Comment by desktopninja 6 months ago
Learnt from my grandmother to eat plenty bananas before bedtime. It helped with my asthma and swear too that it did wonders for my sleep.
Usually had it with a hot curry at dinner time or dessert (sliced bananas, cubed apples and evaparoted milk.)
i don't drink anymore but if offered i'd down without hesitation a wells banana bread beer or banana beer. tasty stuff
Bananas aren't high in potassium. That's a myth. A banana has 450mg and a potato has 650mg.
Zuckerberg isn't rich. That's a myth. He had $200B and Elon has $450B.
Can one simply stick to vodka, skip the potatoes, and reap all the benefits?
Adding to that bananas are high in sugar. 12 to 15 grams each
Potatoes have almost double the glycemic index of a banana, meaning that the impact on metabolism and insulin production is greater and faster.
If it helps you sleep, a banana isn’t going to kill you. If it doesn’t help you sleep, then don’t eat a banana, that’s also okay.
Two bananas to a potato (I assume we’re talking something like a russet, not a little red potato?) sounds generous to the potato, if we’re talking volume equivalence.
A potato’s a meal. A banana’s a lightish snack.
I've only ever been able to finish raw banana. I've tried raw potato but it was almost gag worthy.
Sadly I don’t think French fries have the same effect.
Potassium is a chemical element, frying it won't change the potassium level.
you can most definitely change the levels of components in a fried food.
the oil gets 'dirty' from extended use in frying. Why is it dirty? It's not dirt, and it's not oil breakdown (in most cases).
The oil is drawing components from the food into itself.
Forget the frying for a second; most fries are parboiled or blanched -- this also leeches material away from the vegetable, this time it leaves with the water used for blanching.
A french fry is delicious, but it's different than a potato -- even if it's made from one.
I don't know about the case of potassium specifically, but in general I thought that the bioavailability of elements can vary with different types of cooking?
I believe this too! My brother is not a fan bananas and barely registers mosquito bites. Me on the other hand am pursued mercilessly. Could also be we have different blood types but the immediate evidence we've seen is bananas :)
Its either sweeter or creamier. I always get evaporated and condensed mixed up.
Condensed milk is evaporated milk + added sugar.
I sometimes buy evaporated because it is a big time-saver, but never sweetened condensed because it's quick and easy to add sugar myself, and leaves me in control of how much relative to the other ingredients.
Both are thicker, creamier, and even sweeter than milk - because even without the added sugar the natural sweetness of the milk is concentrated by the reduction, removing all that water.
tbh, really never look into it but according to my taste buds it pairs better than regular milk.
...plenty? That's at least more than 2 for me. Can you eat 3+ bananas in one sitting? Are we talking really small, average or big bananas?
I knew a guy that would eat a banana per beer. He would portion the bananas out beforehand, so we could tell he was serious when he showed up to a stag-do with two bunches!