Are bananas and peanut butter a bad thing?

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I think I could probably eat an entire container of Ben & Jerry for less calories than your creation. One banana and a measured amount of peanut butter is one thing. 5 bananas and a huge scoop of peanut butter is another story.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    A banana (1) peanut butter (2 tbsp) sandwich on your bread of choice (2 slices) topped w/honey (1 tbsp) is a delicious and nutritious snack.

    You just have to account for the roughly 600 cals that it will cost you. ;)
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    The frozen banana with peanut flour was my facorite dessert before. As everyone else said, weigh and log.
  • nikkitimkitembo89
    nikkitimkitembo89 Posts: 27 Member
    I think bananas and peanut butter is good for clean eating and can be a healthy treat in lieu of processed crap and even though it may be high in sugar it's natural and falls low on the glicemic index unlike processed sugars that skyrocket your glucose and at least the calories aren't empty I'm going to try it but what I would do is scale back the recipe a bit and use maybe one banana and two measured tablespoons of Justin's dark chocolate hazelnut butter that should put it at around 270-310 depending on the size of the banana I use a food scale to measure my banana in grams and then log them that way because the difference between bananas can vary substantially
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Something called "Justin's dark chocolate hazelnut butter" is processed.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,033 Member
    nikkitimkitembo89 wrote: »
    I think bananas and peanut butter is good for clean eating and can be a healthy treat in lieu of processed crap and even though it may be high in sugar it's natural and falls low on the glicemic index unlike processed sugars that skyrocket your glucose and at least the calories aren't empty I'm going to try it but what I would do is scale back the recipe a bit and use maybe one banana and two measured tablespoons of Justin's dark chocolate hazelnut butter that should put it at around 270-310 depending on the size of the banana I use a food scale to measure my banana in grams and then log them that way because the difference between bananas can vary substantially

    What exactly makes a sugar "processed"?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I think bananas fall higher on the GI than a good-quality ice cream (due to the cream). Adding the peanut butter will lower it, normally, although the peanut butter mentioned by OP (probably delicious) is a high sugar one due to the chocolate, probably.

    None of this is anti the recipe, which is probably tasty, but I'd definitely weigh and calculate the calories and I wouldn't eat it in lieu of ice cream personally unless I liked it better. But some people would probably prefer the fat in nuts to that in cream (the sugar seems about the same).
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Something called "Justin's dark chocolate hazelnut butter" is processed.

    Don't you know, things are only processed if my diet du jour says it's evil.
  • brichards_
    brichards_ Posts: 113 Member
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    what happens if any of those things are present....?
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    edited August 2016
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    No dairy? In their bananas and chocolate peanut butter? Dude.
  • Tretop76
    Tretop76 Posts: 256 Member
    B4Rachael wrote: »
    You could try using chocolate soy milk instead of chocolate peanut butter

    Yesssss! Or powder peanut butter. It doesn't have the fat.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    If peanut butter and bananas are bad, I don't wanna be good!
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    What what?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Big fat curses to this thread! I finally got around to making this banana ice cream concoction last night and my nutribullet, which i use nearly everyday, blew up 30 seconds into mixing! I think i'll stick to normal icecream from now on.

    I used my hand mixer to finish mixing, i also added PB2, and yes it was bloomin' delicious, mine came to 313 calories.
  • brichards_
    brichards_ Posts: 113 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    what happens if any of those things are present....?
    I don't want to sound annoying or pushy but dairy is not good for weightloss, and corn syrup (in a lot of peanut butters) is not healthy. That's my simple way of saying it. Of course she can eat what she wants, but that's my view on them. There's not dairy in either thing she said, I can't recall why I put that but anyways...

  • brichards_
    brichards_ Posts: 113 Member
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    No dairy? In their bananas and chocolate peanut butter? Dude.
    I'm not dumb thank you. I know there isn't dairy in fruit and peanut butter, it was just a general comment about food and idk what I was thinking really when I wrote it. Just be nice and have a good day

  • brichards_
    brichards_ Posts: 113 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    What what?
    what do you mean?

  • brichards_
    brichards_ Posts: 113 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    what happens if any of those things are present....?
    I don't want to sound annoying or pushy but dairy is not good for weightloss, and corn syrup (in a lot of peanut butters) is not healthy. That's my simple way of saying it. Of course she can eat what she wants, but that's my view on them. There's not dairy in either thing she said, I can't recall why I put that but anyways...

    why/how is dairy bad for weight loss?
    I can't really say it like my research has said it so I'll try my best. Dairy is the breast milk made for baby cows. It is a natural growth formula for the baby cow. A human isn't really meant to breast feed a growth formula from a cow, if that makes sense. It causes, well, growth, like it does for the baby cow. It also causes constipation and bloating due to the fact that the human body doesn't really like having milk and it's hormones and pus cells in it. Usually people are trying to lose fat on their diets, and dairy is high in fat, such as saturated fat. This can be slightly bad towards weight loss goals, although some fat is necessary to eat of course. Eating healthy fats will be better towards the body. Hopefully this makes a little sense?

  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    what happens if any of those things are present....?
    I don't want to sound annoying or pushy but dairy is not good for weightloss, and corn syrup (in a lot of peanut butters) is not healthy. That's my simple way of saying it. Of course she can eat what she wants, but that's my view on them. There's not dairy in either thing she said, I can't recall why I put that but anyways...

    why/how is dairy bad for weight loss?
    I can't really say it like my research has said it so I'll try my best. Dairy is the breast milk made for baby cows. It is a natural growth formula for the baby cow. A human isn't really meant to breast feed a growth formula from a cow, if that makes sense. It causes, well, growth, like it does for the baby cow. It also causes constipation and bloating due to the fact that the human body doesn't really like having milk and it's hormones and pus cells in it. Usually people are trying to lose fat on their diets, and dairy is high in fat, such as saturated fat. This can be slightly bad towards weight loss goals, although some fat is necessary to eat of course. Eating healthy fats will be better towards the body. Hopefully this makes a little sense?

    so if i drink milk every day and still lose weight, without constipation or bloating... i'm what? a scientific miracle!?

    Apparently, I am too. 96 pounds lost, zero constipation or bloating.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Wynterbourne wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    brichards_ wrote: »
    As long as there is no dairy and no processed sugar or corn syrup then it's just fine!

    what happens if any of those things are present....?
    I don't want to sound annoying or pushy but dairy is not good for weightloss, and corn syrup (in a lot of peanut butters) is not healthy. That's my simple way of saying it. Of course she can eat what she wants, but that's my view on them. There's not dairy in either thing she said, I can't recall why I put that but anyways...

    why/how is dairy bad for weight loss?
    I can't really say it like my research has said it so I'll try my best. Dairy is the breast milk made for baby cows. It is a natural growth formula for the baby cow. A human isn't really meant to breast feed a growth formula from a cow, if that makes sense. It causes, well, growth, like it does for the baby cow. It also causes constipation and bloating due to the fact that the human body doesn't really like having milk and it's hormones and pus cells in it. Usually people are trying to lose fat on their diets, and dairy is high in fat, such as saturated fat. This can be slightly bad towards weight loss goals, although some fat is necessary to eat of course. Eating healthy fats will be better towards the body. Hopefully this makes a little sense?

    so if i drink milk every day and still lose weight, without constipation or bloating... i'm what? a scientific miracle!?

    Apparently, I am too. 96 pounds lost, zero constipation or bloating.

    :flowerforyou:
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    ...If you want the nutrients of a banana, just eat a banana, and then have real ice cream.

    Or have them together! Mmm...banana split! B)
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Calories are all that matter.
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