Bananas!!!!!!!!!!!

[JKurz1]

It's not that bad, fruits for the most part are filled with antioxidants, micro nutrients, fiber and yes some sugar. However about 30% of the sugar is Fructose, meaning that a Banana with 33g of carbs would have 9g of Fructose. When Hypocaloric (cutting) you glycogen (Muscle and Liver) stores will never be filled, so eat up as long as you can fit the cals into you day. Most fruits are low GI as well, which is another positive. Although a few are hi GI, watermelom etc..

 

[mrzap]

I was always under the impression that most fruit was "free" calories. In other words, it burned more calories digesting it than it contained.

I think you are thinking of vegetables like lettuce, celery, brocolli, etc.

 

[mrzap]

I eat a banana first thing in the morning before I hit the gym so I have some fuel and potassium in me.

 

[VictorBR]

It's not that bad, fruits for the most part are filled with antioxidants, micro nutrients, fiber and yes some sugar. However about 30% of the sugar is Fructose, meaning that a Banana with 33g of carbs would have 9g of Fructose. When Hypocaloric (cutting) you glycogen (Muscle and Liver) stores will never be filled, so eat up as long as you can fit the cals into you day. Most fruits are low GI as well, which is another positive. Although a few are hi GI, watermelom etc..

>>> Like I said , antioxidants , fiber , vitamins , minerals , we all have pills for that . And to the guy that asked if it is not better to get it from food instead of pills , no it is not , it has been proved that the effects are the exact SAME . So ...

Back to bananas , you are wrong about the ratio , 33 g of carbs which will give you around 15 g of fructose and 17 g of GLUCOSE . That is 33 g of SUGAR . Most of the fruits are like that , so , 99 % of the FRUITS are HIGH GLYCEMIC CARBS , I really don't know where did you get the idea of fruits being LOW GLYCEMIC . Fruits are high glycemic but they don't make you release that much insulin just like honey so they won't make you fat though , but I still don't see the point .

One could argue that since it fills liver glycogen it helps t4 conversion to t3 , and that would be good for fat loss , but still ...I would not use fruits when trying to get CUT , and neither when bulking .

So , it will help FILL LIVER AND MUSCLE GLYCOGEN . YES it will , but my MAIN concern is FILL my muscles glycogen ONLY , specially when cutting . So , why the hell I will eat something that will ALSO fill up my LIVER glycogen ???

NO POINT .


Victor

 

[david_diesel]

Victor
FYI, bananas are a 51 on the GI scale which is considered low GI.

I guess it all boils down to preference and what works for you (us). If you like swallowing handfuls of pills and are "that" sensitive to the sugar from a banana then by all means do so. For a skinny shit like me, I'll take the banana

BTW stats are 5'8" 165lbs 9%

 

[bigdho]

The last diet I had designed for me called for 4 banannas ED.

 

[bigdho]

Btw 6'4 294 13%

 

[chewyxrage]

I always eat 1 nana a day in meal #2 pre-workout shake (oats,whey,anpb,milk,nana).

They are soo damn good too

 

[borg4902]

Dude my trainer eats 7 hot dogs per sitting and pizza 5x a week. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PERSON. PERIOD!!!!!!! Some will have a problem some wount, when bulking many people will gain a substancial amount of fat. Thats just the way it is. It all depends on you goals, do you want to be a body builder or a fitness model. The only ting it will change is cosmetic. If your looking for a good filler calorie eat up. Hell I just had 2 banana's and a tub of rasins (the 24oz) one's and yes I will gain fat. But I dont care. I will gain strength witch is more important to me at this point.