Overweight and at work? Studies at Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

PMS: Forget pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain natural mood enhancer tryptophan. Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as potassium and magnesium found in them, help body recover from effects of nicotine withdrawal. Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize heartbeat, sends oxygen to brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with help of a high-potassium banana snack. Strokes: According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Temperature Control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature. Ulcers: The banana is used as dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating lining of stomach. Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on wart, with yellow side out. Carefully hold skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape! A banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare bananas to an apple, it has four times protein, twice carbohydrate, three times phosphorus, five times vitamin A and iron, and twice other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of best value foods around. Maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps doctor away!" P.S. Bananas must be reason monkeys are so happy all time!