Yahoo Health

The Best Time to Eat Bananas for Maximum Potassium Absorp...

Most of us aren’t getting enough potassium. Could adjusting when you eat bananas give you a boost?

The Best Time to Eat Bananas for Maximum Potassium Absorption, According to Dietitians

Most of us aren’t getting enough potassium. Could adjusting when you eat bananas give you a boost?

https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/9b49599cf280d46f79df7acf07ca8ccf354ca3790d245b8f834bc9120f3e5037/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_h80%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fd29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net%2Fimages%2Fuser-uploaded%2Featingwell_-_Zach_Dorsett.png_645b98d5e7c2992033e1abed43d34ccfd9852cbfbb1f7e995e480bc22465cd12.png

Eating Well

I have found that the best time for me to eat bananas, or any other food for that matter, has always been when I am hungry.

Not very scientific, but researched over 60+ years.

When you reduce bananas to medicine, our family’s banana trees suddenly produce far more than my doctor allows me to eat.

My chemistry tolerates only two small Thai bananas a day: one after breakfast and one after dinner. The trees, regrettably, were not consulted.

Bananas are rich in potassium. If you take losartan or have abnormal kidney function or blood-potassium levels, ask your doctor how many are safe for you.

Sometimes size isn’t the issue. Your chemistry is. 🍌⚠️

17 hours ago, jacnl2000 said:

When you reduce bananas to medicine, our family’s banana trees suddenly produce far more than my doctor allows me to eat.

My chemistry tolerates only two small Thai bananas a day: one after breakfast and one after dinner. The trees, regrettably, were not consulted.

Bananas are rich in potassium. If you take losartan or have abnormal kidney function or blood-potassium levels, ask your doctor how many are safe for you.

Sometimes size isn’t the issue. Your chemistry is. 🍌⚠️

My two staples up until two years ago were bananas and coconut water.
I live on a massive, multi-generational, multi-crop farm.
My landlady has had small (7-12 rai) banana plantations since I got here in 2016. The massive heat of 2023 killed them off. Now she is older, she just doing a lot smaller crop of only two rai, and the old land used for bananas is used for corn and cucumber.

Then I was put on Losartan.

So, another avenue of pleasure taken from me...

Also, a side not for those on Losartan: products such as soy sauce that label "low sodium"often raise the potassium content to retain its "saltiness". Avocados, oranges, melons, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and some beans.

I see the quacks are out in force with their meaningless drivel.

Surely there is room between issuing a medical diagnosis and simply exchanging personal experiences. Nobody here is prescribing bananas; I specifically suggested asking one’s doctor.

Personally, I don’t believe bananas should be forced to grow straight. Mother Nature gave them curves to make them appear less hostile. Perhaps discussions benefit from a little flexibility too. 🍌