I HATE BANANAS BUT...

ShanaJo87

I cannot stand bananas unless i am craving them (which is rare) or putting it on peanut butter and banana sandwiches... Any suggestions of what I can put bananas in that doesn't taste like bananas and/or besides taking a vitamin tablet (because i cannot swallow pills and the pills make me sick) but i need potassium, how i can get potassium. I am sick of getting leg cramps in the middle of the night and I have been told one cause can be the lack of potassium. Any suggestions are welcome.

Dreamin_Skinny

i read that if you freeze bananas and then put them in the blender for a while they are a great sub for ice cream. i've never tasted it, but i bet if you put some toppings on it, you wouldn't notice it.

dumb_blondes_rock

yeah that fronanas is supposed to be good....its like the texture of frozen yogurt

asyouseefit

Don't eat bananas if you don't like them! There are other potassium rich foods: Orange, potato, tomato, watermelon, beans, some type of cereals, dried fruits such as peaches, dates, apricots, raisins etc., meat, grapes, milk, egg-yogurt, spinach etc.

jmatthews75

Oranges.

jmatthews75

•High potassium foods (more than 200 mg per serving):
◦One papaya (781).
◦One cup of prune juice (707).
◦One cup of cubed cantaloupe (494) or diced honeydew melon (461).
◦One small banana (467).
◦One-third cup of raisins (363).
◦One medium mango (323) or kiwi (252).
◦One small orange (237) or one-half cup of orange juice (236).
◦One medium pear (208).
•Medium potassium foods (100-200 mg per serving):
◦One medium peach (193).
◦One cup of watermelon (176).
◦One small apple (159) or one-half cup of apple juice (147).
◦One-half cup of peaches canned in juice (158).
◦One-half cup of canned pineapple (152).
◦One-half cup of fresh, sliced strawberries (138).
•Low potassium foods (less than 100 mg per serving):
◦One-half cup of mandarin oranges (98).
◦Ten small grapes (93).
◦One-half cup of sweetened applesauce (78).
◦One-half cup of fresh blueberries (63).

MrsSassyPants

Don't eat bananas if you don't like them! There are other potassium rich foods: Orange, potato, tomato, watermelon, beans, some type of cereals, dried fruits such as peaches, dates, apricots, raisins etc., meat, grapes, milk, egg-yogurt, spinach etc.

PBJunkie

i read that if you freeze bananas and then put them in the blender for a while they are a great sub for ice cream. i've never tasted it, but i bet if you put some toppings on it, you wouldn't notice it.

I can vouch for this

MrsSassyPants

Woops! I meant to quote that! Anyway a supplement might really be good for you even though you don't like pills. Especially if you are cramping.

netchik

I also suffer from leg cramps that wake me up, but for me it's a calcium deficiancy, not potassium. Has the doctor confirmed it's Potassium? I'm just wondering, because if it was I'd assume your body would "CRAVE" bananas more often.

capriciousmoon

Pomegranates! :bigsmile: It's better to find a food you'd enjoy rather than trying to trick yourself into eating on that you don't.

jmatthews75

I love bananas to be honest. I could live on an island with just bananas it really is the worlds perfect food. lol

dumb_blondes_rock

a white potato has more potassium in it than a banana....i think jackie from thintervention said that

capriciousmoon

I love bananas to be honest. I could live on an island with just bananas it really is the worlds perfect food. lol

I love them too.

Great fast energy food, good breakfast when I'm being lazy. You can add them to a lot of things, like smoothies, and they are like ice cream when you freeze them. That's a superfood right there!

jmatthews75

frozen banana mixed with some peanute butter in the blender... oh yeah, don't forget the hersheys....

KatieCuth

put passionfruit over them....

I love bananas, there filling they have a easily removable package...

WeightHacker

thats something you gotta be creative with.


you can put them in cereal.
drinks (smoothies, ice cream)
put chocolate on the banana when you freeze it.


there so much you could do.
even make banana bread out of it.

maybe you dont like the taste of the banana.
but it doesnt hurt to try putting in things that might make it taste really good.
i hope that helps a bit

ShanaJo87

asyouseefit- Thank you for the suggestions. I guess i should have said I don't like oranges either and I LOVE spinach. I have been trying to eat more fresh spinach.
jmatthews75- Thank you. I will see what I can do.
netchik- it may also be calcium too i dont drink milk. im not lactose intolerant but milk does make me sick. I hate the taste. I've been drinking Almond Milk every once in a while.
PrettyThinful- I love banana nut bread. it doesn't taste like bananas. I like that. I love the chocolate idea but i am allergic. I can have dark chocolate too. just cant have too much!
capriciousmoon- I forgot about pomagranates! thank you
dumb_blondes_roc- I actually eat potatoes raw! i love them.

margo36

No point in eating Bananas if you don't like them. Choose something else that you do like. Someone here has put on a long list of alternatives

julzmm

Sometimes cramps/pins and needles, come from lack of salt/sodium too

ShanaJo87

Woops! I meant to quote that! Anyway a supplement might really be good for you even though you don't like pills. Especially if you are cramping.

Its not that i dont like pills. I can't swallow them! I dont know what it is either. I am supposed to be on Zinc, Iron, Calcium. and Potassium pills (all prescribed by a doctor) but they all make me sick, i feel nauseated an hour after taking them. I have tried taking one instead of all of them and its all of them that makes me sick. I also take cranberry pills and they don't make me nauseous at all.