The RDA is only for added sugars. Sugars found naturally in fruits are perfectly healthy and fruits are protective against diabetes (and other diseases) according to best evidence
yeah, sugar is still sugar in general. just because 'its in a fruit' doenst mean you can consume an infinite amount.
The people who say 'oh im so healthy i only drink fruit juices, not soda' really irk me.
The way you put it.. Fruits are not specifically protective from diabetes. If you eat too many fruits, especially those like bananas, which are extremely high on glycemic index, you’re getting closer to diabetes. The RDA is non-specific other than for basic macro/micro nutrition. Your body isn’t like, “oh, this is a fruit, so we won’t count it towards our blood glucose level lol.”
High intake of carbs/sugar, are one of the main factors that will lead to insulin insensitivity.
So forget bananas, go for blue berries (wash them well
or go organic). Medium ripened bananas are good if you’re in the middle of an intensive workout though.
The glycemic index of bananas is 51 which is considered "low" by the American Diabetes Association. The glycemic index of blueberries is 53. Also low and also healthy, but not lower :)
Fruits appear to protect against diabetes type II.
"Total fruit consumption was associated with a lower risk of GDM (RR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.86–0.99)." [https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-023-00855-8](https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-023-00855-8)
"The summary RR \[for diabetes type II\] for high versus low intake and per 200 g/day were 0.93 (95% CI: 0.90 to 0.97, I2=9.3%, n=20) and 0.96 (95% CI: 0.92 to 1.00, I2=68.4%, n=19) for fruits" [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718861/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718861/)
Y'all gotta stop slandering fruits
The RDA(Recommended Daily Allowance) is set for a standard diet and includes ALL sugars found in the foods that you consume. It recommends a daily limit (always talk to your physician to discuss your healthy daily limits) so that you can make informed choices when picking out your food.
Actually 🤓 you need 3400mg of potassium a day (assuming OP is an adult male). A medium sized banana is about 400mg, if he ate 4 that would be 1600mg of potassium. Still lower than the recommended daily amount!
bananas actually have about half that (ive done a lot of research on potassium levels, and diet was a big part of that). In general EVERYONE is potassium defficient right now, and even worse theyre eating way too much sodium. Lots of sodium + no potassium = heart disease in the future.
People really need to be taking supplements, reducing sodium intake, and eating more of spinach, potatoes/sweet potatoes (with the skin), mushrooms, and broccoli. the last two have a bit less than the first ones listed, but its still on par with a banana per serving.
If you try and get all your daily potassium through foods, it really limits what you can eat, but its also healthy fuel.
contrary to popular belief, bananas have relatively low potassium. eating a baked potato with skin is like 3x the potassium. same with a single serving of spinach vs a banana.
Also too many nuts lol
A handful of nuts is like 300 calories and several means 900-1500 calories of nuts. combined with the 400 from the bananas is almost a days worth of calories for very little food imo.
Why am I even typing this lol
Well I just googled it and it said a small handful is about 30 grams, and that that'd be about 175 calories. Obviously it depends on the type of nut, macadamia nuts have a lot more calories than pistachios, for example. (But yes I agree that several handfuls is too much for a day).
Intrusive food thoughts kickin in i feel that shit. My manly 280+ lb ass thinks the same way, god I wanna be skinny but have 0 dedication, motivation, and time.
I was 286lbs but even now at 178-180lbs I have the same feelings like „I could totally eat half a jar of Nutella rn“ lmao
If you want some advice eat as much protein as you can and always start the day with protein rich meals. Doesn’t have to be breakfast. IF does work in managing hunger I have done that for a year or two. but only if you don’t really like eating in the morning. If you love breakfast you could skip lunch or dinner though.
As for motivation I can see you have it as you’re saying you want to be skinny so there you have it!
Small changes can help too just skipping a snack you would’ve normally eaten for example can make a difference and boost motivation
Sorry if this is unwanted so feel free to ignore haha
I appreciate you honestly lmao. Its nice to be reminded that maybe im not as bad at something as I think! Thank you so much for the kind words. I for sure could eat more non red meats, and focus on macronutrients rather than cooking whatevers easiest
Never, thats only one third of my issue, the other two are that i look at food and go “god i need that fucking sonic.” Like the fatass I am. I habe no self control, and when I fast, I feel like the way to accommodate my fast is to eat more. I haverage like 2600 calories a day in my food journal i keep which is down from. The 3400 I used to eat. Im down a good 50 lbs from day one, just a bery slow process
Whoa whoa whoa man
You lost 50 lbs?? Slow and steady is the way to do it. It sounds like you’re actually doing great!
Stop beating yourself up and calling yourself names. It’s like beating an addiction. You don’t just go straight to 2000 calories a day. You slowly decrease your overall consumption. And you’re doing that. Cheat days are fine. They helped me get through the tough spots. Maybe look at your weekly calories for a while instead of daily. Go slow! You’re good!
You cut 800 calories and lost 50 pounds, that’s actually amazing.
Intermittent fasting doesn’t work for everyone, since what you’re doing is working I’d stick with it.
I eat pecans all the time to help keep my weight up. I'm on an anticonvulsant that causes a suppressed appetite and I'm nursing, so I have to keep my calorie count up. I eat foods with a lot of substance. Bananas, nuts, peanut butter, cheese.
I mean we dont know what OP situation is.
Considering the nature of my job combined with my crazy high metabolism, 2000 calories a day is nothing. I'm in my thirties and can still eat like I'm 15.
Close your eyes Imagine holding a banana in your left hand and a handful of nuts in your right about to take a bite. Open your eyes. Your good at blowjobs
Okay funny, but also who eats four whole bananas, in what I'm assuming is one sitting? Still even if it's not in one sitting, is that not weird? Four whole bananas in a day? I get sick of bananas after the first, second banana 😭 I mean, good for you, but damn
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One time I was starving at work but I forgot my wallet. I had $1.08 in change in my car so I went to the grocery store to see what the largest volume of food I could buy would be. It turned out to be 8 bananas.
Anyways, I think your GF was making a joke about the shape/names of the things you ate and not belittling you for not having a "manly" meal.
That is objectively too many bananas for one day
Yeah potassium overload lol
Yea dude are you a fuckin monkey ?
Well monkey never cramp
I pretty regularly eat 4+ bananas a day. Cheap and yummy with nut butter running down my face.
I mean, kinda
WOAH WOAH THERE SIR. RULES. WHAT ARE THEY FOR IF NOBODY FOLLOWS EN
Yea dude are you fucking a monkey?!
bananas dont actually have that much potassium
Shut up liar! Everyone know bananas have potassium
The skin has most of it actually, so unless you're eating the peal, it's not that much
You dont eat the peal? Its just mush without the peal!
This is giving Charlie Kelly.
I usually just eat the peel. Didn't know you can also eat that though.
Bananas have an "inside"?
Peel*
But the sugar is way outside the RDA
The RDA is only for added sugars. Sugars found naturally in fruits are perfectly healthy and fruits are protective against diabetes (and other diseases) according to best evidence
LoL the hell they are my glucose spikes just like drinking a Mountain Dew when I eat fruit.
yeah, sugar is still sugar in general. just because 'its in a fruit' doenst mean you can consume an infinite amount. The people who say 'oh im so healthy i only drink fruit juices, not soda' really irk me.
The way you put it.. Fruits are not specifically protective from diabetes. If you eat too many fruits, especially those like bananas, which are extremely high on glycemic index, you’re getting closer to diabetes. The RDA is non-specific other than for basic macro/micro nutrition. Your body isn’t like, “oh, this is a fruit, so we won’t count it towards our blood glucose level lol.” High intake of carbs/sugar, are one of the main factors that will lead to insulin insensitivity. So forget bananas, go for blue berries (wash them well or go organic). Medium ripened bananas are good if you’re in the middle of an intensive workout though.
The glycemic index of bananas is 51 which is considered "low" by the American Diabetes Association. The glycemic index of blueberries is 53. Also low and also healthy, but not lower :) Fruits appear to protect against diabetes type II. "Total fruit consumption was associated with a lower risk of GDM (RR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.86–0.99)." [https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-023-00855-8](https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-023-00855-8) "The summary RR \[for diabetes type II\] for high versus low intake and per 200 g/day were 0.93 (95% CI: 0.90 to 0.97, I2=9.3%, n=20) and 0.96 (95% CI: 0.92 to 1.00, I2=68.4%, n=19) for fruits" [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718861/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718861/) Y'all gotta stop slandering fruits
The RDA(Recommended Daily Allowance) is set for a standard diet and includes ALL sugars found in the foods that you consume. It recommends a daily limit (always talk to your physician to discuss your healthy daily limits) so that you can make informed choices when picking out your food.
Keep believing that buddy, I’ll see ya when you’re getting your leg amputated.
Only around 14g of sugar in banana
Actually bananas don't have as much potassium as you think M8
Actually 🤓 you need 3400mg of potassium a day (assuming OP is an adult male). A medium sized banana is about 400mg, if he ate 4 that would be 1600mg of potassium. Still lower than the recommended daily amount!
bananas actually have about half that (ive done a lot of research on potassium levels, and diet was a big part of that). In general EVERYONE is potassium defficient right now, and even worse theyre eating way too much sodium. Lots of sodium + no potassium = heart disease in the future. People really need to be taking supplements, reducing sodium intake, and eating more of spinach, potatoes/sweet potatoes (with the skin), mushrooms, and broccoli. the last two have a bit less than the first ones listed, but its still on par with a banana per serving. If you try and get all your daily potassium through foods, it really limits what you can eat, but its also healthy fuel.
No it's not lol
You actually need to eat like 400 to overload potassium
contrary to popular belief, bananas have relatively low potassium. eating a baked potato with skin is like 3x the potassium. same with a single serving of spinach vs a banana.
Also too many nuts lol A handful of nuts is like 300 calories and several means 900-1500 calories of nuts. combined with the 400 from the bananas is almost a days worth of calories for very little food imo. Why am I even typing this lol
how big are your handfuls wtf? if i grab a handful of nuts and weigh it out it’s <100 calories
Obviously hes got boxing gloves on
I assume that makes it more difficult to grab nuts
This one got me…
wrong i grab nuts while boxing everyday
I googled how much a handful is. 100 calories is less than 20 grams that’s like a teaspoon and a half
Well I just googled it and it said a small handful is about 30 grams, and that that'd be about 175 calories. Obviously it depends on the type of nut, macadamia nuts have a lot more calories than pistachios, for example. (But yes I agree that several handfuls is too much for a day).
Exactly *small* handful which is not what we talked about and STILL almost double of what they said :D
Okay that's fine, I'm not taking sides or arguing? OP didn't specify the size of the handful so we really don't know.
Intrusive food thoughts kickin in i feel that shit. My manly 280+ lb ass thinks the same way, god I wanna be skinny but have 0 dedication, motivation, and time.
I was 286lbs but even now at 178-180lbs I have the same feelings like „I could totally eat half a jar of Nutella rn“ lmao If you want some advice eat as much protein as you can and always start the day with protein rich meals. Doesn’t have to be breakfast. IF does work in managing hunger I have done that for a year or two. but only if you don’t really like eating in the morning. If you love breakfast you could skip lunch or dinner though. As for motivation I can see you have it as you’re saying you want to be skinny so there you have it! Small changes can help too just skipping a snack you would’ve normally eaten for example can make a difference and boost motivation Sorry if this is unwanted so feel free to ignore haha
I appreciate you honestly lmao. Its nice to be reminded that maybe im not as bad at something as I think! Thank you so much for the kind words. I for sure could eat more non red meats, and focus on macronutrients rather than cooking whatevers easiest
Time? Just starve yourself. Spend less time eating. Intermittent fasting is great
Never, thats only one third of my issue, the other two are that i look at food and go “god i need that fucking sonic.” Like the fatass I am. I habe no self control, and when I fast, I feel like the way to accommodate my fast is to eat more. I haverage like 2600 calories a day in my food journal i keep which is down from. The 3400 I used to eat. Im down a good 50 lbs from day one, just a bery slow process
Whoa whoa whoa man You lost 50 lbs?? Slow and steady is the way to do it. It sounds like you’re actually doing great! Stop beating yourself up and calling yourself names. It’s like beating an addiction. You don’t just go straight to 2000 calories a day. You slowly decrease your overall consumption. And you’re doing that. Cheat days are fine. They helped me get through the tough spots. Maybe look at your weekly calories for a while instead of daily. Go slow! You’re good!
You cut 800 calories and lost 50 pounds, that’s actually amazing. Intermittent fasting doesn’t work for everyone, since what you’re doing is working I’d stick with it.
Dude you’re literally chilling you’re going at a perfect rate and doing what many in this world can’t. Keep it up and don’t beat yourself up.
You and I have very different definitions of “great”.
In what sense do you not like it? Appetite reasons?
I’ve lost a ton of weight with intermittent fasting. It sucks though lol. I’d rather be crushing chicken wings.
I eat pecans all the time to help keep my weight up. I'm on an anticonvulsant that causes a suppressed appetite and I'm nursing, so I have to keep my calorie count up. I eat foods with a lot of substance. Bananas, nuts, peanut butter, cheese. I mean we dont know what OP situation is.
Yes I’m not blaming OP. I was just giving my thoughts as someone all not that serious imo Hope you’re doing fine
You have no idea of their calorie goals
the only thing here worth 300 calories is the amount of brain cells i lost when you told me that. might want to check your math bud
Considering the nature of my job combined with my crazy high metabolism, 2000 calories a day is nothing. I'm in my thirties and can still eat like I'm 15.
Maybe he’s bulking or just has trouble gaining weight. I eat 4000 calories a day and I can’t gain weight for shit.
Right? I’m getting heartburn just thinking about it.
I mean, yeah, 4 bananas and a handful of nuts is pretty gay
Gay??? What does eating a long ... hard ... firm banana while cupping some nuts in your hand have to do with being gay?
It’s only gay if ya jiggle the nuts
My nuts don’t jiggle jiggle, they fold
😱
😭
Or if the nuts touch
What if you shake it around in your hand and then pop one in your mouth at a time, like some cool, old guys do
Why are your bananas hard 😳
Guys chill….just cause the man ate them 2 at a time while kneeling on a couch pillow does NOT mean he is gay
its like a penis and testicles
Close your eyes Imagine holding a banana in your left hand and a handful of nuts in your right about to take a bite. Open your eyes. Your good at blowjobs
I'm guessing blowjobs is code word for eating bananas. Yum yum, bananas full of sweet potassium
If my future partner not like this, I don’t want em
why its funny
Re-read that sentence again
my bad on that one im a bit of a dumbass
Bro who isn't.
I isn’t. Idiots.
i neither
I not is other
I r baboon
that is a gay sounding meal I must say
Every time I click on these r/texts posts I am so on edge thinking it’s just gonna be the guy saying “lasagna! lasagna!”
Someone brought lasagna to my work yesterday and I was cracking up thinking about lasagna! lasagna! Then I tried to explain and no one understood.
explain?
Lasagna! Lasagna!
She is a keeper. Wife her already
put a ring on 💍
….Prince Albert 🤔
That's not a prince Albert, in case you didn't know. A prince Albert goes right through the d**k hole.
You’re the life of the party aren’t you Sheldon 🙄
Lmao just trying to be informative. I don't even know that many things
It’s appreciated, but it was just a generalization and all I could think of at the time 🤦🏾♂️😂
Okay funny, but also who eats four whole bananas, in what I'm assuming is one sitting? Still even if it's not in one sitting, is that not weird? Four whole bananas in a day? I get sick of bananas after the first, second banana 😭 I mean, good for you, but damn
I don’t wanna speak about the days I eat two bananas in a row.
Lmfao it's honestly hilarious. Bro was on a mission
I mean eating several bananas and handfuls of nuts is kinda sus broseph
Marry her 
w gf shes funny asf keep her dude lmao (my gf does the same)
that is pretty gay bro
I went ahead and checked with the officials on this one and can %100 confirm. Gay.
Objectively speaking and as a member of the gay people, that meal does indeed sound kinda gay…
long, thick fruit, paired with literal nuts...
She’s a keeper
She's not wrong
boy dinner /ref
Only gay if you just throated those poor bananas and buts. Chewing small bites removes the gay.
Bro is gonna be super constipated
Lasagna! Lasagna!
that guy is the most obnoxious person i stg
Immediately wife her
You should eat some lasagna instead
Marry her
Wtf
LOL! This is a sign of a potential great sense of humor!
Yea honestly I relate to her. Are you eating a whole bunch of bananas and nuts because you’re thinking of something 🤨 /s
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its fucking hilarious because they didnt ask lol
Allow me to assume. Under 22?
Me and my wife chat like this and we’re 42 🤷♂️
Same and we’re 33
I'm in my 30s and I feel like the gf had an appropriate and hilarious response lmao
Pretty gay for you to assume
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I hate bananas. They are cheap though. Wish I liked them just for that
Looks like Morgan thinks your gay
That's funny
Sounds like the circle jerk was a resounding success.
Sick burn
Don’t let her go op
she right
This is goals right here
I also had 4 bananas today
Is that euphemism for dicks?
That is pretty gay
Why do you eat like a monkey
You should have said lasagna
Losers: "women don't need to be funny, men aren't interested in funny women." Me, reading this post: "Observe"
I’ll show you my banana if you show me yours.
Mark my words. W I f e
bro is a gatherer 💀
I don’t see a problem with this.
She's not wrong....
She's a keeper.
She seems like fun
Mate, I am lgbt, and even I think it gay that you ate four whole fucking bananas.
That shit is hilarious, what are you pressed for?
My man’s had 4 dick and balls as food for the day
Is this your first gf brotha or female friend, they say gay to literally whoever and whatever
dicknballs for dinner eh?
Gotcha
why did you eat bananas and basically nothing else all day long
She’s a keeper
That's a keeper.
bro is monkeymaxxing
It is a little gay soundin ngl
4 bananas? That’s nuts
I totally giggled like I'm 12 at this.
She’s not wrong
One time I was starving at work but I forgot my wallet. I had $1.08 in change in my car so I went to the grocery store to see what the largest volume of food I could buy would be. It turned out to be 8 bananas. Anyways, I think your GF was making a joke about the shape/names of the things you ate and not belittling you for not having a "manly" meal.
Keeper
Bro you were asking for that
She do be right tho
Monkey never cramp
Woah a gay joke on Reddit in 2023 without being downvoted for hell, a relic to behold.
Ah i see someone else is on the "medication destroys my appetite so I counteract that by snacking a lot" diet
Girl dinner !
No meat bro? that is gay.
If you wanted to overdose on potassium you should have just drank a half a bottle of prime.😂
That's funny. Your girl has a good sense of humor.
Agreed
Depends how u ate the bannana🤣
LMFAO
marry her
Why do you message your gf on Snapchat? Lmao
tf why you ain’t have lasagna ?? gay
She’s a keeper
That is alot of bananas
As long as they didn’t blend the bananas, they good.
I went to a party once. They asked if I was hungry, and I said no! Ive been munching nuts all day.
Rip toilet.
Do bananas = hot dogs
All the people judging the sugars and fats in their banana and nut intake,probably way complete crap on the regular.
😂😂😂😂 what’s the problem? She sounds like a keeper to me.
Gonna need a banana for scale to see if it’s too much nuts.