Healthy Substitutes for Baking
You might think we’re bananas for suggesting this substitute, but bananas can actually take the place of butter in some recipes! Not only do bananas offer lots of potassium, a study reported at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society found that COPD patients who ate more bananas tended to have better lung function and fewer symptoms. Start by using half as much mashed banana as you would butter.
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July 1, 2014