Mayo Clinic Minute: Peeling into the health benefits of bananas
May 9, 2017
What's yellow, weighs more than 25 pounds and is something you'll likely have eaten by the end of December?
The answer: a year's supply of bananas.
"The average American consumes 27 pounds of bananas per year," explains Angie Murad, a dietitian with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. "That averages out to 90 bananas per year."
In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Angie Murad explains the many benefits of making bananas a part of a well-balanced diet. Jeff Olsen reports.
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