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I like the taste of bananas but some sources suggest they may be harmful.
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Don't know where you got this information, but bananas are very healthy for you. They are an excellent source of potassium which aids in muscle relaxation (necessary if you do any kind of strength training), and is a great source of quick energy for workouts.
I'm sure if you ate 100 bananas a day for several years, it would be "unhealthy" - but most people rarely can eat more than 2 at any one time.
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It depends on who's eating them and who you ask. Some people have a problem with bananas due to being diabetic and/or having a food sensitivity. Blood type A, B and AB individuals typically do great eating a banana. Blood type O people might run the other direction.
That being said, we all know that bananas are a great source of potassium, enzymes because they are "live" food and fiber. They're also low in sodium.
Try it. You might like it and if you don't you can always make a different choice next time. :heart:
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It has been reported that the potassium in bananas are good for you.
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I guess it depends on your physical makeup.
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I love them.
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I have heard that bananas has Potassuim good for the body I have a family member that takes 85 yrs.old. :thumbsup:
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Some say you should eat them before bed
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Yes I eat them nearly everyday, sometimes I freeze them and then mix them with other fruits in the blender.
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i am a diabetic and found thet when im at work i can have one for my lunch it works well for me anyway
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I love bananas , but they don't always agree with me. But once in a while i give in and have one.
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I think they are healthy, but I cannot eat them they do not like me. Maybe because my blood type is O?
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Depends on the person. For most people its fine, so unless someone has some outlying medical condition I don't see how anyone can say Bananas are generally unhealthy.
Like all things, though, don't over do it. Too much intake of any substance will eventually become harmful.
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??? Banana's are the bomb. I don't think anything in moderation is harmful but what do I know. I think all foods were created to be eaten and enjoyed - but whatever people think is their business but for me I am eating banana's.
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They are good source for you but, they contain alot of sugar. I know some people eat them daily for potassium. Just be careful especially if your a diabetic.
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Not harmful at all a little fattening if you eat a lot of them..look at Gorillas!! (just kidding) They are loaded with vitamin and minerals ad are fat free! (But high carb)
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We love bananas, we buy them about every other week. We also like banana bread.
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i grab a banana for breakfast 3 or 4 days a week.
a fresh bunch bought on sunday will last me until the
next sunday, usually. i've always heard your blood sugar
is at it's lowest in the morning, so i figure it's a good dose
to get me started...
they're constantly saying you should eat fresh fruit.
a banana would be defined as a fresh fruit :thumbsup:
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Bananas are good for people not including if there are food allergies. But if you are referring to sources of Potassium there are better sources. But I still like Bananas especially in my cereal.
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I guess that would depend on how many you eat because they are a good source of potassium. Not sure why they would be bad for you.
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If you eat them to fast they can give you gas real bad. But they are good for you. That is what my doctor said anyway.
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IVE NEVER HEARD THEY WHERE NOT GOOD FOR YOU TO EAT ACTUALLY I DO KNOW THEY CONTAIN ALOT OF POTASSIUMN AND IF YOU HAVE BACK PAIN EAT A BANANA AND THE PAIN WILL BE GONE
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I like the taste of bananas but some sources suggest they may be harmful.
Bananas are a great source of potassium and other vitamins, too. Because you peel the fruit, I would think that most of the pesticides or chemicals sprayed onto the fruit would be peeled away. I don't know that much about the growers, which are from outside the US, but I beleive they are picked green before they are shipped to our country. Where did you here that they were harmful. Also a great source of fiber. Keep things movin!
BMaston12
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I love them and they help keep me feeling full. I don't consider any fruit to be harmful.
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Bananas are healthy for you, and yes a great source of potassium.
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well I know bananas are not the best source of health, I sure would like to hope that bananas are not unhealthy to eat!!! because I like them...even had 1 today
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I do not like bananas much. My dad would eat them a lot because he needed the source of potassium they provide. My son eat them he seem to like them and also they are good for you.
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typically yes, but if theres brown spots it can cause cancerous cells.
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I like the taste of bananas but some sources suggest they may be harmful.
Why it harmful? Its potassium. Help you digest i quess!! ??? :wave: :thumbsup:
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It depends on who's eating them and who you ask. Some people have a problem with bananas due to being diabetic and/or having a food sensitivity. Blood type A, B and AB individuals typically do great eating a banana. Blood type O people might run the other direction.
That being said, we all know that bananas are a great source of potassium, enzymes because they are "live" food and fiber. They're also low in sodium.
Try it. You might like it and if you don't you can always make a different choice next time. :heart:
Well, i am type O and I love and eat bananas whenever I come across them. (And I'll have more than 2 or three at a time)
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You keep hearing about everything being bad for us. If we listened to it all we wouldnt be eating anything.
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Bananas are great for you, especially if you have problems with muscle cramps. It's my go-to solution when I'm having leg cramps. I've only ever heard of 2 problems with bananas. One is digestive problems if you eat too many at once. The other is a problem my dad's friend had. He and my dad used to do a lot of organized distance bike rides, and he religiously ate a banana every day. For whatever reason one day before a big ride he decided to not eat a banana and had the worst leg cramps all day.
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Yes, they are high in potassium, it is good to eat one a day, and only at around 100 calories. They are a great source of vitamins and nutrients.
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You must have seen one of those stupid ads that say bananas are bad for your weight. Bananas are very healthy; they're loaded with potassium and fiber!
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I don't think bananas are unhealthy. I love bananas and they are a great source of vitamin B and potassium.
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It depends who you ask and when. They always are coming out with new studies. One minute somethings good for you and the next it is not. I personally can't imagine bananas as being harmful.
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I like the taste of bananas but some sources suggest they may be harmful.
Whoever said that is un educated. They are very healthy
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Bananas are good! fruits are the best to eat.
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Yes, bananas does a body good! :thumbsup:
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they have potasuim help with muscle cramps so yes i would say they are good
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We love bananas here in my household, green ones and yellow ones, no harm to any of us so far, so its a :thumbsup: for me!!!
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Bananas are good for potassium, now I heard if you eat them before bed you can get nightmares but Im not sure. I have seen on tv that acid from oranges, grapfruit, and lemons can hurt the enamel on your teeth but not for your body because are body need those vitamins and this is the natural way getting them.
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I have always heard bananas are good for you. They are a good source of potassium. When I was on Weight Watchers on the point system, they were 0 points, so they were unlimited.
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I like to put a banana along with other fruits and veggies in my nutribullet machine to make drinks. So, I would say bananas are good for you :)
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bananas are the perfect food they are good for you
come prewrapped
need no cooking
most people can eat them
they are shelf stable
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Bananas are relatively high in iron, which helps the body’s hemoglobin function.
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Yes they are healthy to eat, because it has potassium which your body needs. I love bananas and I have never heard anything about they could be harmful.
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I consume one a day if I bought any. People obtain Potassium from bananas. Can you provide the name or link of the source where you heard it’s not good for us?
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I can only eat about half of a banana before I don't like the texture any more.
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It depends on who's eating them and who you ask. Some people have a problem with bananas due to being diabetic and/or having a food sensitivity. Blood type A, B and AB individuals typically do great eating a banana. Blood type O people might run the other direction.
That being said, we all know that bananas are a great source of potassium, enzymes because they are "live" food and fiber. They're also low in sodium.
Try it. You might like it and if you don't you can always make a different choice next time. :heart:
I am interested in the rationale about blood type affecting the banana-eating results. Can you elaborate on this?
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I have always heard that they are a great source of potassium!!! The only negative part is they are high in carbs...so diabetics should be careful...
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they are good for you but you should check how many calories are in them.
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a banana a day is a good idea. really helps you sleep if you eat one at night
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I like the taste of bananas but some sources suggest they may be harmful.
Don't believe they (bananas) are harmful ...
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Banana are generally good for you..they supply potassium so can help when you are dehydrated (along with water.) I suppose if you ate too many they would be bad for you just like if you ate too much of anything. Also, there are some drugs which don't mic well with fruits so always be sure you know about these things if you have meds to take.
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This I do know - Lots of processed sugar makes me mad ...
Bananas do not make me mad ... :wave: :wave:
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I am o negative I have no problem eating a banana, I love them and years ago around Thanksgiving time they were talking about getting sleepy after the meal it was told if you ate a banana with the Thanksgiving dinner if was the banana that made you sleepy never knew that and just recently I read they can help you to stop smoking cigarettes need to research more on that info. :wave:
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typically yes, but if theres brown spots it can cause cancerous cells.
Where did you hear this? And what type of cancer?
I hope I'm not going to make anyone feel like I'm picking on them ,but there is getting to be more and more false "scientific" information getting spread around. Most people get their information from the media and internet. But unfortunately these are not always accurate.
Only things in peer reviewed journals (or other forms of presentation that shows the rigors of unbiased study such as invention disclosures, closed corporate studies, etc.) should be used when it comes to deciding the health or harm of something. And even then, the conclusions presented in a journal should not be considered as fact, but still as just an opinion (albeit a logically based opinion) of the researcher as to what the data means. The concept of a peer reviewed article is that it gets reviewed by other researchers for validity before publication, and after publication, other researchers should be able to perform the same experiment and get similar results. But even if some study gets published, it doesn't mean that all of the data is accurate, nor are the conclusions absolute fact. If after publication a different group performs a similar experiment and gets drastically different results, then one must consider that one or both studies are flawed in some way; perhaps one study had a factor affecting the results which the researchers failed to consider. Thus if there has been only one or a very few journal articles written on a certain topic, one must take the conclusions in those studies with a very critical eye. Sometimes those later studies can even completely change the current thinking of something that the science community had thought was well established. For example, the discovery of prions went completely against the central dogma of molecular biology. The central dogma stated that physical manifestations of life forms originates in the DNA and this physical information is only passed via the genetic coding of the DNA. So the structure of a protein would be stored in the DNA (and passed generation to generation only in the DNA), a transcript is made into the RNA, and finally the protein is built based on this RNA copy of the genetic blueprint. Prions, however, are malformed proteins that can actually cause other proteins to become malformed as well. Thus the physical characteristics are being passed from protein to protein instead of being passed through the genetic code of the DNA.
This is where a lot of the other forms of media run into trouble. Since sensational headlines sells the news, if the media gets a whiff of some exciting study, they will push it into the public's eye before the studies have gone through their proper course to substantiate the claims. Some news organizations even have "science writers" whose job it is to comb through those peer reviewed journals looking for any sensational study -- even if it is only one small study that hasn't had a chance to get reviewed post-publication. And unfortunately the sensational stuff is like "such and such causes cancer", or "this miracle cure is just around the corner", or even "there's this one simple thing you can do that will increase your life expectancy by 10 years". For example a while ago there was this scare spread in the media that a certain red food coloring causes cancer. After the initial announcement was made in the main-stream press, further studies showed that this food coloring was causing cancer only in the lab rats, and that the amounts those rats were ingesting were so much that they were actually causing the rat's fur to become pink -- far over the amount that any human would ever ingest in their lifetime (normalized to percentage of body-weight of the amount ingested). But because of the public outcry, this particular dye is no longer considered safe, and new food coloring had to be developed. Similarly, drugs coming out onto the market may have long term effects that the initial studies and clinical trials were not able to account for. And some may remember the big oat bran fixation the public had because a study showed how oat bran is very healthy for the heart? Later studies should that other whole grains were also as good if not better than oat bran (but Cheerios still touts the benefits of oat bran).
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Short answer: Yes
Longer answer: I think that we need to eat far more fresh whole fruits and vegetables than what we do. Processed foods just lack the nutritional value and are loaded with chemicals and perservatives. As mentioned by another member here you really have to watch what you hear from various media sources. And, all research has a bias based on funding or politics so you really have to watch what you assume to be true or what you are informed the "facts are".
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I try eating bananas, but they don't really agree with my stomach. I am type 0 but never heard that before. Where in the world did that information come from? I'd like to read more about that!
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I like the taste of bananas but some sources suggest they may be harmful.
i love banana also i try to eat 1 a day its good for high pertension. i just try not to eat to much of it .
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I think they would be healthy i mean it is a fruit good source of potassium but believe a good amount of sugar but overall good maybe just not 50 a day
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My potassium is sometimes low (which is not good at all) so I do love bananas... you can also get potassium from other great sources too.