Bananas

[kikie]

This is no joke. A healthfood store owner told me a couple off days ago that bananas are very bad for the liver.

I can't find any info if it is true or not.

 

[Danoff]

I would recommend that you not listen to anyone in a health food store. That's true regardless of whether his claim turns out to be true.

 

[kikie]

*snap* That's true regardless of whether his claim turns out to be true.

Thanks for your quick reply but what do you mean with your last sentence.

So it is true, regardless... ?

 

[TB]

Yep. Those guy are all nuts. Organic nuts, but nuts nonetheless.

 

[wfooshee]

They'll tell you that to "cleanse" your liver you have to not consume caffeine, white flour, white sugar, citrus fruit, tomatos, bananas, and cold foods and drinks which can chill the liver, and I'm sure other stuff I don't recall at the moment. Blah blah blah.

I'm sure that some laboratory somewhere force-fed nothing but white flour to some poor group of rats, which then died of, among other things, liver failure. Therefore white flour is "bad" for the liver.

Not what you'd call a scientific response, but that's the kind of "science" those folks like.

You know, of course, that oxygen can kill you. So can water. I wouldn't worry about your bananas.

 

[BayConRong]

Water kills you when you drink water that is too pure, it messes up your electrolyte balance. You can't breathe pure oxygen, you just can't, it's like choking yourself to death.

The benefits that a banana carries outweighs the amount of damage that it can do to your liver.

 

[Omnis]

You need to get the special gluten-free bananas to make sure your liver goes unharmed. 👍



I could totally work at a health food store.

 

[BayConRong]

And that's what frightens me. The prospect of seeing you wearing a health food market apron and suggesting what type of cheese to buy...

 

[Duke]

Organic, unpasteurized, fair-trade cheese made of free-range goatsmilk from the un-cleared Peruvian rainforest.

Duh.

 

[kikie]

So bananas do cause damage to the liver?

 

[Sureboss]

Depends how hard I throw them at someone.

 

[Mrs. Famine]

H'actually, bananas can kill you if you eat too many, but not by wrecking your liver, oh no.
Bananas contain potassium which if you have too much in your system can cause cardiac arrythmias and potentially a cardiac arrest.

 

[Sureboss]

When I had my liver problems, it was things that were high in fats that I noticed my liver saying. "Oi, mate, what do you think you're doing?" No fruit or vegetable ever did that. Also noticeable with drinks, like Coke, Alcohol (obviously), Coffee, etc.

I think it's true of most things, too much and it can kill you, moderation is the key, that applies to fatty burgers as well as healthy fruits.

 

[Pupik]

I suppose the real question is: How many bananas are too many?

Health food store owners are slowly dying of skin failure.

 

[Famine]

About six pounds of bananas in one sitting.

 

[daan]

Bananas contain potassium which if you have too much in your system can cause cardiac arrythmias and potentially a cardiac arrest.

I am now officially scared of bananananas.

I always have trouble stopping spelling banananananas...

 

[dylansan]

I am now officially scared of bananananas.

I always have trouble stopping spelling banananananas...

Demitri Martin?

What other foods contain a lot of Potasium? I'm curious now.

 

[Grand Prix]

Potatoes are also a good source of Potassium, although not as much as Bananas. So eat all the fries you want! With mayonnaise! Mmmmmm.


I wonder if Belgians have cardiac arrests often? They're fry freaks.

 

[kikie]

Potatoes are also a good source of Potassium, although not as much as Bananas. So eat all the fries you want! With mayonnaise! Mmmmmm.

I'm a bad excuse for a Belgian . I don't like fries. I maybe eat fries not more than 5 maybe 10 portions a year. Belgians are also know for their beers and I never drink beer! And there is a saying; every Belgian is born with a bric in his stomac. => Means that every Belgian wants to own his own house (build one). I don't have a house.

So I guess I'll stick to bananas!

I wonder if Belgians have cardiac arrests often? They're fry freaks.

That's because fries are invented in Belgium not in France. They should be called, "Belgian fries" instead off " French fries".

 

[Grand Prix]

I'm a bad excuse for a Belgian . I don't like fries. I maybe eat fries not more than 5 maybe 10 portions a year. Belgians are also know for their beers and I never drink beer! And there is a saying; every Belgian is born with a bric in his stomac. => Means that every Belgian wants to own his own house (build one). I don't have a house.

So I guess I'll stick to bananas!


That's because fries are invented in Belgium not in France. They should be called, "Belgian fries" instead off " French fries".

A Belgian that doesn't like fries OR beer!?



Yeah, I think everybody knows that fries were invented by the Belgians (or, at least, most consumed by the Belgians).
There are two reasons why they might be called "French" fries. They are called french fries because they are frenched potatoes. Note the lack of capitalization. To french a food means to slice it thin.
Second reason is, the American and Canadian soldiers that visited Belgium during the First and Second World Wars, and brought fries back with them, probably assumed that the French-speaking Belgians they got the recipe from, were French.

It was pretty funny a few years ago, when the "Freedom Fries" controversy came about in the US. The Americans were very much anti-French at the time, and attempted to make fun of them by changing French Fries to Freedom Fries, but then the French responded by saying that they didn't invent them, the Belgians did!

Sorry for going off topic, but at least it's potassium food related.

 

[kikie]

A Belgian that doesn't like fries OR beer!?

But I like bananas though!