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    Banana's, Good or Bad?

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    • Posts: 6,037 Member
      chapiano wrote: »
      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.
      So what?

    • Posts: 6,037 Member
      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.
      Bravo!
    • Posts: 7,739 Member
      lemurcat12 wrote: »
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      Well, sometimes a banana is just a banana. Back in the dark ages when I was in college they were used by peer health for certain sorts of how-to demonstrations. Maybe that's why all the mystique and the overestimation of their size? Hmm.

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      OK, then.
    • Posts: 572 Member
      chapiano wrote: »
      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!
    • Posts: 2,417 Member
      BodyzLanguage wrote: »
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      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!
    • Posts: 226 Member
      chapiano wrote: »
      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... :p
    • Posts: 572 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 200 Member
      vingogly wrote: »
      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.

      This is true. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
    • Posts: 1,858 Member
      you're a bad bad banana. thats just bananas! Bee, aye, en, aye, en, aye, ess. holla back! cannot take post serious.

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    • Posts: 200 Member
      WinoGelato wrote: »
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      I blame Freelee.

      Anyway - for me, I can't stand bananas. I wish I liked them, but as a kid I got a super mushy one in my lunchbox and it oozed everywhere and I smelled mushy banana for weeks even though my mom cleaned it. Now I have a huge aversion to them... so I'm going with bad.

      Not really a fan of Mars bars either though.

      On to the next thread = Blueberries vs M&Ms. Both are small and easy to eat by the handful. One melts in your mouth, not in your hands, the other, well, it can turn your palms purple for days. Decisions, decisions...

      Freelee that imbecile. I can't believe she hasn't been shut down/silenced for the absolute nonsense she spews. 15 bananas a day or was it 30? Smh.
    • Posts: 115 Member
      ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.
    • Posts: 17,456 Member
      It's only bad if it's brown and then it should be turned into banana muffin or banana bread
    • Posts: 572 Member
      edited August 2016
      mankars wrote: »
      ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

      And has the texture of a shoe insole.
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      BodyzLanguage wrote: »
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      Freelee that imbecile. I can't believe she hasn't been shut down/silenced for the absolute nonsense she spews. 15 bananas a day or was it 30? Smh.

      30, I think.
    • Posts: 17,456 Member
      mankars wrote: »
      ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

      Wut?

      Urghh.. Have you ever eaten an unripe banana
    • Posts: 15,317 Member
      mankars wrote: »
      ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.

      Astringent nastiness? I would rather go without :)
    • Posts: 5,864 Member
      Sued0nim wrote: »
      It's only bad if it's brown and then it should be turned into banana muffin or banana bread

      Now your talking, I love banana muffins!
    • Posts: 6,037 Member
      This is classic majoring in the minor...
    • Posts: 6,037 Member
      mankars wrote: »
      ... eat an under-ripen banana, it contains bit lesser sugars than a fully ripe one.
      So what?
    • Posts: 200 Member
      Sued0nim wrote: »
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      Wut?

      Urghh.. Have you ever eaten an unripe banana

      Taste like garbage. Might as well eat a yellow Lego.
    • Posts: 1,394 Member
      Banana coated with melted Mars bar... oh yes!
    • Posts: 17,456 Member
      CurlyCockney wrote: »
      Banana coated with melted Mars bar... oh yes!

      I am so coming to yours

      If there's ice cream too
    • Posts: 1,394 Member
      Deal!
    • Posts: 163 Member
      I have them fried for breakfast sometimes. Two eggs and a fried banana. Delicious! Slice it into pieces, put some no stick cooking spray or a tsp of butter in a pan and cook until the bananas start to turn brown.
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      Sued0nim wrote: »
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      I am so coming to yours

      If there's ice cream too

      But not banana ice cream, right?
    • Posts: 1,394 Member
      Peanut butter ice cream would go nice with that (I've been eating peanut butter Magnums for days, they are gorgeous!)
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