Banana's, Good or Bad?

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  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    chapiano wrote: »
    An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.
    So what?

  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    Bananas are not good or bad, they are bananas. If it fits in your day calorie and macro-wise, go to town.
    Bravo!
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    olymp1a wrote: »
    Bananas are just bananas.

    Well, sometimes a banana is just a banana. Back in the dark ages when I was in college they were used by peer health for certain sorts of how-to demonstrations. Maybe that's why all the mystique and the overestimation of their size? Hmm.

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    OK, then.
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    chapiano wrote: »
    An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.

    And?

    They taste good and are nutritious. I have a small one, about 90kcal worth, on my muesli or porridge, in the morning. If I go over my calorie allowance on any given day, it's not the banana that's the culprit!
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    Bananas are awesome pre-workout. Not to mention potassium, which you won't find in that Mars bar.

    Quite similar Potassium values per 100g:

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    Wow I didn't know that. I hope you're just proving your point on potassium rather than advocating substituting them.

    Nah, just pointing out that they have Potassium. If you were to substitute as a method of getting more potassium, you'd have to deal with (among other things) an additional 378 cals!
  • Return2Fit
    Return2Fit Posts: 226 Member
    chapiano wrote: »
    An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.

    I eat three bananas every day, and oh, by the way, you die without sugar.
    Were you aware of this? Yes, too much is bad just like too much sun is bad, but try living without the sun... :p
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    And now I'm craving a Mars bar. Good thing I'm on the bus home from the shops because they're always best left as a craving because the reality is always such a disappointment.
  • BodyzLanguage
    BodyzLanguage Posts: 200 Member
    vingogly wrote: »
    If you want to eat freakin' bananas eat them. If you don't and you think they're evil don't eat them. Whichever position you take bananawise, be happy with it and stop trying to convince the rest of us that your position is blessed by the Nutrition Deities. Too many people here are threatened by people who believe differently than they do.

    This is true. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    you're a bad bad banana. thats just bananas! Bee, aye, en, aye, en, aye, ess. holla back! cannot take post serious.

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  • BodyzLanguage
    BodyzLanguage Posts: 200 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    chapiano wrote: »
    An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.


    Anyway, I don't get why bananas seem to be this hot button thing, either loved or feared. I like them, eat them occasionally (more in the winter when they aren't competing with other fruits I prefer), and for me they are filling for the calories and quite convenient, especially before or after a good long workout. Would I base my diet on them? No, that seems silly to me.

    I blame Freelee.

    Anyway - for me, I can't stand bananas. I wish I liked them, but as a kid I got a super mushy one in my lunchbox and it oozed everywhere and I smelled mushy banana for weeks even though my mom cleaned it. Now I have a huge aversion to them... so I'm going with bad.

    Not really a fan of Mars bars either though.

    On to the next thread = Blueberries vs M&Ms. Both are small and easy to eat by the handful. One melts in your mouth, not in your hands, the other, well, it can turn your palms purple for days. Decisions, decisions...

    Freelee that imbecile. I can't believe she hasn't been shut down/silenced for the absolute nonsense she spews. 15 bananas a day or was it 30? Smh.
  • mankars
    mankars Posts: 115 Member
    ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    It's only bad if it's brown and then it should be turned into banana muffin or banana bread
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    edited August 2016
    mankars wrote: »
    ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

    And has the texture of a shoe insole.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    chapiano wrote: »
    An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.


    Anyway, I don't get why bananas seem to be this hot button thing, either loved or feared. I like them, eat them occasionally (more in the winter when they aren't competing with other fruits I prefer), and for me they are filling for the calories and quite convenient, especially before or after a good long workout. Would I base my diet on them? No, that seems silly to me.

    I blame Freelee.

    Anyway - for me, I can't stand bananas. I wish I liked them, but as a kid I got a super mushy one in my lunchbox and it oozed everywhere and I smelled mushy banana for weeks even though my mom cleaned it. Now I have a huge aversion to them... so I'm going with bad.

    Not really a fan of Mars bars either though.

    On to the next thread = Blueberries vs M&Ms. Both are small and easy to eat by the handful. One melts in your mouth, not in your hands, the other, well, it can turn your palms purple for days. Decisions, decisions...

    Freelee that imbecile. I can't believe she hasn't been shut down/silenced for the absolute nonsense she spews. 15 bananas a day or was it 30? Smh.

    30, I think.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    mankars wrote: »
    ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

    Wut?

    Urghh.. Have you ever eaten an unripe banana
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    mankars wrote: »
    ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

    Astringent nastiness? I would rather go without :)
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »
    It's only bad if it's brown and then it should be turned into banana muffin or banana bread

    Now your talking, I love banana muffins!
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    This is classic majoring in the minor...
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    mankars wrote: »
    ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.
    So what?
  • BodyzLanguage
    BodyzLanguage Posts: 200 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »
    mankars wrote: »
    ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

    Wut?

    Urghh.. Have you ever eaten an unripe banana

    Taste like garbage. Might as well eat a yellow Lego.
  • CurlyCockney
    CurlyCockney Posts: 1,394 Member
    Banana coated with melted Mars bar... oh yes!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Banana coated with melted Mars bar... oh yes!

    I am so coming to yours

    If there's ice cream too
  • CurlyCockney
    CurlyCockney Posts: 1,394 Member
    Deal!
  • sfcrocker
    sfcrocker Posts: 163 Member
    I have them fried for breakfast sometimes. Two eggs and a fried banana. Delicious! Slice it into pieces, put some no stick cooking spray or a tsp of butter in a pan and cook until the bananas start to turn brown.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »
    Banana coated with melted Mars bar... oh yes!

    I am so coming to yours

    If there's ice cream too

    But not banana ice cream, right?
  • CurlyCockney
    CurlyCockney Posts: 1,394 Member
    Peanut butter ice cream would go nice with that (I've been eating peanut butter Magnums for days, they are gorgeous!)