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                  <p><strong>Would you? Should you? Why? Fitness guru, Liezel van der Westhuizen delves into the latest TikTok trend.</strong></p><p>Africa Melane speaks to resident fitness guru, Liezel van der Westhuizen about boiling bananas and how its consumption can be beneficial.</p>
<p>Listen below.</p> 
<p>Yes, exploring how incorporating boiled bananas into your diet could potentially be a game-changer for your overall health and well-being says van der Westhuizen.</p>
<p>While #boiledbananas are trending on TikTok - van der Westhuizen says that "it's not a new thing."</p>
<p>People all over the world have been boiling bananas to drink, enjoy in desserts, or bake for banana bread and other traditional foods.</p>
<p>It's recommended that unripe green bananas are ideal for boiling and van der Westhuizen says that we might "not be using this fruit to its full potential."</p><h3>So, what are the benefits of boiled bananas?</h3><p>Nutritionists agree that boiling bananas: </p>
<p>• Helps bring out vitamins A, C, calcium and iron, minerals and antioxidants - making it more accessible for the body to absorb.</p>
<p>• Increases starch, providing sustained energy for a workout.</p>
<p>• Are a natural sweetener and can be used to decrease sugar cravings.</p>
<p>• Are packed with fibre, probiotics and prebiotics to aid digestion.</p>
<p>• They help lower blood pressure since it has a high level of potassium.</p>
<p>• Pectin in boiled bananas helps to control appetite and reduce body fat even more so than protein.</p><h3>Recipes going viral with boiled bananas doing their rounds on TikTok are "interesting"</h3><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@festusnice395/video/7285653170137648416" data-video-id="7285653170137648416"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@festusnice395?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@festusnice395">@festusnice395</a> Boil BANANA WITH ROSEMARY and You Won't Want to Make Another Recipe<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/homemade?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="homemade">#homemade</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/recipe?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="recipe">#recipe</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trendingvideo?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="trendingvideo">#trendingvideo</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/viralvideo?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="viralvideo">#viralvideo</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tikviralvideo?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="tikviralvideo">#tikviralvideo</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp%E3%82%B7%E3%82%9Aviral?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="fypシ゚viral">#fypシ゚viral</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="foryou">#foryou</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="foryoupage">#foryoupage</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyppppppppppppppppp?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="fyppppppppppppppppp">#fyppppppppppppppppp</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/festusnice395?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="festusnice395">#festusnice395</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7285653223556385568?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - festy">♬ original sound - festy</a> </section> </blockquote>  
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