Thoughts on bananas. ..
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Nothing wrong with 1 or 2 bananas per day, or even more. They are a great source of energy, potassium, and satiety.0
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Love banana and peanut butter. Plain or on bread, depending on meal size requirements.0
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Apparently the peanut butter and banana sandwich is known as the Skinny Elvis.
The Fat Elvis has bacon.0 -
The issue with banana is it's a simple carbohydrate - turns to 'sugar' quickly when digested. Spikes your blood sugar, causes a release of insulin which carries that 'sugar' to be stored as fat so as to lower your blood sugar. Put some peanut butter on it so it will delay that action0
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Most people don't have to worry about blood sugar spikes.0
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The issue with banana is it's a simple carbohydrate - turns to 'sugar' quickly when digested. Spikes your blood sugar, causes a release of insulin which carries that 'sugar' to be stored as fat so as to lower your blood sugar. Put some peanut butter on it so it will delay that action
It can only be stored as fat if there's an excess of calories. That's why everyone is saying "within your calories."
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I love bananas, but I was eating too many. I gained weight because my total caloric intake was too high. I even posted a question about it here and didn't believe everyone when they told me I was eating too much. I swore it was due to sugar or carbs...but it wasn't. It was just too many calories. :-) Now I eat (less) bananas and carbs and lost the weight.0
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The issue with banana is it's a simple carbohydrate - turns to 'sugar' quickly when digested. Spikes your blood sugar, causes a release of insulin which carries that 'sugar' to be stored as fat so as to lower your blood sugar. Put some peanut butter on it so it will delay that action
That's not really how it all works. A blood sugar spike isn't a concern for most individuals, and as for fat storage?
We're burning and storing fat all day. Excess fat is only stored in a caloric surplus. Insulin, sugar... the whole deal? It's only half the metabolic story.
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Interesting. If perhaps you eat an entire bunch or you eat more bananas than other food perhaps they would hinder. They have potassium - they aren't BAD. I love to chop bananas into slices- put them in the freezer and when frozen- put them in a blender for faux ice cream. Soo good and far healthier than ice cream, well in my opinion anyway
Me too! I slice them up & weigh them (I pick smaller ones that hover around 4 oz) and then I enjoy a frozen banana 'fauxlato' for dessert. And I keep my sugars under 50 and my carbs between 100-150. Plus, I lose weight. So no problema here.0 -
Chrisbande wrote: »I'm not saying don't eat bananas ever again or any fruit. Just do it in moderation with any other food. A lot of people will misconstrue the idea that eating a lot of fruit a day will help you lose all types of weight, so they replace part or most of there meal with fruits. Don't get me wrong , I love me some fresh fruit but I know to take it easy on them because fruit contains sugars which will tend to make you hungry later on at a quicker rate. If it fits your diet plan, by all means have a banana or two during the week. If not stick to a lower calorie and higher protein snack to keep yourself satisfied. Just my 2¢ BTW my wife eats banana every morning , she cuts it in half gives half to our daughter and uses the other half in her morning oatmeal.
I... what?
Fruit and veggies account for literally 70 to 90 percent of my diet every single day. My sugar intake from natural sugars is most likely sky high. No problems at all--and bananas? Delicious, healthy, and filling! Especially with a little bit of peanut butter on top! Mmmmmm... 0 -
I thought I had seen the last of the "bananas are evil" propaganda when I left Weight Watchers.0
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I have eaten a banana as my morning snack nearly every day for three years. In that time I have achieved my goal weight and maintained it.0
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I just flat don't like them. And as an environmentalist, I know how bad they are for tropical soils, so I just don't eat them.0
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Well they are radioactive.0
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I have a banana as an afternoon snack almost every day, down 55lbs so far. Like any foods, fine in moderation and just make sure you log in your diary. Frankly a banana is far more satisfying than packaged foods which might contain a lot more calories!0
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A large banana is not very different from a cupcake in terms of macros. They are very high in carbs/sugar, so they always need to be weighed carefully.
If you are not sensitive to carbs, they are probably just fine. If you are...they are probably a no-go or an occasional treat food.
Personally, I prefer plantains if I am going to stray that far from my goals. I just enjoy them more.
There are tons of foods that have more potassium with fewer carbs and calories if that is what you are after. Try a cup of spinach--only 8 calories!0 -
There's an ice cream parlor-style restaurant on the Vegas Strip (in the hotel Paris I think) that serves a Fat Elvis waffle, topped with peanut butter, bacon, and banana (and whipped cream, I think). SO good.Over 100 for a banlemurcat12 wrote: »Apparently the peanut butter and banana sandwich is known as the Skinny Elvis.
The Fat Elvis has bacon.
Lol. Never heard of this.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »
There's an ice cream parlor-style restaurant on the Vegas Strip (in the hotel Paris I think) that serves a Fat Elvis waffle, topped with peanut butter, bacon, and banana (and whipped cream, I think). SO good.Over 100 for a banlemurcat12 wrote: »Apparently the peanut butter and banana sandwich is known as the Skinny Elvis.
The Fat Elvis has bacon.
Lol. Never heard of this.
When we were there this summer we ate at a waffle place (not on the strip) and I got the Viva Las Elvis which is bananas, peanut butter, chopped bacon and honey on a belgian waffle. It was so good!0 -
As long as you aren't trying to sell frozen bananas as an ice cream, I love em.
Plantains make great chips!0 -
Chrisbande wrote: »Bananas should not be eaten to often. They are a higher source of carbs, sugars , and calories. Same go's with most fruits. It sucks because I happen to enjoy bananas.
NOPE
OP, nothing wrong with bananas. All things in moderation.0 -
I'm anti-banana. For the calories, I'd rather have 2 oreos, or 24 grams of pb2, a few ounces of lean meat, 1 serving of frozen yogurt, even vegetables, or a piece of cheese. Basically anything else. And I even like bananas, just not worth it to me.0
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »A large banana is not very different from a cupcake in terms of macros.
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Sample cupcake (Panera):
520 calories -- 28 g fat (252 cal) (10 g sat fat), 69 g carbs (3 g fiber) (276 cal), 4 g protein (16 cal). (Doesn't work out perfectly -- likely rounding issues).
Sample 100 g banana:
89 calories -- 23 g carbs (3 g fiber) (92 cal), 1 g protein (4 cal).0 -
The only issue I have with bananas are the stringy bits.
Regardless of carbs, sugars, fat - whatever, I'd take it all over those stringy bits..!!!!0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »A large banana is not very different from a cupcake in terms of macros. They are very high in carbs/sugar, so they always need to be weighed carefully.
If you are not sensitive to carbs, they are probably just fine. If you are...they are probably a no-go or an occasional treat food.
Personally, I prefer plantains if I am going to stray that far from my goals. I just enjoy them more.
There are tons of foods that have more potassium with fewer carbs and calories if that is what you are after. Try a cup of spinach--only 8 calories!
Please. Our carb intakes are not that far apart for all you say you eat low carb and... yet I have room in my day for a banana.
No different than a cupcake? Hyperbole.
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I eat a banana several times a week. I only buy about three at a time because I tend to not eat them every day due to them making me go over my sugar allotment of 45 grams (1200 calorie limit). This is just a general example, as I switch things around all the time to get my macros in, but if I have two 8 oz. glasses of milk per day (24g of sugar) to meet my calcium macros, plus a Chobani greek yogurt (15/16g), plus the other small grams of sugar in other food, you can see how easy it is to go over that. As I am pre-diabetic, I am trying to keep it around 45, but usually it is higher than that, and I don't eat candy or sweets for the most part. Adding in a banana, at around 95 to 110 grams, adds about 11 to 14 sugar grams, which is a lot, and means usually cutting out the Chobani, which is cutting out a lot of protein, so I have to juggle. Add in an 8 oz. cup of coffee with Bailey's caramel creamer . . .
I can't digest any artificial sweeteners, by the way, and do get my calcium from other sources on different days, this was just an example.
Here is a picture of a 99 gram banana, weighed after removing the peel, (88 calories, 23 carbs, 12 sugars) with a size comparison between a CD and a DVD. I don't own a smart phone, which would probably be a much better size comparison, since most folks don't go grocery shopping with a CD or a DVD, or a deck of cards, which I'm also sure most folks don't carry with them, but it will give you an idea:
On another note, for those folks who don't eat bananas because they cause constipation, see those brown spots on the bananas? That means that the banana is ripe enough that it shouldn't cause constipation. If the peel lacks those spots, then there is a higher likelihood that it will cause constipation. Source for this information, which includes links to several studies:
raw-food-health.net/Bananas-Constipation.html
Since this is a concern of mine, I eat bananas only after they have brown spots like the above picture shows. It may be woo, it may be science, I don't know, but since constipation has not gotten worse since I started eating bananas, I am hoping it is a valid science-based theory.
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I have one a day no matter what0
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Nanners aren't bad... Just not filling for the portion of the meal they take up and not satisfying if portioned with other food in that meal. As someone else mentioned... I love love love fruit (who doesn't fructose makes it sweet and we crave sweet) but would rather use the portion space for vegetables and keep my food choices to items with 3g of sugar or less per serving.0
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Banana's are EVIL, hell bent on taking over the world! We need to eat them all in self-defense. I always keep one on me and YES that is a banana in my pocket but I am happy to see you.
They are full of nutrients and give me the boost I need before and after a workout.
Keep calm and eat more banana's.
Not to mention, if the minions love them they must be good.
I think I love you
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this thread has made me hungry, I feel like a banana0
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For some people that are insulin resistant, obese, diabetic and metabolic syndrome....bananas are the absolute worst thing they could possibly eat. It raises your blood sugar, insulin comes in and stores the spike of sugar as fat. Then they are perpetually hungry...
I absolutely would not eat a banana, but that's just me.... (YMMV)...
I hope this helps,
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