Bananas

Personally, I eat like 2 or 3 bananas a day! Never stopped me from losing. It's my favorite source of potassium!!

You don't have to give up anything except overeating to lose weight.

I put bananas in my nurti blast all the time

You don't have to give up anything except overeating to lose weight.

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If you don't eat them..............they will eat you!

I used to really like bananas. Thanks to you now I am terrified of them!

This **** is bananas B_A_N_A_N_A_S.

I average 2-3 bananas daily. One with breakfast without fail, and another one or two throughout the day either in a smoothie or by itself as a snack.

Is it true that you can't have banana's? That there are fattening? I thought they had good fat. I like having them with peanut butter.

I too was under the illusion that bananas were bad bad bad for you because they were high in calories. FAIL! They are soooo good for you! If you ate 20 a day then yes, you could be over doing it. If you have potassium issues then yes, you should stay away from bananas. But if you have no major medical issues.....eat away!

Ps. I have a banana with peanut butter, along with my oatmeal, every day for breakfast....I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANAS!!!! (And I just lost 2 pounds this week!!!)

One bananna is about 100 cal if that fits in your allotment then Im sure you wont get fat. I had someone at work tell me banannas will make me fat my replay Eating more calories than I burn on a daily average will get me fat not 1 or even 2 banannas a day. (he was overweight)he turned around and walked away.

pesticide ridden and promote a slavery industry: http://www.greens.org/s-r/17/17-10.html

deforestation and destruction of peoples and habitats due to polution: http://www.chiptaylor.com/ttlmnp3747-.cfm

excessive sugars cause mouth rot, lead to diabetes, difficult to digest: http://morningbananadiet.org/

Your GMO bananas are in danger of poisoning you with the fungicides,
herbicides, pesticides, and chemical ripening agents used on them:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/banana-crops-are-under-threat-from-a-deadly-fungal-disease-2183083.html

and there are only 300 types of bananas in existance, not "thousands"!

the mis information is rampant about bananas.


and here's the great things about those peas and your peanut butter:
http://www.openeyehealth.com/2011/05/dangerous-mold-in-peanut-butter/

Women need the Potassium so its ok. My trainer said as long as I personally do not consume more than 2 a day I am ok. We break them down quick when we work out... hope this helps! Keep up the good work!!

Am I the only crazy one. I hate banana by them self. Like I can't even force my self to eat them. But add to a smoothies, with pb and chocolate, onto French toast and no problem . Plain and I gag

Is it true that you can't have banana's? That there are fattening? I thought they had good fat. I like having them with peanut butter.

I too was under the illusion that bananas were bad bad bad for you because they were high in calories. FAIL! They are soooo good for you! If you ate 20 a day then yes, you could be over doing it. If you have potassium issues then yes, you should stay away from bananas. But if you have no major medical issues.....eat away!

Ps. I have a banana with peanut butter, along with my oatmeal, every day for breakfast....I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANAS!!!! (And I just lost 2 pounds this week!!!)

No one has potassium issues. Most people don't eat enough potassium and too much sodium. That is what leads to high blood pressure among other things. I have never heard of anyone having any kind of issues with potassium. Is there some condition that I have never heard of?

Yes, to a degree I guess. I have a client who had a viral infection in his kidneys as a child. Because of this he needs to watch/reduce his potassium intake. He is not allowed to eat Peanut butter, bananas, french fries or oranges. This is prescribed by a doctor...not me!

Is it true that you can't have banana's? That there are fattening? I thought they had good fat. I like having them with peanut butter.

I too was under the illusion that bananas were bad bad bad for you because they were high in calories. FAIL! They are soooo good for you! If you ate 20 a day then yes, you could be over doing it. If you have potassium issues then yes, you should stay away from bananas. But if you have no major medical issues.....eat away!

Ps. I have a banana with peanut butter, along with my oatmeal, every day for breakfast....I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANAS!!!! (And I just lost 2 pounds this week!!!)

No one has potassium issues. Most people don't eat enough potassium and too much sodium. That is what leads to high blood pressure among other things. I have never heard of anyone having any kind of issues with potassium. Is there some condition that I have never heard of?

Yes, to a degree I guess. I have a client who had a viral infection in his kidneys as a child. Because of this he needs to watch/reduce his potassium intake. He is not allowed to eat Peanut butter, bananas, french fries or oranges. This is prescribed by a doctor...not me!

I was just asking because I have never heard of such a thing. I didn't realize how potassium defecient I was until MFP. Turns out I'm a bit sensitive to sodium and developed dieter's edema. I was drinking water like crazy (as most people prescribe for high sodium) but I just kept swelling up more and more. My condition almost went toxic when something I read pointed me in the direction of potassium deficiency. I had MFP produce a report on my potassium intake and sure enough, I wasn't even close to RDA. That's when I started tracking it and eating all the bananas I wanted, and the condition cleared right up. I try to combat the misinformation about combatting sodium with water by recommending potassium where I can, but I don't want to suggest something to someone that could be harmful. Thanks for your reply. I'm going to look into this more before I post in another thread about potassium.

Just FYI, drinking lots of water will push sodium out of the cell, but it will also push out the potassium, and if your electrolytes are already imbalanced, you are just trapping that extra water you are drinking inside the cell rather than moving it through your system.

If you have to much sodium, eat a banana... or two!

Bananas are very high in sugar.

Sugar is not bad for you unless you have trouble producing insulin.