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Bananas are a JUICY fruit!!!

2017-09-12T15:56:52.000Z

I put yellow bananas out all day in tropical heat and direct sun. They got squishy soft and the skins turned completely dark, but the fruit inside was still fresh yellow.

When I opened one it dripped clear juice! and when I tasted it I realized I had never had a truly ripe banana before in my life!!

SUPER SWEET!!!

Has anyone else experienced this?

Blender

2017-01-13T17:10:31.000Z

I am really wanting to finally throw down the money and get a high end blender (e.g. Vitamix). Anybody have some words of wisdom, raves, suggestions, coupons, advice on how to score the ultimate smoothie blender. I throw down a lot of banana smoothies...... Like a lot.

BANANA ISLAND HELP?

2016-11-05T17:16:46.000Z

Hey y'all, I and on banana island and I like to cut up my bananas and put it in banana milk (bananas and water). I like to heat up the banana milk a little because I love the taste and it makes it easier to be on the island. Will I have the same effect of detox, weight loss, etc.?

anyone else ever warm their bananas on banana island?

Natural Health Benefits of Banana

2016-07-14T07:45:38.000Z

Banana is an amazing Gifts present by nature to human being. It gives lots of health benefits to our daily life. The color of bananas are in different color like yellow, green and little brown. But most of them commonly eat the yellow color banana. It is use in many fruit jam, cool drinks and also used in medical purpose. Many people use banana as snack food and also it contains many nutrition’s helpful to our body. The nutrition present in banana is Potassium, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Magnesium, Copper, Manganese, Net carbs, Fiber, Protein, and Fat.

Health Benefits of banana

Improve your Antioxidants

Antioxidants are more important to protect our body from various infection and diseases. Banana loaded more amounts of antioxidant properties including dopamine and catechins. Dopamine helps to make the brain feelings more good and banana supports to reduce the free-radical damage.

Boost men energy

Today many men are using the erection booster medicine like Generic viagra pills for their relationship. Banana is most powerful remedy for male impotence. Really bananas is easily increase men energy and provide more strength to do relationship for long hours. The main enzymes called bromelain present in banana supports to increase men stamina and also improving blood flow into male reproductive organ. It is not only increase the men stamina but also it regulates men hormones in well conditions.

Improve your Eye Vision

Eye is most important to gives light to our whole body, so we must to maintain it very well. Vitamin A is most important to increase eye power because it has series of compounds like beta-carotene and alpha-carotene. These two compounds mainly protect your eyes and surround membranes. Vitamin A helps to preserve your Eye from night blindness. You can use banana to decrease the swelling of the eyes and to remove dark circles around the eyes.

Reduce Depression

Banana restricts subduing negative emotions like sadness, depression, stress. This fruit has tryptophan which is good to stop the emotions.

Good for Heart health

Today major people are loss their life due to heart health issues. Regular consuming of banana helps to increase heart health very well. Potassium contains in banana supports to increase the heart function. It also active cells presents in heart. It helps to protect the heart from high blood pressure and low blood pressure. It mainly manages the heart beat in constant way.

Helps to quit Smoking

Many people today addicted in smoking cigarettes. They spend lots of money for their bad habits. Banana is the natural remedy to skip the smoking cigarettes from your daily life. The fruit supports to reduce the withdrawal symptoms; you can easily quit smoking habits.

Maintain good Digestion

Digestion is more important to supply energy to all parts of the body. Banana helps to maintain good digestion. Dietary fiber is more important to manage the digestion. Banana contains two main fibers Pectin, Resistant starch helps to clean the large intestines.

Best skin Care

Skin is the most important to shows our body very cute. Banana is the one of the best natural remedy to treat various skin health issues problem. Vitamin C, vitamin B6, antioxidants and manganese presents in banana supports to protect from skin problem. It also makes smooth and glamorous skin. Banana helps to protect your skin from roughness and dryness, because it holds 73% of water in it, hence it assists to hydrate the skin. You can also use banana as the natural beauty remedies like face pack, face massage, scrubber.

Helps to reduce Weight

Reducing Body weight is the major problem for many people. But banana is the best fruits for healthy food diet and weight loss. Normally one banana contains 90 calories supports to full your bowl and reduce the hungry sensation. It also manages the body nutrition’s and reduces the unwanted waste presents in your bowl.

Banana is the most wonderful fruit. Health benefits of banana is more support to our body. So don’t forget to add banana in your daily food diets to maintain your body healthy and good.

Frozen Banana "Ice Cream" any ideas? toppings? Thanks :)

2016-02-08T02:39:08.000Z

Hi All, my daughter got me a "Kitchen Living Frozen Treat Maker" and I'm LOVING it-- it uses all of the Banana by pushing the fruit down the hole and it magically comes out soft serve Faux Ice Cream-- YUM!!

But I was wondering what interesting toppings or fruit varieties that anyone knows of to keep it interesting :)

Munchly Appreciated,

Cheryl :)

Looking for vegans in Finland

2015-11-23T18:11:42.000Z

I,m a vegan guy from Romania . Been vegan for about 6 months now . I work in telecomunications and travel alot for work and visit different country's . Would love to meet new vegans on my travels . I'm currently in Finland near Oulu for about 4 weeks now and will be here for 1 more month , if anyone is near here and would like to meet up it would be my pleasure to meet you .

Banana island

2015-10-19T07:52:39.000Z

Hi everyone! I've come to banana island to fix lots of digestive issues, constipation and skin issues. I've been rt4 for 6 months and was going great. Have no idea what's caused all of these issues but anyway!I'm wondering a few things, I'm 2 days into banana island now..1- still, no bowel movements ... HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! I drink 3-4L a day, excercise, sleep well, what's going on?!2- are we allowed greens? I've been having cos lettuce and baby spinach with my smoothies sometimes3- how important is organic? :/... I haven't found anywhere that even sells organic bananas let alone them not costing an arm and a leg! :( I've been just having regular bananas, I buy them really cheap coz they're almost overripe.4- I noticed today a really bad white coating on my tongue! My mouth feels really dry. Is that detox, or candida getting worse ?Any help is appreciated!Thanks guys

Vegan Ice Creams and Vegan Chicken see what my Meat eater friend says (video)

2015-09-23T01:07:18.000Z

Irish High-Carb Vegan YouTube channel!!!!!!!!!!

2015-09-03T13:02:14.000Z

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii people! So I started up a youtube channel there recently and I would love some support! :D I have what i eat videos up and I'm going to start doing recipe videos! Hope you all enjoy! xxxxxxxxxx PS. leave me feedback here or on my channel!

Green Leafy Gael xox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTd7EzyYVU

Finding UK batch fruit suppliers

2015-09-01T00:21:51.000Z

Hey guys!Just wondering if anyone can help me find a batch supplier of fruit in the UK, ideally organic. It would be great if it was online as there are few green grocers in my area. I really need help on this because supermarket buying is getting very expensive and not sustainable for me sadly.Thanks!

Banana Island

2015-08-30T01:11:12.000Z

Hello

Im after some advice,

Ive been vegan for 1 week shy of 12 months.

Started eating 70/15/15 style for about 3 months now more 80/10/10 raw till4

Ive always had acne, it has cleared up a bit since becoming vegan probably gotten 70% better but i still get it.

Im getting married in 5 weeks and wanted to try banana Island to hopefully have clear skin. Not to impress anybody but myself. Im happy with my body, its just you'd think at 23 and a clean eating vegan it'll be gone for good.

I exercise regularly, cycle 2+ days a week and run 2+ times. Drink 2-3L of water

Id like to know peoples experience and what they recommend, Im in Melbourne, Australia and don't have a large variety of ripe sweet fruits at the moments so i was planning on having banana as my staple.
I was thinking of doing it for 4 weeks, beginning in 1 weeks time

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
David

VITAMIN A OVERDOSE? Seriously?

2015-07-24T11:23:34.000Z

My hands' and feet's sole are yellowish. I do rawtill4. 12 bananas, a lot of pineapple and rice, broccoli, lettuce leaves and lentis in one day. Doctor said me that vitamin A overdose can be very dangerous and can it can produce convulsions. And I argumented all the people that are on raw vegan and are athletes and how awesome they feel. I cured my eating disorder, my acne, my hair falling out, my constipation and I grew super strong nails. I don't think that we, rawtill4 or raw vegan people have overdose on vitamins. Any Ideas?

Waste of food!

2015-07-01T08:13:34.000Z

So I was just making myself a nice orange smoothie for breakfast because I saw a recipe somewhere that said it's good to blend oranges with their peel on. And I blended 5, and the taste was so bitter and bad I even sneezed! Then I added totally five bananas and some frozen mango, even some raw protein powder and carob but still couldn't hide that bitter taste.

Now my mouth is burning and tummy hurting (probably because of the food combining) and I just had to throw the whole smoothie away. I had no idea what else to put in there, and just the smell of it made me gag.

I feel bad about the bananas which I just wasted, also the oranges (but not so much;) and mangoes. This wasn't even the first time me throwing something I blended away, actually it was third within a week. Maybe I am just bad cook, even when I just throw things in a blender..

Have you ever had similar issues? I think I should just stick to the whole fruits and blend only nanas and dates.. Or buy them somewhere ready ;)

Low Energy on Rawtill4/HCLF

2015-06-26T20:31:01.000Z

Hey so I have been eating pretty much Rawtill4 (sometimes have fully raw days and (not very often) occasionally eating big salads or miso soup (yes sodium bleh) at lunch for the about last past month. I feel really low energy still though, even though I'm eating so much fruit during the day and sometimes the evening. Am I doing something wrong? Is it because of too much sodium? (I don't know if that factors or not heheh) Should I just stick with it and wait until my energy levels are up?

PICTURE OF CHAI NANA-ICE CREAM!!

5-7 frozen bananas+ piece of vanilla bean pod+ chai spice (cardamon, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, star anise)??

:) :) :) :)

Photo on 2015-06-23 at 11.21 AM #3.jpg

Perfect time to eat fruit before afternoon interval session??

2015-05-21T17:22:34.000Z

Hi there,

Been struggling to find a good time at which to eat my bananas and dates before my 4xmile workout. How many hours do you normally leave between eating and fast workouts? :)

Cheers,

Ciaran

Not Sleeping well During Banana Island

2015-05-14T18:01:05.000Z

I'm doing banana island because I'm having digestive issues and I have a lot of bananas. I haven't been sleeping well at all since I have started. I sleep until like 530-630 and can't get back to sleep and I would like to sleep for another 2-3 hours ): also my allergies have been horrible since I've started Dx is it a detox thing? I don't get it! What should I do?

What to do with a Plantain?

2015-05-11T09:42:59.000Z

Hi guys,

I've bought a plantain to try at is I always get the same bananas all the time (but plantains are more expensive).

Then It sort of dawned on me that you don't necessarily use plantains like mainstream bananas and most people use plantains in savoury recipe.

So I was thinking of maybe doing a curry sauce or something, but I wouldn't know what would work… So do you guys have any nice and simply savoury plantain recipes ? Or do you just eat them raw like any other banana?

May your day be full of carbs!

PS: it's very ripe, yellow and "spotted", not green :)

Produce delivery - CHEAP!

2015-03-05T01:22:09.000Z

Hey fruit people!

A few years ago I made this post in the SF Bay Area forum, and a lot of people were interested. Now I think it's helpful to more folks. There's an A-MAZING grocery delivery startup that is expanding to major cities across the US!

It has been life changing for fruit munchers like me and my wife. Prices seem on par with most grocery stores, maybe a little markup. Here in the Bay Area, you can order items from Whole Foods, Safeway, Costco, Rainbow Grocery (our local vegetarian grocer), some other local stores, even Petco. You can select custom quantities, down to the individual banana! Seemingly reasonable delivery charges and low minimum orders! For instance, all orders over $35 only cost $4 to deliver within 2 HOURS! We decided to do the annual subscription ($100/year) for free delivery because we use it so much.

Here's my link: http://inst.cr/t/VqpyJq

Full disclosure - I get $10 if you sign up with my link, but you also get $10 and a free delivery to try it out.

We've definitely used this to simplify our banana rotation. When buying by the box and shopping less frequently, we didn't always eat bananas at the perfect spotty ripeness and/or ended up freezing some.

From what I can see, looks like they are in Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, Denver, Houston, Austin, Chicago, Atlanta, DC, Philly, NYC, Boston

Would love to know if this helps anyone!

Cheers!

Ryan

Banana Ice Cream Recipe

2015-02-28T16:48:19.000Z

I posted a banana ice cream (nice cream) recipe video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmbv6bTsZiA&feature=youtube_gdata_playerIf you watch let me know what you think, and pass it around to people you know who may be big on non-vegan ice cream as an alternative.What are your favorite ways to make banana ice cream? (Process, ingredients)Thanks and peace,

MRI of banana video

2015-02-26T23:44:57.000Z

Did anyone see this? Thought it was pretty cool.

http://fbcdn-video-e-a.akamaihd.net/hvideo-ak-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/10942630_10153043896768518_1053142851_n.mp4?rl=1119&vabr=622&oh=4b4ebcbdc77a1931f198df65c09b8b65&oe=54EFD809&__gda__=1425003804_0051ab4fd5b45695f022f6e00f803af5

Frozen Bananas

2015-01-26T04:24:56.000Z

Hey guys,

A question from South Africa.

I would like to know if Freezing my ripe bananas for smoothie breakfast convenience is nutritionally a good idea? I can get bananas at wholesale price but need to buy 100 at a time. So the freezing option works very well for me, but it is optimal?

Are there any nutritional downsides to freezing these little rascals?

So far they keep very well and make the smoothie nice and cold.

Replacement for Bananas?!??

2015-01-06T15:57:57.000Z

Hey, gonna keep it short and sweet. Just starting out on a raw vegan diet. I'm a big guy and need a lot of calories throughout the day so I usually rely on huge banana smoothies for my main calorie source, but bananas aren't always available in Poland. I'd like to hear from people on what their back up food is for getting in those high calorie meals.

Freelee and Durianrider Bullies?

2015-01-04T21:14:24.000Z

Sharing My Comments and Criticisms this video has added comedy n talk on some serious issues

Transition or cold turkey?

2015-01-01T18:28:30.000Z

I'm ready to start this HCRV diet, but I was wondering if I should transition into it slowly or start eating strict 811 right away? I'd like to go cold turkey but I'm wondering if it will cause violent detox symptoms. I've just started adding more raw fruit to my diet and already I'm experiencing some digestive upsets that I didn't have even when my diet was at its worst. I'd like them to stop because they're of the "stinky" variety. Does anyone have an idea of why this might be happening, and of how I should start incorporating this lifestyle? I was thinking of doing banana island for two weeks. Is starting banana island so abruptly a good idea?

Sluggish after breakfast

2014-12-13T10:23:43.000Z

So I just had my breakfast 1 hour ago. I had a smoothie with 8 mazafati fresh raw dates 316 calories and 3 medium bananas 315 calories which brings it to a total of 631 calories. I felt awesome before I had it but around 30 minutes after I got really sluggish and tired.

When I don't eat breakfast I feel amazing but when I have it I feel like !@#$. Anyone relate?

Party, Foods, Bloating

2014-10-30T19:32:53.000Z

Okay so I'm going to make this quick.
Whats the best thing to eat on a night out? I dont want to bloat or look 'fat' in my outfit so i know not to eat anything high in salt etc
I know fruit is probably the best thing to eat as its fast/easily digestible but what fruit is the question?
sweet fruits like bananas? or acid fruits like oranges n pineapples?
I know this isn't a good way to go about it but hey its one night. :')

OR

Would it be good to eat a salad? (no corn or anything high-starchy added)

Tropical Wholefoods Dried Banana Chips

2014-09-19T21:42:39.000Z

just a question, Tropical Wholefoods Dried Banana Chips
has anyone ever heard of them? i had them today
organic, all that good stuff, ingredients: banana
literally nothing else - which is great as theres nothing worse when you get 'bananas, sulfur dioxide, sugar, shit, shit and more shit!'
but yeah my question is, would you say they're okay to eat? or would you not eat them..are they bad? would they put weight on me? i think its a good snack for me when at work or in general when out, i have my bananas in the morning with my smoothie so i dont know );
i'm freaking out
i just need to know that its okay to eat these and that im not having too many bananas in one day or sugar or that i'd put on weight

THANKS xx

This is just the beginning...

2014-09-19T01:36:36.000Z

Hi everybody!

I am new to this lifestyle and loving it! Since everyone around me is pretty critical about it, I thought I'd join this community. Tomorrow, I will be taking a trip to banana island for the first time. I'm not sure for how long yet... Any advice, feelings, stories about it? I would love to hear about anyone's experience!

P.S. Anyone from Montreal?

Too many ripe bananas?!

2014-09-01T21:16:03.000Z

Hi everyone!

I am kind of freaking out... I bought a 40lb case of bananas on Friday and was so excited! I started banana island on Sunday, not really planning on it/not sure how long I really want to go. I really just wanted to try it for a few days and see what it feels like and what everyone is talking about with their own experiences.

So here is the problem... my 40lb case is ripe, nearly all of them. There are less since I ate about 15 sunday, and so far 11 today, but I do not know how I am going to eat the rest without them going beyond ripe. I have frozen alot already too.

Anyone else deal with too many ripe ones? I know a dumb problem, since we want all our fruit to be perfectly ripe, but there is a max right???

Losing WEIGHT On Pepsi

2014-09-01T09:56:49.000Z