Man cannot survive only on Bananas, potatoes and sweet potatoes but banana is richer in components than potatoes.
However, potatoes are rich in proteins.
CHNOPS consist of 98% of the living matter and Oxygen is about 55% by weight.
Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Sulfur
I add Calcium to this list since we are vertebrates
Macro Elements
Sodium
Potassium
Chlorine
Magnesium
Manganese
Micro Elements are
Iron
Zinc
Cooper
There are only 11 elements necessary for living.
Banana can be eaten in many ways.Banana is a fruit with low glycaemic index.
Glycaemic Index is the index that measures the availability of sugars or calorie after ingestion.
It is a ranking index.
It measures how quickly sugar is released. It measures how quickly the blood sugar is raised.
Both fiber and fat content may determine the rapid or slow availability of sugars.
Cooking also increases the availability of
While potatoes are high in GI bananas are low in GI.
Eating potato chips and banana chips is the worst way to consume food. Both as a medical student and a medical man I did not know these facts even though I was very much interesed in nutriention.
In our time Tuberculosis and Nutritional deficency coexisted. Tuberculosis was called wssting disease and the B. C. G. Vaccines was the only solution to mitigate both nutrition deficiency and devastating illness.
