I've eaten a banana.

[Mark Parrott]

Yes, it's true. I've eaten a banana. It was still a bit firm. BG was 5.0 before. Will test at 1 & 2 hours.

 

[Mark Parrott]

1 hr later, 6.2. Not bad so far.🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

2 hrs later, 5.8. Can't imagine it will go up again, so i can now assume l can handle bananas.

 

[Northerner]

Great news Mark! 🙂 Very steady numbers 🙂

 

[SB2015]

Enjoy your bananas Mark. Sounds like very good news

 

[Mark Parrott]

I'll try an apple next.🙂

 

[SB2015]

I buy the small ones so that they can be a pre exercise treat with no insulin. Seems to keep me level for most classes.

 

[Copepod]

Great. Hope you put the skin in compost bin?

 

[Diabeticliberty]

I've just had a tandoori mixed kebab starter. I carried on with tandoori king prawns with a vindaloo sauce and a tandoori roti. I washed it down with half a pint of skimmed milk. I am now feeling quite full 😛

 

[Amigo]

If it's the worst confession you make this year you'll be doing ok Mark!

 

[Ljc]

Yes, it's true. I've eaten a banana. It was still a bit firm. BG was 5.0 before. Will test at 1 & 2 hours.

So that's were my nana went, you've eaten it.
It's great they don't rais your BG too much.

 

[KookyCat]

Yuk, why on earth did you do that. Never mind sugar tax I'm lobbying for a banana ban, nothing to do with their status as a food, entirely about the smell, the taste, the texture....vile creations, AND portable so they you are sitting on a bus and some whips out one of those niffers..criminal 😱

Glad you enjoyed it though, and hope the apple goes down as well

 

[Mark Parrott]

Bananas were always my favourite fruit. I daren't eat one since diagnosis, but looks like l can handle the odd one or two.

 

[Martin Canty]

I got a bunch of Mexican organic ones once..... Still green.... Big mistake, they tasted like cardboard & never ripened!!!

 

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Have you tried making banana soft serve ice cream? Get a really ripe 'nana, peel, and slice it up, freeze for a couple of hours, then chuck it in a high speed blender (bullet, or ninja) until smooth. Tastes so good. You can also tart it up by adding a tablespoon of cacao, a dash of vanilla, nut butters, or some fresh fruits before blitzing it (peanut butter and cacao are my fave combinations to add).

I have a freezer full of ripe bananas, every time they go a little too black, I just chop 'em up and chuck 'em in the freezer, ready for an 'ice cream' craving (and saving on waste)

 

[Mark Parrott]

Oooh, that sounds absolutely delicious!

 

[Lindarose]

It's great you can tolerate banana mark. I've only had one since diagnosed and it sent into the teens. Not tried one since. Although I like them I don't like them that much!

 

[Mark Parrott]

This was the first one l tried. I don't think l could've tolerated it a few months ago, but I'm sure my insulin resistance has improved.