Bananas??

rolexeagle1

What the typical nutritional value of a banana?

Trying to bulk up a bit and thinking of adding in a bunch (5) a day, i heard somewhere they were good for this.

Just dont know about all the potassium??

Cheers guys

googled eyes

Would 5 bananas a day not lead to you getting backed up?

rolexeagle1

I dunno thats why i'm asking!! Hasnt yet anyway

Chancer3001

I used to eat about 3 or 4 a day.

Since I started calorie / macro counting I dont eat them as often cos its 30g Carbs to 1g protein.

Im all about keeping protein high, carbs low.

if those macros suit your goals then go for it.

I wouldnt worry about the potassium.

googled eyes

Well if you can eat that many without complications i may give it a go myself.

Chancer3001

Some days Id eat 10-14 bits of fruit. never "blocked up"

tattykitty

Would eating that many bananas not have the opposite effect to being "blocked up"?

I guess so long as the rest of your diet isn't choc-full of potassium, you'll be grand. (So maybe rein in the prunes and dried apricot consumption )

FarmerH

srumball wrote: »

What the typical nutritional value of a banana?

Trying to bulk up a bit and thinking of adding in a bunch (5) a day, i heard somewhere they were good for this.

Just dont know about all the potassium??

Cheers guys

A large banana (8") is about 100-120 calories, with 25-30g carbs (as quoted previously). I'm not sure what else you're eating, but if you are trying to bulk up then i would suggest more calorie dense food. It would be easier to eat 1-2 bananas per day and make up the rest of the calories by eating them with a big spoon of natural peanut butter.

This would leave you less full and with more energy to eat even more good food

Mickk

Love his logic on bananas verses cows.

http://www.30bananasaday.com/

Hailhail1967

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Some days Id eat 10-14 bits of fruit. never "blocked up"

Personally I would be the very opposite of "blocked up" if I ate that much fruit a day.

Out of curiosity why are you eating so much fruit?

papu

Probably better things to be eating lots of than bananas , lots of potassium and they are slightly radioactive , not that it'll make much of a difference but if you eat 30 of them a day fora few years I cant imagine it being too good!

that being said I eat 3 or 4 a day and have no problems! they're delicious in protein shakes

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Mickk wrote: »

Love his logic on bananas verses cows.

http://www.30bananasaday.com/

Eh.....does this guy pick is own bananas and kill his own cows? Long trip to a country where bananas grow, I would be eating them in bulk too. Also a lot of unnecessary pec flexing going on.......

The Guvnor

Bit more fruit everyday is a good thing as is more vegetable's.
Everything was going good until he got a bit preachy about picking bananas or killing cows!

Gummy Panda

Hayes Ambitious Treasurer wrote: »

Mickk wrote: »

Love his logic on bananas verses cows.

http://www.30bananasaday.com/

Eh.....does this guy pick is own bananas and kill his own cows? Long trip to a country where bananas grow, I would be eating them in bulk too. Also a lot of unnecessary pec flexing going on.......

I love his logic. I believe the bananas he is eating are man made as wild ones would be full of seeds so yes, that cow would be getting a bludgeoning.

d15ude

Mickk wrote: »

Love his logic on bananas verses cows.

http://www.30bananasaday.com/

30 bananas?
nuts!

singlesnights

I remember reading in an issue of Hardgainer about a strongman who used to eat 80+ bananas a day.

As he said, I shit you not!

double GG

singlesnights wrote: »

I remember reading in an issue of Hardgainer about a strongman who used to eat 80+ bananas a day.

As he said, I shit you not!

I bet he didn't sh*t, you not either.