Red Banana Health Benefits

by Elisabeth Dahl – JillianMichaels.com

If you’re looking to add some variety to your fruit bowl, consider the red banana. They’re available year-round in supermarkets and specialty stores. Use them as you would yellow bananas — eating them raw, slicing them into fruit salads or baking or frying them. While tasty, these purplish bananas are also nutritious, providing you with vitamins and minerals as well as fiber.

Red Banana Calories, Fat, Carbohydrates and Protein

An average red banana weighing 99 grams has 90 calories and no fat, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has 23 grams of carbohydrates — 8 …read more