Banana's, Good or Bad?
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Ha, no I was not suggesting replacing a banana for a mars bar! More that there maybe better fruit options than a banana.
The info I stated on a banana was gathered here;
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=268734435
Finally (in my opinion) sugar is a major cause for obesity and the more you can cut out the better
I find that funny since I wasn't fat because of sugar. I got fat because I ate large bags of potato chips (Ruffles, yummy) on a daily basis and sat on my *kitten* doing nothing.7 -
Ha, no I was not suggesting replacing a banana for a mars bar! More that there maybe better fruit options than a banana.
The info I stated on a banana was gathered here;
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=268734435
Finally (in my opinion) sugar is a major cause for obesity and the more you can cut out the better
Only if the sugar makes you eat more calories than you burn.
I like bananas. I like chocolate. There are days when I eat both of them.2 -
StealthHealth wrote: »Shadowmf023 wrote: »Bananas are awesome pre-workout. Not to mention potassium, which you won't find in that Mars bar.
Quite similar Potassium values per 100g:
Well I'll be damned...0 -
Bananas supported Hitler during WWII. After WWII many of them fled to South America, where we continue to hunt them down and eat them to this day. I am anti-banana and pleased with the government's actions.20
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StealthHealth wrote: »Shadowmf023 wrote: »Bananas are awesome pre-workout. Not to mention potassium, which you won't find in that Mars bar.
Quite similar Potassium values per 100g:
Wow I didn't know that. I hope you're just proving your point on potassium rather than advocating substituting them.0 -
StealthHealth wrote: »Shadowmf023 wrote: »Bananas are awesome pre-workout. Not to mention potassium, which you won't find in that Mars bar.
Quite similar Potassium values per 100g:
Now I'm totally getting a Mars bar today. Gotta get my potassium in, you know.5 -
Good for sure!! I eat tons of bananas!!0
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Lost 55 pounds eating a banana or more daily. What'd you ask?4
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An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.
I usually buy smaller bananas. They are about 90 calories (150 seems like a pretty big one) and 12 grams of sugar. Fruits that I get that often have that much or more sugar in a single fruit or normal-seeming serving are peaches, pears, and melons, among others. Bananas do tend to have slightly more calories on average (the peach with a similar amount of sugar had significantly fewer calories, whereas the pear had more calories but also more sugar and a lot more grams).
Anyway, I don't get why bananas seem to be this hot button thing, either loved or feared. I like them, eat them occasionally (more in the winter when they aren't competing with other fruits I prefer), and for me they are filling for the calories and quite convenient, especially before or after a good long workout. Would I base my diet on them? No, that seems silly to me.0 -
Yes I understand that if you eat more than you consume then you gain weight and vice a versa!! Simple fact is a lot of people, particularly children gain weight by over eating a diet far to high in sugar.
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oh really?!?!
Yes I understand if you eat more than you consume then you gain weight and vice a versa!!
All I am saying is the majority of people, particulary children, gain weight FROM consuming foods high in sugar.
No they don't.
They could eat nothing but sugar and be within their calories and they would not be over weight. You only get over weight by eating more than you burn off.
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extra_medium wrote: »Bananas are not good or bad, they are bananas. If it fits in your day calorie and macro-wise, go to town.0
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An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.
And?
They taste good and are nutritious. I have a small one, about 90kcal worth, on my muesli or porridge, in the morning. If I go over my calorie allowance on any given day, it's not the banana that's the culprit!2 -
BodyzLanguage wrote: »StealthHealth wrote: »Shadowmf023 wrote: »Bananas are awesome pre-workout. Not to mention potassium, which you won't find in that Mars bar.
Quite similar Potassium values per 100g:
Wow I didn't know that. I hope you're just proving your point on potassium rather than advocating substituting them.
Nah, just pointing out that they have Potassium. If you were to substitute as a method of getting more potassium, you'd have to deal with (among other things) an additional 378 cals!2 -
If you want to eat freakin' bananas eat them. If you don't and you think they're evil don't eat them. Whichever position you take bananawise, be happy with it and stop trying to convince the rest of us that your position is blessed by the Nutrition Deities. Too many people here are threatened by people who believe differently than they do.7
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An average Banana contains around 150 cal and about 30g of sugar (which is the same that's in an average sized mars bar) It doubles the sugar and cal that you find in most other fruits portions.
I eat three bananas every day, and oh, by the way, you die without sugar.
Were you aware of this? Yes, too much is bad just like too much sun is bad, but try living without the sun...0 -
And now I'm craving a Mars bar. Good thing I'm on the bus home from the shops because they're always best left as a craving because the reality is always such a disappointment.0
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