How fattening are bananas?

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Riprorin

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Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Diets of different compositions of fat, protein, and carbohydrates provide differing rates of weight loss.

One study showed showed that on a 1,000 calorie diet, those who ate 90% protein or 90% fat lost weight (0.6 pound and 0.9 pound per day), while those who ate 90% carbohydrate did not lose any weight, but gained a little.

It would behoove you to do a little research rather than talking about something you clearly know nothing about.

Are you dense? I said balanced diet. ANYONE that eats 90% protien or 90% carbs, should educate themselves. Doing that is not healthy nor is eating anything less than 1400 calories.

You are completely missing the point, but you are too infantile to deal with so, good luck to you.
 

Squisher

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Yes, you can diet and lose weight from a balanced diet, but by carb counting you can make your diet more effective and reduce hunger.

Atlthough, I don't know what would be so unbalanced about a low carb diet.

 

Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Diets of different compositions of fat, protein, and carbohydrates provide differing rates of weight loss.

One study showed showed that on a 1,000 calorie diet, those who ate 90% protein or 90% fat lost weight (0.6 pound and 0.9 pound per day), while those who ate 90% carbohydrate did not lose any weight, but gained a little.

It would behoove you to do a little research rather than talking about something you clearly know nothing about.

Are you dense? I said balanced diet. ANYONE that eats 90% protien or 90% carbs, should educate themselves. Doing that is not healthy nor is eating anything less than 1400 calories.

You are completely missing the point, but you are too infantile to deal with so, good luck to you.

The only point you ever see is your own.
 

Riprorin

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Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Diets of different compositions of fat, protein, and carbohydrates provide differing rates of weight loss.

One study showed showed that on a 1,000 calorie diet, those who ate 90% protein or 90% fat lost weight (0.6 pound and 0.9 pound per day), while those who ate 90% carbohydrate did not lose any weight, but gained a little.

It would behoove you to do a little research rather than talking about something you clearly know nothing about.

Are you dense? I said balanced diet. ANYONE that eats 90% protien or 90% carbs, should educate themselves. Doing that is not healthy nor is eating anything less than 1400 calories.

You are completely missing the point, but you are too infantile to deal with so, good luck to you.

The only point you ever see is your own.

Thanks for pointing that out to me. We all have room for improvement.
 

Geekbabe

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I like bananas but try to have them early in the day and just a couple mornings a week.There is something about bananas and grapes which makes me crave additional sugar so I watch my intake.
 

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you guys need to start your own carb thread and stop highjacking this awesome banana thread.

Edit: somebody posted a long time ago that all banana's are sterile. Unless something is done to make the fruit horny again, there will be a sharp decline in banana production. It was from a CNN story, kinda interesting.
 

Riprorin

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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
if someone were to eat bannanas breakfast, lunch and supper, about 2 or 3 per meal for about 3 weeks, would they gain weight or lose weight?

aren't bananas like the perfect food?

I'm guessing they would be pretty sick of eating bananas.

Are you thinking about doing a banana diet?
 

Squisher

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Originally posted by: Citrix
you guys need to start your own carb thread and stop highjacking this awesome banana thread.

Edit: somebody posted a long time ago that all banana's are sterile. Unless something is done to make the fruit horny again, there will be a sharp decline in banana production. It was from a CNN story, kinda interesting.

So, bananas are an unnaturalization of a fruit product? That can't be good.

Even though they're not the healthiest choice, I eat them for the taste. Not often, but they're good.



 

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95calories per banana. 3 bananas per meal doesn't add up to much, you just are going to end up malnurished from not eating enough variety, you won't have enough cals to really get fat either. you'd probably just end up adapting to starvation calories and not lose much weight, feel like a monkey, smell like one to boot;)
 

PlatinumGold

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Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Quit with this carb crap, its a fvcking fad, the best diet is a balanced diet, while keeping your caloric intake in check. A banana has 90 calories. 270x3x21=17010 or 810 calories a day. Simple math would tell you, you'd be losing atleast 2 pounds a week, more if you are over 250. You would be starving your body.

All this "carb free" crap and "net carb" crap is just that CRAP. Its marketing, and they've have been successful apparently.

Just answering his question. If you like bananas, go ahead and eat them. I'm not stopping you.

BTW, all calories are NOT created equal.

Im aware of that, but the whole net carb, no carb, crap is CRAP. Its a marketing gimic. Most of these products contain sugar liqour, or other things that are extremely high in calories, even if they are low in carbs or "net carbs".

I lost alot of weight with just a balanced diet, and moderate excercise. Theres no need to limit carbs if you have a balanced diet.

chill out dude. just because some people market low carb foods does NOT make the whole low carb diet cr@p or a marketing gimic.

the whole banana thing was really just on a whim, i have NO desire or intention of going on an all banana diet.

 

Riprorin

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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Quit with this carb crap, its a fvcking fad, the best diet is a balanced diet, while keeping your caloric intake in check. A banana has 90 calories. 270x3x21=17010 or 810 calories a day. Simple math would tell you, you'd be losing atleast 2 pounds a week, more if you are over 250. You would be starving your body.

All this "carb free" crap and "net carb" crap is just that CRAP. Its marketing, and they've have been successful apparently.

Just answering his question. If you like bananas, go ahead and eat them. I'm not stopping you.

BTW, all calories are NOT created equal.

Im aware of that, but the whole net carb, no carb, crap is CRAP. Its a marketing gimic. Most of these products contain sugar liqour, or other things that are extremely high in calories, even if they are low in carbs or "net carbs".

I lost alot of weight with just a balanced diet, and moderate excercise. Theres no need to limit carbs if you have a balanced diet.

chill out dude. just because some people market low carb foods does NOT make the whole low carb diet cr@p or a marketing gimic.

the whole banana thing was really just on a whim, i have NO desire or intention of going on an all banana diet.

Going to do the grapefruit diet instead? :)
 

TitanDiddly

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Celery is the 'perfect' food, meaning it has negative calories. Then again, if you eat nothing but celery, you die. No nutrition, at all.
 

Riprorin

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Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Celery is the 'perfect' food, meaning it has negative calories. Then again, if you eat nothing but celery, you die. No nutrition, at all.

Note to self: don't go on all celery diet.