How to Keep Bananas Fresh and Prevent Them from Turning Brown

Bananas are an affordable, delicious fruit that offers not only great taste and value but also offers many excellent health benefits including being a wonderful source of potassium, which helps to control blood pressure (and of course prevent painful muscle cramps) and a natural antacid effect which helps to protect the stomach from ulcers. In fact, the only downside to them is that they have a comparatively short life expectancy – it is not easy to keep bananas fresh. Unfortunately, storing bananas in the refrigerator only accelerates the browning reaction because the lower temperature causes the breakdown of cells, so bananas should be stored at room temperature until they are ripe and then kept in the refrigerator to keep them from ripening further.