Unripe bananas are a natural sweet treat that we enjoy while they ripen. However, unripe bananas have a lot more health benefits. Translation: Green bananas can be a healthy way to keep your blood sugar under control, improve gut health, curb overeating, and reduce the risk of diabetes.
Are green bananas equal to regular bananas?
If bananas aren’t at their peak when we first buy them, we usually let them sit on the counter for a couple days until the bright yellow hue that indicates ripeness appears. By then, however, most of the banana’s resistant starch (RS) has turned into sugar and can cause blood glucose to spike.
Conversely, cooking and eating bananas when they’re still green and starchy — which gives them a more savory flavor — will has major health benefits, and might even spice up your cooking routine a bit, too.
“When your body has to break down the starch itself (as it does when you eat a green banana), your blood sugar rises more slowly,” David L. Katz, MD, shared with Oprah.com. Green bananas are perfect for diabetics because they take longer to digest and absorb. You will feel fuller longer due to the slow breakdown of fiber and RS. This will help eliminate unnecessary…
