Is it true that Bananas will make you gain because of the high sugar content?

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    herbal life. Nuff said

    Answer is sugar is not the cause of weight increase.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
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  • mistikal13
    mistikal13 Posts: 1,457 Member
    Not true. Eating over calories will cause weight gain.
  • raven56706
    raven56706 Posts: 918 Member
    bananas- the reason for obsecity... hahaha
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    FearlessRobb wrote: »
    Average banana has 110 calories , sugars have a small effect when its a natural sugar like a fruit. of course eating to many isn't good either.
    I hear people say a banana is only 55-60 calories but if you do some research 1 banana is 2 servings.

    I try to limit my fruit to 1-3 fruits a day depending on size like 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 -2 kiwi.
    As for sugar I don't worry about since all my sugar basically comes from fruit and veggies so it rarely ever goes over the goal limit that MFP even sets
    Example goal sugar 70
    Apple 17
    banana 19
    2 Kiwi 26
    Total 62 Not even over and that's before added exercise (of course the lighter you are the less sugar goal) But with exercise and as long as its natural sugar you shouldn't have a problem with extra sugar.

    Your body does not care about where the sugar comes from.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Man, our educational system really needs to include more basic, fundamental nutrition classes or something...where does this kind of nonsense come from?
  • moribunny
    moribunny Posts: 417 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Man, our educational system really needs to include more basic, fundamental nutrition classes or something...where does this kind of nonsense come from?
    Health education at my school (which was considered by the state to be one of the "best" schools), didn't teach anything about nutrition other than to run and know what the food pyramid is.
    I'd have loved learning about nutrition back then, so I couldn't agree more.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Man, our educational system really needs to include more basic, fundamental nutrition classes or something...where does this kind of nonsense come from?

    So much this. It's so depressing.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Herbal life is hardly a reliable source for information. Excess calories make you gain weight so if you eat so many calories that you go over your calorie goal you may gain weight but it isn't because of the bananas - it is the excess calories.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    stupid bananas
  • L0vAnj
    L0vAnj Posts: 45 Member
    edited June 2015
    Haahahaha I love you guys, well thank you for all your advice and I'm sorry if it was a retarded question but over all I had to be sure, I want to lose weight i'm really serious about that and I just don't want to screw up again even if it means asking a stupid question :blush: All I know is fast food, so healthy is still pretty new to me.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I ate 2-3 Bananas a day for the first two months I was tracking calories. I lost weight just fine.
  • M30834134
    M30834134 Posts: 411 Member
    AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »
    L0vAnj wrote: »
    My sister heard this from herbal life so I was wondering, and also potatoes turns into starch fat?

    I found your problem, though.

    LOL - short and to the point! :smiley:
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    FearlessRobb wrote: »
    If you
    : want a low carb diet then potatoes are bad
    : carb cycling then you want them only on high carb days

    I eat a low carb diet -- low enough it's not uncommon for me to be in ketosis -- and I eat bananas and potatoes both. Not both in the same day and usually not much more than 100g or so at a time but I fit them in easily enough. There is nothing bad about whole foods, IMO, even for those who can't tolerate a lot of carbs.

  • Rayrayz93
    Rayrayz93 Posts: 4 Member
    Bananas are really good before a work out! 2 regular sized bananas can fuel an intense 90min workout. I also eat them before and I never feel drained
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    FearlessRobb wrote: »
    L0vAnj wrote: »
    My sister heard this from herbal life so I was wondering, and also potatoes turns into starch fat?

    Potatoes are bad but not bad.
    Sweet potatoes are amazing because they have allot of vitamins and antioxidants that your body wants and need. I also find that sweet potatoes taste better
    Regular potatoes are around the same calories per G and same carbs but don't have all the good stuff sweet potatoes do.

    If you
    : want a low carb diet then potatoes are bad
    : carb cycling then you want them only on high carb days
    : find they fit your macros go for it. its better than a non natural food

    Potato's are not bad. They contain lots of nutrients. If you are doing low carbs, neither sweet potato or potato are going to work for you, but neither are bad.

    The issue with potato is often what gets added to it... When fried in oil, or covered in cheese, or baked in fat, made in to mash with mountains of butter and cream etc. The same can be done with sweet potato but it's not the norm.

    I know hense why I said if you want low carb potatoes are bad. I didn't meant 1 I mean all
  • Leslierussell4134
    Leslierussell4134 Posts: 376 Member
    Bananas are amazing! Never knew one particular food to make anyone fat...just the excess calories consumed along side the banana :-) Plus, many use this food to reach their recommended potassium goals, even though cooked spinach and sweet potatoes are even better options calorie for calorie.
    Don't let companies like herbal life scare you out of any one food, when it fits into your macros it likely fits all the way around.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    FearlessRobb wrote: »
    L0vAnj wrote: »
    My sister heard this from herbal life so I was wondering, and also potatoes turns into starch fat?

    Potatoes are bad but not bad.
    Sweet potatoes are amazing because they have allot of vitamins and antioxidants that your body wants and need. I also find that sweet potatoes taste better
    Regular potatoes are around the same calories per G and same carbs but don't have all the good stuff sweet potatoes do.

    If you
    : want a low carb diet then potatoes are bad
    : carb cycling then you want them only on high carb days
    : find they fit your macros go for it. its better than a non natural food

    Sorry what? Potatoes are bad but not bad? So are they bad or not? So many arbitrary rules...

    OP set a reasonable deficit using MFP guidelines or TDEE. Eat what you like within those guidelines. Exercise if you like, eating back about half your calories (if using MFP method). Log accurately. That's it. Unless you have a medical reason to restrict sugars you don't need to worry about the sugars in bananas or any other food for that matter. And don't take advice from people who sell or promote a particular weight loss product. Ever.

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