENTARY VALUE.RECENTLY,BRAZILIAN SCIENTISTS DISCLOSED THAT PEOPLE WHO ATE APPLES REGULARLY LOST MORE WEIGHT THAN WHO DIDN'T.APPLES CONTAIN PECTIN WHICH LOWER BAD CHOLESTEROL, LDL.PEOPLE WHO ATE TWO APPLES PER DAY,LOWERED THEIR CHOLESTEROL BY 16 PERCENT.

            FLAVONOID, AN ANTIOXIDANT  ABUNDANT IN APPLES, PREVENTS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.FRENCH SCIENTIST REPORTED THAT POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WHO ATE APPLES BENEFITED FROM FLAVONOID THAT PROTECTED THEM FROM OSTEOPOROSIS AND ALSO STRENGTHENED THEIR BONES

         APPLES REDUCE THE SYMPTOMS OF ASTHMA IN CHILDREN,INCREASE APPETITE,REDUCE SIGN OF AGING,MANAGE DIABETES BY REDUCING INSULIN REQUIREMENT OF THE BODY BY 35 PERCENT.ABOVE FACTS PROVES,APPLES  TO BE THE KING OF FRUITS AND IT IS RIGHTLY SAID," AN APPLE A DAY,KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY."

         NOW,IT IS BANANAS TURN.IT IS A CRESCENT SHAPED DELICIOUS FRUIT,GENERALLY FOUND IN TEMPERATE CLIMATE.WE ALL,FIRST TASTED BANANA AT THE AGE OF SIX MONTH WHEN WE WERE GIVEN FIRST SEMI-SOLID FOOD.IT'S TASTE IS STILL HOVERING IN DARK RECESSES OF OUR MIND.
       BANANA IS GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN-B COMPLEX (1.5g) THAT WAS ONCE REGARDED VITAMIN BEAUTY AND IS FAMOUS FOR GENERAL WELL BEING OF BODY.; VITAMIN-C(8.7mg) ALSO CALLED "SKIN FOOD" THAT MAKES SKIN SMOOTH AND JUVENILE  DECREASES SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION AND ALSO ACTS AS ANTI-CANCEROUS AGENT AND VITAMIN-A(15mg) THAT IS GOOD FOR EYES AND EPITHELIAL LININGS.
        BANANA CONTAINS GLUCOSE,FRUCTOSE AND SUCROSE AND IS THE BEST "FAST FOOD" WHICH PROVIDES IMMEDIATE AND PROLONGED SOURCE OF ENERGY(99 Kcal per l00g) .IT IS RICH IN IRON(0.26mg) THUS CAN STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF HEMOGLOBIN AND HENCE RECOMMENDED FOR PATIENT OF ANEMIA AND WOMEN WHO USUALLY SUFFER LOW HEMOGLOBIN.BANANA CONTAINS VITAMIN B-6(0.67mg) WHICH  REGULATES GLUCOSE LEVEL AND HELP IN DEALING WITH PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME OF WATER RETENTION,MOOD SWING,HEADACHE,ETC.
      BANANA CONTAINS VERY LITTLE SODIUM AND HIGH CONCENTRATION OF POTASSIUM(422mg) HENCE IDEAL FOR PEOPLE ENCOUNTERING HYPERTENSION.EVEN FDA OF US ACCEPTED IT'S ABILITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF STROKE AND BP.NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE REPORTED THAT BANANA CAN CUT THE RISK OF STROKE BY 40 PERCENT.

       BANANA  CONTAINS GOOD AMOUNT OF FIBRE(2.6g)THAT  HELP BOWEL MOVEMENT AND RELIEVES CONSTIPATION,OFTEN  CONSIDERED AS MOTHER OF HUNDRED AILMENTS.BANANA IS AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR ACIDITY OF STOMACH.BANANA REDUCES AGED RELATED MUSCULAR DEGENERATION,VISION LOSS,HEARTBURN,BONE DECAY,WRINKLES,ETC.SUM AND SUBSTANCE IS IT KEEPS YOUNG,ENERGETIC AND HEALTHY.SO,ONE CAN SAY:” BANANA A DAY;KEEPS THE DOCTOR AT BAY”

     

      NOW, JUXTAPOSE THE TWO IN TERMS OF NUTRIENTS PER 100g OF EACH.BANANA HAS MORE NUTRITIONAL VALUE THAN APPLE—54% MORE CALORIES; 66% MORE CARBOHYDRATE; 18% MORE SUGAR;8.3% MORE FIBRE;300% MORE PROTEIN;500% MORE VITAMIN-A;2693% MORE VITAMIN-B;90%MORE VITAMIN-C; 66% MORE CALCIUM;116%MORE IRON;100%MORE PHOSPHORUS;294%MORE POTASSIUM; 440% MORE MAGNESIUM;275% MORE ZINC AND BANANA CONTAINS 0.3mg MANGANESE AND CHOLINE(9.8mg) THAT APPLE DOESN’T HAVE.ON CONTRARY,APPLE HAS ONLY TWO NUTRIENTS IN HIGHER AMOUNT; 15% MORE WATER AND 100% MORE FAT.LOW FAT CONTENT OF BANANA ARE AGAIN A QUALITY IN THIS AGE OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.THE RESULTS OF ABOVE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.

      NOW COMPARE THE PRODUCTION OF THE TWO; APPLES ARE PRODUCED 55 MILLION TON PER YEAR AND BANANA 95 MILLION TONS.SO,BANANAS ARE THE MOST EATEN FRUIT OF THE WORLD.MAN PRODUCES MORE WHAT HE CONSIDERS USEFUL.

         AVAILABILITY IS ANOTHER FIELD TO BE COMPARED.APPLES COME IN MARKET IN EARLY WINTERS WHILE BANANAS ARE AVAILABLE ROUND THE YEAR.FURTHER APPLES ARE HIGH PRICED AND ARE CONSIDERED “RICH MAN FRUIT” WHILE BANANAS ARE LOW PRICED.POOR CAN BUY ONE BANANA BUT CANNOT ONE APPLE.THE SELLERS OFTEN STARE AT SUCH ARROGANCE.

       ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION MUST BE TAKEN IN TO ACCOUNT.APPLES ARE THE MOST SPRAYED FRUIT.WHEN YOU BUY AN APPLE YOU MAY GET RESIDUES OF 10 PESTICIDES.THIS NULLIFIES ALL THE BENEFITS. THEN,APPLES ARE OFTEN WAXED TO PRESERVE DURING STORAGE.THESE WAXES HAVE SOLVENT RESIDUES WHICH ARE HARMFUL.THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO PEEL OFF IT’S  SKIN BUT THE NUTRITIONISTS HAVE CLEARLY INSTRUCTED ”IF YOU PEEL OFF THE APPLE SKIN ,YOU ARE GOING TO LOOSE ITS NUTRITION,HENCE REMEMBER,NOT TO PEEL THE SKIN”. SO PEOPLE ARE ENTANGLED BETWEEN THE SCYLLA AND THE CHARYBDIS.FURTHER ONE NEEDS KNIFE TO EAT AN APPLE OR TAKE THE RISK OF TOOTH INJURY.IN CASE OF BANANAS,HANDS ARE ENOUGH.TO REACH SUPER CLEAN PULPY MATERIAL WITHOUT ANY NUISANCE OF HARD SEEDS.
      THE ABOVE COMPARISON IS QUITE VIVID AND CLEARLY SHOWS THE SUPERIORITY OF BANANAS OVER APPLES,ALLOWING  US TO DECLARE”BANANA IS THE KING OF FRUITS”. KNOWING THESE FINDINGS “APPLES MUST BE GOING BANANAS”.