Most babies enjoy the flavor, color and texture of sweet potatoes, according to AskDrSears.com. Sweet potatoes are a smart choice for your baby, because they provide an abundance of nutrients, including beta carotene and vitamin B-6.

Bananas are a nutritious tropical fruit suitable for eating raw or cooked. Including bananas in your diet means you take in a variety of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, including lysine. Your body can't make lysine, so getting it through the foods you eat is critical.

Bananas provide many nutrients that are essential for good health. They are relatively low in calories -- providing about 121 per large banana -- and high in fiber, in addition to offering several vitamins and minerals. Banana fruit can be eaten plain or sliced and served in sandwiches, fruit cups, custards and salads.

Glutamine is the most abundant of the amino acids that serve as building blocks for protein in the body. It plays an important role in a number of biochemical processes.

Bananas are the most popular fresh fruit consumed in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are inexpensive, convenient to consume and widely available year-round. Often referred to as a "super-food," the banana is packed with vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

No food generates body fat in any specific location, but some people put on weight in the thighs and buttocks more easily than others. If you put on weight in lower areas first, you have a health advantage over those who store fat around the waist.

Almost all fruits and vegetables produce invisible and odorless ethylene gas, “the ripening hormone.” Fruits that produce ethylene gas in larger quantities ripen faster as a result of concentrated exposure.

Many vegetables are commonly consumed raw, as well as cooked. In general, raw vegetables are bright in color, juicy and fresh flavored. However, there are some vegetables that are seldom eaten raw. The potato is one of those.

The sweet dumpling squash is one of the smallest of winter squashes, usually only a few inches in diameter and less than half a pound in weight. When ripe, they have an attractively variegated skin in shades of yellow and green or yellow and orange.

Babies between the ages of 4 and 6 months can start to eat solid foods, although breast milk or formula should still the supply the majority of calories at this age.

Prepare sweet potato leaves by boiling, steaming or stir-frying to preserve nutrients. While cooking vegetables leads to slight nutrient losses, heat also helps activate some plant enzymes, vitamins and antioxidants.

Bananas can be perfectly ripe when they have brown spots on the skin and can even still be used when the skin has turned black from being stored in the refrigerator. Brown spots on banana skin occur when membranes in the skin cells get weak and leak.