96 asiaSpa India May-June 2017
FRUIT
OF LOVE
Delicious banana offers countless health
benefits and is available all year ‘round – the
closest a fruit can come to perfectionT
he scientific name for banana is
musa sapientum, which means
‘fruit of the wise men’. But the
popular idiom, ‘go bananas’, signifies
going mildly crazy. Although, there is
one thing for certain: irrespective of the
interpretations of its name, the banana
packs a punch; it’s stuffed with nutrients
and a multitude of benefits.
According to the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), over 130 countries in the world
currently produce bananas, making it the
most popular fruit and one of the largestN
NATURE’S TONIC