[popsune]

Are bananas non-beneficial to sci people, cos I remember i read somewhere here that we should avoid eating bananas. why is this so?

[Apparelyzed]

Bananas can sometimes lead to constipation, something those with a spinal cord injury are prone to.

Regards

Simon

[popsune]

Apparelyzed, on Dec 6 2008, 12:03 AM, said:

Bananas can sometimes lead to constipation, something those with a spinal cord injury are prone to.

Regards

Simon

Thanks! I actually thought bananas could relieve constipation.

[aggzy]

thats no good i love bananas

[raquel]

aggzy, on Dec 6 2008, 09:30 AM, said:

thats no good i love bananas

AGS - you are a banana

R-AGS

[Hapahowlee]

You can still eat bananas Ags, just make sure you have enough fiber in your diet to balance it out.

When my husband went through almost a year of food just going right through him, the doctor gave him some samples of prescription Probiotics (healthy bacteria for digestion) and he would take 1 with a banana smoothie every morning. When the samples ran out, I just went to the a nutrition store and got the same thing and he still takes one with banana smoothie every morning and he's much more regular now and he doesn't do a BP at all.

[edlee]

Hey,, one a day and you don't need the potassium pill,,,, or so says my doctor.
ed

[aggzy]

thanks hapa


it has never madee my bowel differ from tbhe routine though i have never taken notice

good thing to know if 8i ever get gastro again god forbid

Ag's

[Apparelyzed]

From what I've read, it's the under ripe bananas that cause the constipation.

Ripe bananas should be ok.

Simon

[Kwag_Myers]

I've never really noticed any difference, but then I tend to let them ripen until the green is gone.

[Beautiful]

That is really interesting. A bit of a bummer, because as gross as it sounds, I like having some green on my bananas... haha. It gives it a sweet taste I think.

Thanks for that bit of info, Simon! I am still amazed at how much I am learning about all of this, considering how long I've been paralyzed.