Bananas?

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

 

Here's one of those obtuse questions that I have been thinking about since I

first took Chinese nutrition 7 years ago, but either never asked or never

received a satisfactory answer that I can remember:

 

Why is it that every Chinese nutrition book I have ever seen teaches that

bananas, which are cold and sweet, treat constipation and promote bowel

movements, whereas " common wisdom " here in the west is that when one has

diarrhea, bananas are the " B " in the BRAT (also rice, applesauce and toast) diet

used to do just the opposite: bind?

 

Yehuda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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