Bananas

[dawny1958]

Hi
Do Bananas raise your Blood counts ??? Mine shot up tonight,
Xx

 

[Stitch147]

Yep, I can't eat bananas anymore or a lot of other fruits I used to like.

 

[Kaylz]

Yes bananas are quite well known for raising blood sugars x

 

[dawny1958]

Bye bye bananas.....

 

[Lindarose]

I remember when I first joined the forum and started testing BG levels. I couldn't believe a banana could send me into double figures. Think it was 12 point something. Never again!

 

[Ditto]

I dunno! I ate a banana as an experiment this morning then the day went belly-up and I forgot to measure! 😱 Will measure in a mo and see if I'm still high after a day of high carbs yet again.

 

[pav]

If the bananas are yellow, then they send my levels high, if they are turning from green to yellowish I can normally get away with eating them.

 

[Greyhound Gal]

I'm the same as Pav. As long as they are not totally yellow then I'm Ok.
People in Tesco must think 'there's that mad woman again' as I rifle through the bananas looking for the greenest ones I can find

 

[grovesy]

I occasional y have. When I was on Gliclazide I used them to raise my levels when low before driving.

 

[Ditto]

If the bananas are yellow, then they send my levels high, if they are turning from green to yellowish I can normally get away with eating them.

Because the sugar hasn't soaked into the banana from the skin yet. I once had a too raw banana and the inside of my mouth went ooky, agh, I never did that again. Speckled bananas would spike us more I think. I'm gutted I forgot to measure after my banana, I really wanted to know how much it would spike me.

 

[Northerner]

The 'blacker' or riper the banana, the higher in sugar it will be, so will have a greater impact on your levels. I always go for the ones that are just turned yellow, with maybe a bit of green 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Always set my teeth on edge when they weren't soft and ripe enough - nasty. Hence since a ripe one sends me fairly instantly into the mid teens - I packed up buying any years ago. I might enjoy one bite of one very occasionally and get away with it - perhaps if I ever come to another meet, I'll buy one (a ripe one) and we can all have one slice! LOL

 

[khskel]

Don't like them unless they have flecks of black on them.....so off the menu for me too

 

[Dollypolly]

I love them when the skin is turning black and I also did the experiment and I went from a 6 to 20.4 so off the menu they are.

 

[Lydia1960]

You've convinced me that bananas, and probably most of my favourite fruits too, will have to go! Concentrate on vegetables and salads. Think some berries might still be beneficial. For antioxidants...