bananas make you gain weight??

JanieJack

Hello. A friend told me that when she was underweight and trying to gain weight to join the military, her recruiter told her to eat bananas and milkshakes.

I'd heard that dairy causes the body to increase the body's predisposition to storing fat but hadn't heard anything about bananas.

Your thoughts?

FullOfWin

a) Wrong forum

b) total bs. you gain weight by eating more calories than you burn.

endureandpersist

A recruiter will tell you ANYTHING!

spade117

I've been eating bananas since I was a small child. I weigh more now than I did then, so yes, they make you gain weight.

Runner50266

Fruits and vegetables didn't make me fat. Overeating non-nutritional food and not exercising did. Calories in vs calories out.

AmyFett

A recruiter will tell you ANYTHING!

This is true... but if you eat enough of anything, it'll make you gain weight.

schlange11b

F#*K NO, SNAKE!!
Excess calories cause you to gain weight, not any one food.

invisibubble

Prolly bananas and milkshakes as they're healthy bulking options.
Dairy does not cause the body to store fat. On the contrary, many studies have found that the higher dairy diet helps lose weight. Likely it's increased protein helping with satiety, but whatever.

Bananas, dairy, do not make you gain or retain weight. No food does. Only eating more than you need, as FullOfWin says.

Rachlmale

Eating most food in mass quantity is going to make you gain weight.

rml_16

A recruiter will tell you ANYTHING!

Yup.

invisibubble

I've been eating bananas since I was a small child. I weigh more now than I did then, so yes, they make you gain weight.

Ha.

_CowgirlUp_

^^^^^^^^^ What all of them said. Quoted verbatim.

amann1976

everything makes you gain weight if you eat it in excess

muddyventures

"A medium banana is fat-free and provides around 110 calories. A rich source of important nutrients, bananas provide around 450 mg of potassium, 3 g of dietary fiber, 1 g of protein and 15 percent of the daily value of vitamin C. Of the 30 g of carbohydrates contained in a medium banana, 8 g come from starch and 19 from sugars, with the remainder coming from fiber"

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/519407-does-eating-bananas-make-you-fat/#ixzz2DL7grn26

I personally love bananas, and we dehydrate them.. my kids love them.

JanieJack

Wow. Thanks. I think.

C'mon. Really?
No need to be snarky about it. Most people in the guy say that you bulk up more if you eat more protein after lifting or a long workout. Milk/dairy has a lot of protein, so I get the milkshakes. But I didn't understand (and still don't, despite all the, uh, insightful responses) why he would say bananas.

firefly171717

I've been eating bananas since I was a small child. I weigh more now than I did then, so yes, they make you gain weight.

LOL!

Cranktastic

poor bananas.

rml_16

Wow. Thanks. I think.

C'mon. Really?
No need to be snarky about it. Most people in the guy say that you bulk up more if you eat more protein after lifting or a long workout. Milk/dairy has a lot of protein, so I get the milkshakes. But I didn't understand (and still don't, despite all the, uh, insightful responses) why he would say bananas.

Sugar.

Pixi_Rex

Only when I put them in my pockets and then step on the scale.

PittShkr

I usually gain weight after eating bananas then after 4 - 6 hours it plops down

Contrarian

I've been eating bananas since I was a small child. I weigh more now than I did then, so yes, they make you gain weight.

This. This is SCIENCE!

notenoughspeed

I usually gain weight after eating bananas then after 4 - 6 hours it plops down

I was thinking the same thing. Anything you eat, you will gain weight, till it comes back out.

All seriousness, just take everything in moderation.

IronDame

Now I want a milkshake.

myofibril

bananas = carbs

carbs = sugar

sugar = insulin

insulin = the devil

It's a throwback to carb hysteria.

steve1686

a) Wrong forum

b) total bs. you gain weight by eating more calories than you burn.

done in one