Comments on: The Banana – Friend or Foe?

By: John Jaeckel

John Jaeckel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:51:19 +0000

Ever seen a chimpanzee improvise tools to get into a beehive? Or what a bear will go through to do the same thing? Not to make excuses for sugar, but our ancestors, pretty much regardless of where they lived had a certain degree of access to sugar at different times of the year. So to me splitting hairs over bananas seems a bit counter-intuitive to the whole “what our ancestors ate” rationale.

By: Nat Arem

Nat Arem — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:51:46 +0000

The whole underlying theory behind the paleo diet is that we’re supposed to eat the foods we’ve been eating for millions of years. Bananas are even newer to our digestive system than wheat and other cultivated grains.

By: John A

John A — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:02:09 +0000

I have been on and off the paleo diet for about 8 or 9 years. Lately I’ve had some digestive issues. Something made me evaluate whether the 2-3 bananas I ate every day was healthy or not. So I looked on the web and found an article about the fact that eating too much can adversely affect your digestive system and cause an imbalance in your calcium levels. At any rate, I cut out the bananas as a test and I feel better than I have in many months.

I have also read that bananas originated in one small place and was then propagated and hybridized starting around 2,000 BC. I think this makes a case against bananas if only to be used sparingly.

Of course everyone’s body is different so your mileage may vary.

By: pnw fitness

pnw fitness — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:58:43 +0000

I’m trying to be paleo as possible, but I really do love bananas. The are priced right a lot of the time also when other fruits are not.

By: jimmyjames91

jimmyjames91 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:12:33 +0000

Shopping for fruit has never been the same. I see the bananas at the store…

“Potassium!” says I.

But then I hear Nicole Carroll saying “Sure, tell yourself you’re eating it for the potassium.”

Then I think of this thread.

I wind up with grapes and Rome apples.

By: criticisms

criticisms — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:20:01 +0000

http://criticisms.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/reflections-on-the-banana/

By: Ode to the Banana « Bubble Tea

Ode to the Banana « Bubble Tea — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:19:50 +0000

[...] will finish with a quote taken from an online discussion about the merits of the banana (link). It is written by an unknown author with the screen name 4thPower. It’s just a banana. What [...]

By: 4th Power

4th Power — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:04:30 +0000

Bananas are pretty.

By: jimmyjames91

jimmyjames91 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:49:18 +0000

– 4th, I think you mean “This sh|t is bananas”

Anyway, like you kind of said…those monkeys, especially the flying ones, especially the flying ones from The wIZARD oF oZ, are complete functionally fit bad-asses. True true.

And they do it on bananas!

They are no where near achieving peak performance!

By: 4th Power

4th Power — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:48:46 +0000

You guys are funny. It’s just a banana. What about the monkeys. They are more functionally fit than you will ever be. Some of them even smoke! ( I saw it T.V. on one my rest days.) Besides, without bananas what would those cartoon characters slip on and make me laugh.
Laughing makes me happy. When I am happy I don’t want to kill people-LEAVE THE BANANA ALONE!