will this banana make me fat?

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  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    I want to eat this banana, but I've heard it adds belly fat. Please advise!
    There is no one "bad" or "good" food. Bananas are fine. They have some sugar content. And other stuff. If you like bananas, eat them while staying within your goals. Except that one banana you have now. That one is bad. Just choose a different one and you'll be fine.
  • Mel2626
    Mel2626 Posts: 342 Member
    LOL, is this from the ad that has a picture of a banana and "5 foods you should NEVER eat"? I hate that ad.

    Eat the fruit.

    Too funny! That's the exact ad that popped up when I clicked on this post!!! How appropriate I thought!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    I want to eat this banana, but I've heard it adds belly fat. Please advise!

    Well if you eat it, it's one less banana in the world to potentially add to my belly fat, so I say yes.
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    I want to eat this banana, but I've heard it adds belly fat. Please advise!

    *sigh*. There are no special foods that specifically add or subtract belly fat. If you've got the calories for it, eat the banana. If not, don't. Easy-peasy.
  • krystyleee
    krystyleee Posts: 219
    Yeah avoid the banana for belly fat. You should eat something like fried chicken instead.

    :laugh:
  • BondBomb
    BondBomb Posts: 1,781 Member
    I AINT FALLIN FOR NO BANANA IN MY TAILPIPE!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Don't sit around eating nothing but fruit, but bananas are great! Protein, fiber, potassium, vitamins, not to mention super yummy and tastes great on so many things or just plain by itself! Eat it! :bigsmile:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I eat one sometimes two bananas a day, and have lost belly fat. A lot of it, actually. I guess I'm unique and special snowflake.

    You may very well be a special snowflake. Snowflakes are low-cal though, right? :wink:

    However, I read a book where it was saying that the fiber in bananas slows down the digestion of the starches in it, making it less likely to spike your insulin levels. They called it "resistant starch."
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I AINT FALLIN FOR NO BANANA IN MY TAILPIPE!

    :laugh:
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    I AINT FALLIN FOR NO BANANA IN MY TAILPIPE!

    Great, now I'll have "Axel F" playing in my head all day.

    I'm counting calories for the inevitable toe-tapping!
  • Erisad
    Erisad Posts: 1,580
    NOOOO! Don't eat it, everything makes you faaaaaat. :laugh:
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    However, I read a book where it was saying that the fiber in bananas slows down the digestion of the starches in it, making it less likely to spike your insulin levels. They called it "resistant starch."

    That's the only real difference between "refined" sugars like fruit juices and table sugar, and the sugars found naturally in fruits. Unprocessed fruit sugar tends to be attached to fiber, and the process of detaching it slows absorption.

    Well, that and the fact that fruits usually come with vitamins and minerals, so there's some benefit to the body in addition to the energy.
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    as far as I know bananas are good because the protein it has.

    Is this some sort of innuendo?
    hahhahaha
  • mary190136
    mary190136 Posts: 44 Member
    update: I decided to go for it. I ate the banana.
  • FatStoatLondon
    FatStoatLondon Posts: 197 Member
    update: I decided to go for it. I ate the banana.

    Thanks for the update! It's always satisfying to hear the end of the story :)
  • findingme07
    findingme07 Posts: 156 Member
    as far as I know bananas are good because the protein it has.

    Is this some sort of innuendo?

    LOL......
  • Melonhead
    Melonhead Posts: 168
    update: I decided to go for it. I ate the banana.
    Did you rapidly expand as the banana promised?
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    I want to eat this banana, but I've heard it adds belly fat. Please advise!
    No, bananas don't make you fat.

    Google "Harley Johnstone"
  • Bakkasan
    Bakkasan Posts: 1,027 Member


    If this was a sarcasm/innuendo thread, the whole thing was weak!

    “That's weak sauce, man. Do not enter that sauce in the County Fair because it is weak!” — Steve Smith, American Dad
  • llw1013
    llw1013 Posts: 31 Member
    What if the OP was really looking for honest advice? There's a lot of conflicting information out there. And a whole bunch of you gave sarcastic replies. Less than helpful.