Banana - with bruises or not?

julieprayer
julieprayer Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I made my smoothie with s yellow banana (no bruis s) and had terrible constipation all day. I learned it wasn't ripe and actually bound me up. Ever hear of this?

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  • zenjen13
    zenjen13 Posts: 174 Member
    Yes! I can only eat bananas with freckles on them or I get a terrible tummy ache.
  • ObsidianMist
    ObsidianMist Posts: 519 Member
    the less ripe a banana, the more it hurts my stomach. i prefer them a bit bruised.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    @queenliz99 what do you think?
  • socajam
    socajam Posts: 2,530 Member
    Best way to eat bananas is when they are fully ripe - with speckles.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    edited January 2016
    Green or unripened bananas can cause constipation because they are full of heavy starches that exacerbate constipation. Whereas, a ripe banana has fiber content which helps in removing the bowels in the intestinal tract, so it helps in relieving constipation.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    AJ_G wrote: »
    Green or unripened bananas can cause constipation because they are full of heavy starches that exacerbate constipation. Whereas, a ripe banana has fiber content which helps in removing the bowels in the intestinal tract, so it helps in relieving constipation.

    Ok, I get that starch content can change as produce ripens/ages. But how does the fiber content change?
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    ahoy_m8 wrote: »
    AJ_G wrote: »
    Green or unripened bananas can cause constipation because they are full of heavy starches that exacerbate constipation. Whereas, a ripe banana has fiber content which helps in removing the bowels in the intestinal tract, so it helps in relieving constipation.

    Ok, I get that starch content can change as produce ripens/ages. But how does the fiber content change?

    No clue, pretty sure it doesn't. That just happened to be the first thing that came up when I googled lol. I think the main difference is the higher resistant starch content of unripened bananas which can cause bloating and gas. They're also harder to digest than sugar obviously.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    AJ_G wrote: »
    Green or unripened bananas can cause constipation because they are full of heavy starches that exacerbate constipation. Whereas, a ripe banana has fiber content which helps in removing the bowels in the intestinal tract, so it helps in relieving constipation.

    ^^^^Do we really want bananas to help remove our bowels?

    I prefer mine speckled.
    Cheers, h.

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    @queenliz99 what do you think?


    Aha hahahhah @Hornsby
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    socajam wrote: »
    Best way to eat bananas is when they are fully ripe - with speckles.

    Best way to eat bananas is in banana bread or mebbe banana muffins with dark chocolate chunks
  • QueenofHearts023
    QueenofHearts023 Posts: 421 Member
    I always eat them when they are just ripe enough to peel. So half Green and not fully sweet yet. Bananas make me nauseous if they are ripe. I'm only allowed to eat half a day though. So yeah.
  • mingle287
    mingle287 Posts: 44 Member
    Is this a serious question ? Lol #firstworldproblems
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    @queenliz99 what do you think?


    Aha hahahhah @Hornsby
    :)
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    @queenliz99 what do you think?

    @Hornsby

    Green bananas, brown bananas, bananas with spots, bananas dipped in chocolate covered in nuts. Yessss! It's all good. Right up my alley.

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    @queenliz99 what do you think?

    @Hornsby

    Green bananas, brown bananas, bananas with spots, bananas dipped in chocolate covered in nuts. Yessss! It's all good. Right up my alley.

    Rightyo
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    Spotless bananas give me a tremendous bellyache. I prefer plenty of spots. I use them in my smoothies. When they get really too ripe, I peel and freeze.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I choose no bananas
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    Yes! It should be very ripe!
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    I can tolerate both (even some bananas with green) with no issues.

    I think they are best eaten ripe when they are nice and spotty. Unfortunately, i hate waiting for this to happen because then i have a bunch of bananas that have to be eaten immediately.

    Either way, if you can't tolerate them unripe.... then don't eat them unripe.
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