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The Links Between Banana Browning And Parkinson's Disease

The Links Between Banana Browning And Parkinson's Disease

What causes a banana to turn brown, and how does that directly affect our brain functions?

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The banana is a carbolicious fruit that many of us do enjoy snacking on. It’s a source of quick, “natural” energy. Professional athletes chomp down on them in between games to get their second wind.

We love using it in other carby dishes, such as with ice cream (the banana split), pancakes, waffles or with bread.

In fact, people who grew up in the UK in the 1980s and the 1990s would also have been exposed to little Eric Wimp, a wimpy looking kid who gains superhuman strength after eating a banana — and becoming Bananaman in the process.

But of course, I’m not here to wax lyrical on Bananaman.

Rather, I’d be looking at what our human body has in common with the banana. See the brown spots in the image? That’s what I’ll be discussing here.

What are those brown spots, exactly?

According to this article,

The dark spots on fruits such as bananas can be attributed to the presence of melanin.

Now, hang on a second. We do have melanin in our bodies too. In fact, the melanocyte cells in our bodies are responsible for producing this melanin, and the melanin that we have in our hair determines whether our hair has colour or not. A lack of melanin in the hair would be a good indicator that our hair would be greying or silvery:

The Biochemistry Behind The Aging Process

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June 2, 2022
The Biochemistry Behind The Aging Process

Aging is unfortunately an inevitable problem that all of us humans will face. And when it comes to aging, multiple aspects of our lives can be affected. Physically, we won’t be able to do things at 60 that we could do at 20. Mentally, we may face cognitive declines.

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The mechanism behind the formation of those melanin spots

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