Are bananas an essential ingredient for raw vegans?

Gary

No one food is essential. For me they work well, especially in smoothies. I could have 2-6 bananas per day. If real small, possibly more.

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none normally. Prefer juicy fruit


mono mealing at the moment, so as many as I need.. 10-20 depending on training. Training 3 times a day currently, so may be more!

I usually put one in my morning smoothie and that's about it.

During the winter bananas become one of my main source of energy, the other being citrus. But during the summer and fall months, my consumption of bananas falls of. Though yesterday I ate about 12 of them, and yesterday was the first day of summer.

I seem to be at about 25-30 per day, but I don't think they're necessary. I just like them. I'm also eating lots of mangoes, cherries, strawberries, tomatoes, greens, and peaches.

wow...I would have thought you would go through potassium overload with that many bananas. That is one thing I am scared of so I only allow myself 2 bananas a day. I already have that skipped heartbeat thing and have had problems with tachycardia, even though there is no history of heart problems on either side of my family and I am not overweight or drink alcohol, or caffeine...or smoke. Soooooo, I hope that a raw diet will help with it, but I worry about too much potassium.

Juno,

How are your magnesium and sodium levels? It's the ratio of these three to one another that counts, not the level of this one or that one alone.

The body is super efficient at removing potassium as it expects to find a lot of it in our diet. The body is very miserly at removing sodium because it expects to find very little of it in our diet. However, the modern diet is super high in sodium and low in potassium. This is why salt is causing such havoc on people's bodies (high blood pressure, hypertension, strokes, cancer).

Tamukha - I have no idea. How would I go about finding this? I don't ever go to medical doctors as they are pill pushers usually. But I guess I could for blood work. Does this info come up on a standard blood test? I do not like salt, have only used minimal amounts of sea salt usually. Who knows with the magnesium levels.

Bryan - thanks for explaining that. makes sense.

I average 5-6 a day. I love bananas and never get tired of them.

Why could it be so that my body say "NO" as soon as I have eaten 1-2 bananas?

because you have too much fat in your system?

true, true...

Healthybun,

Whatever the case, it might be best for now not to force yourself to eat something when your body says "no". Go slow and experiment. Things will probably change for you over time.

I like Bryan's explanation about potassium and salt.

I usually eat around 5 - 10 (small fat) bananas a day.

I love Bananas & probably eat upwards of 12-15 per day, including smoothies & banana milk. Sometimes I will eat almond butter/banana sandwiches, yum!

One or two, usually.

I love grapes, though. I will eat a couple of pounds a day if I can get them...
Oh, and figs. I love figs. And cherries.

Now, our blueberries are starting to ripen! So, I'll be eating blueberries as I can pick them.

I should eat more apples, though.

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Wow, lots of bananas being eaten!
I eat 2 max a day, but sometimes none.

I think around 2 max a day is good considering the candida epidemic...

Unripe bananas have about 25% starch and only 1% sugar. Natural enzyme action converts this high starch content to sugar, so ripe bananas have a 20% sugar or around 12.23 grams. The Glycemic index for Sugar, white bread and white bread products is 100, while ripe banana’s Glycemic index is greater than 100.

Zero. I can't get past the smell to eat them.

Mostly rely on watermelon, oranges, pieapple, and berries =)

Personally I try to keep off the bananas as they're a bit high on the calorie to fibre/nutrients ratio.

It's pure vanity of course but I must admit I do like to be really light, not eating bananas much is practically the only strategy I have for it. And perhaps bananas are sweeneted through artificial selection...

Healthybun, if you don't desire any more than two bananas, that level of banana-eating is just right for you.

I may have five a day, in a smoothie and/or lettuce wraps.

But, if I desired sixty, I'd be quite happy eating sixty.

For anyone who is surprised at the amount of bananas some eat here, or think it could give rise to health problems, you might find this article of interest:

[debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com]

I eat bananas typically only in green smoothies, and about four-a-day, presently.

Juno77 Wrote:
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> Tamukha - I have no idea. How would I go about
> finding this? I don't ever go to medical doctors
> as they are pill pushers usually. But I guess I
> could for blood work. Does this info come up on a
> standard blood test? I do not like salt, have only
> used minimal amounts of sea salt usually. Who
> knows with the magnesium levels.

Juno77 - You would need to ask your Dr to run a full Chem Panel. This will include your Elytes (electrolytes) to determine your levels. But Bryan is right. The body is pretty efficient at removing over-loads if it is functioning properly, except of course sodium. It goes a little nuts with sodium over-load and doesn't know how to handle it. It's a very easy blood test to have done, BUT............... DON'T LET YOUR DR. SCARE YOU INTO CHANGING BACK TO A S.A.D. All you want from your Dr is the actual levels, but DO NOT allow him to coerce you into his dietary suggestions UNLESS he is supportive of natural health methods.

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debbietook Wrote:
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> For anyone who is surprised at the amount of
> bananas some eat here, or think it could give rise
> to health problems, you might find this article of
> interest:
>
> [debbietookrawforlife.blogspot.com]
> ool-for-fruit-pt-2-too-much-of-good.html

Thank you so much for sharing that link. I was especially enlightened by your article about the female period. Awesome article!! THANK YOU !!! I appreciate your balanced, thorough, practical logic on the topics. Will definitely save your blog to my faves. =)

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Hmmm.
Actually havent had one in weeks.
Just so many other fruits I eat,mostly all with low GI.

Vinny

And thank YOU, 'plainlydressed'!