Bananas are bad for breakfast!?
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Let's see. I went from 279 to 174.
Breakfast nearly every day was (and still is!) oats, a banana, and either 50g of blueberries or 20g peanut butter.
My daily breakfast banana didn't seem to have a negative impact on me.
ETA: Every once in a while, however, I go for a "Full English Breakfast". Heaven on a plate.5 -
Was the article in the Daily Mail or something?
Cos the Daily Mail likes to
seriously, come on. You know a banana isn't going to do anything negative. Maybe if you ate, like, 100 in one go.5 -
ashesnposies333 wrote: »Actually the science of balancing acidity is chemistry. Acidic foods you intake effect your natural ph levels, and too much acid can cause heart burn as well as the obvious acid reflux. Alkaline foods will balance that. The natural ph of your skin and hair is 4.5-5.5, acid.
It is an actual science so it gets pretty complicated, but you can google alkaline foods to help balance out the banana, or just have it with a glass of water. Water is neutral on the ph scale with a rating of 7.
You can't change your body's pH. Your body maintains pH in the 4.35-4.45 range and it usually doesn't vary outside of 7.38-7.42. As soon as your pH changes, your brain causes you to immediately breathe more to lower pH or less to raise pH to get it right back where it's supposed to be.
If your pH is routinely out side of the normal limits, you're quite ill and most likely in the hospital.
And your stomach acid has a pH of less than 1.5, so your banana isn't going to make a bit of difference to that.
Your body has a pH of 4.35-4.45? Was that a typo?1 -
ashesnposies333 wrote: »Actually the science of balancing acidity is chemistry. Acidic foods you intake effect your natural ph levels, and too much acid can cause heart burn as well as the obvious acid reflux. Alkaline foods will balance that. The natural ph of your skin and hair is 4.5-5.5, acid.
It is an actual science so it gets pretty complicated, but you can google alkaline foods to help balance out the banana, or just have it with a glass of water. Water is neutral on the ph scale with a rating of 7.
You can't change your body's pH. Your body maintains pH in the 4.35-4.45 range and it usually doesn't vary outside of 7.38-7.42. As soon as your pH changes, your brain causes you to immediately breathe more to lower pH or less to raise pH to get it right back where it's supposed to be.
If your pH is routinely out side of the normal limits, you're quite ill and most likely in the hospital.
And your stomach acid has a pH of less than 1.5, so your banana isn't going to make a bit of difference to that.
Your body has a pH of 4.35-4.45? Was that a typo?
Oops, typo. 7.35-7.451 -
Bananas grow in our garden so for the past 5 years, on and off when it's the season, I eat them for breakfast, lunch, after dinner and snacks, haha. I'm in the middle of eating two for breakfast right now...! They are great for a quick, on the go brekkie or snack. Don't know about the lowering of testosterone thingy, never heard of it, but if it helps, I live on an Island where just about everyone eats bananas since they are plentiful and mostly free and there are MORE than enough children here...
OMG I am so jealous! Do you also have mango trees of deliciousness just hanging around?2 -
Bananas are awesome. If you enjoy them and you feel full after eating one, there's no reason to stop unless they're causing you a medical issue.0
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kristikitter wrote: »Was the article in the Daily Mail or something?
Cos the Daily Mail likes to
seriously, come on. You know a banana isn't going to do anything negative. Maybe if you ate, like, 100 in one go.
If you eat 100 in one go you're likely to feel very very sick. My limit is 4. I've known people at sports competitions go up to 10 but they had practise.
Op: if you're diabetic you need to watch the carbs in fruit as well as everything else. If not, eat bananas all you want.
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Hope everyone is doing fine!
I'm currently on my 3rd week of dieting and I'm trying my best to get used to the new lifestyle. I'm not following a strict diet. I'm just trying to form a habit of watching what I eat and try my best to control and choose healthy choices.
For the past 2 weeks, I've been having a banana for breakfast on my way to work. Minutes ago, as I was reading about bananas, I found many articles saying that since they contain 25% sugar and moderately acidic, it is unhealthy to start the morning having them. Some even say that they lower testosterone.
Would appreciate everyone's opinion on this & whether or not you know something different.
It would also be great to leave a recommendation on what type of fruit would be best for a quick breakfast.
By the way, this is my first time posting something here on MFP
Bananas are fine.
You are fine.
The whole diet industry is built around the false notion that there is something inherently wrong with you but if you spend x amount of dollars on x secret diet and fitness routine you will become worthy of love.
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it depends how you eat them..... normal out of the skin...perfectly fine.....but grilled, stuffed with chocolate and sprayed with whiskey (see picture) is a total different story.
Totaly delicious tho.....
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Honestly don't think any food that grows from the ground can be bad for you.1
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Unless you have diabetes, why not? Fruit doesn't agree with many diabetics in the early hours or late at night, but if your body is able to process carbohydrate normally I don't see a problem with it at all. Bananas have a lot of really great stuff packed in there and keeps people satisfied too.1
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Bananas are great for you - I eat them on top of 1 cup of oatmeal everyday (along with almonds, seasonal fruit, and 1 Tbsp of raisins). Personally, just one banana wouldn't be enough to keep me full until my mid-morning snack, but if you find that it works for you keep it up!1
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FragileMoonDreamer wrote: »
My personal favourite!0 -
whole foods like bananas are horrible for you...you should obviously never eat them...whole foods are terrible....6
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I don't think bananas lower testosterone. How is that?
I actually find them to be libido boosting. Anyways, I eat about 5 a day.
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Christine_72 wrote: »Bananas grow in our garden so for the past 5 years, on and off when it's the season, I eat them for breakfast, lunch, after dinner and snacks, haha. I'm in the middle of eating two for breakfast right now...! They are great for a quick, on the go brekkie or snack. Don't know about the lowering of testosterone thingy, never heard of it, but if it helps, I live on an Island where just about everyone eats bananas since they are plentiful and mostly free and there are MORE than enough children here...
OMG I am so jealous! Do you also have mango trees of deliciousness just hanging around?
@Christine_72, Not personally, but others do. Some are lucky enough to have avocados too... Can't complain, we are lucky enough to have passion fruit by the bucket load (grenadilla's to some) and Chinese lanterns (physalis)... Garden to stomach in 5 minutes flat, now that's fresh!!3 -
I appreciate all this information guys.
Thank you very much!0 -
Leslierussell4134 wrote: »Honestly don't think any food that grows from the ground can be bad for you.
http://www.bayareamushrooms.org/mushroommonth/amanita_phalloides.html3 -
I have one nearly every morning for breakfast...have for years. Didn't affect my weight loss one bit...I love bananas!1
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