I've noticed organic bananas have a better texture and are more perfumey than the conventional. I can't go back to conventional ones now.

Bananas and I have a silly relationship. Sometimes I love them, sometimes I can't stand them, and for the occasional sweet treat, I'll throw them in the blender with some cacao nibs and strawberries. Either way, they are a partner for life. =)

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> oh, ugh, i LoAtHe the banana. the taste, the
> smell, the texture, gross. i can detect them in
> any combination, the flavor dominates and ruins
> everything for me.
> once, years ago, on a date with a Hott dude he
> offered me a sip of the smoothy he was obviously
> greatly enjoying. it looked so yummy and tasty and
> good, imagine my surprise when my mouth was
> suddenly filled with this intolerably nasty
> flavour, AAAHHH! i spit it out onto the sidewalk
> next to us and went to find a sink to rinse out my
> mouth. not my sexiest move ever, lemme tell ya.
> thankfully he was amused more than anything and
> still talked to me afterwards, in fact we're still
> friends. only that though and never more, do you
> think nearly puking from his smoothy might have
> ruined it for me?
>
> ha ha ha ha ha!
>
> i can barely stand to give those slimy, stinky
> little tree slugs to the kids but they seem to
> like them so... i've gotten used to having them in
> the kitchen. they make my son more attractive to
> mosquitos in the summer time though so we avoid
> them for a couple of months then.
>
> oh, and everything is "hybridized" apparently.
> that's what farmers/breeders do, it's not a big
> evil.



hahahaha slimy stinky little tree slugs! ah thats great, thanks for the laugh! )

so if you're not eating them, then more for me! woohoo! sorry, that sounds greedy, but i LOVE bananas

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Their glycemic index is so high that raises your blood sugar way to fast.

Too fast for what? When you're eating little or no overt fat (10% or less of calories) the sugar comes in and goes out fast from the body. It's almost impossible then to get too much sugar from fruits. The body will let you know when the sugar levels are raised enough when eating simple carbs from fruit and the hunger will cease.

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When picked green it doesn't allow the phytochemicals and nutrients to mature.

I don't know so much about the micro- but the macro nutrient carbohydrate does increase when matured despite picked green.

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Bananas are highly hybridized.

As every other fruit through evolution. a natural hybridization occurs and mankind has wanted to grow the seeds from the sweetest tasting fruit.

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They are very addictive.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. They are so good I want them everyday, yes.

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They are the starchiest fruit in nature.

Ripening is causing starch to convert to simple sugar. People are designed to handle the small amounts of starch in fruits.

If one only ate one sort of fruit and nothing else it would not be good for your health in the long term. I'm sure there can be found a similar long list of problems that would arise. I'd like to eat the food that causes the least problems. I can create a similar list about pizza or just a grain.



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bananas are addicting. i eat like 20 a day.