How many calories in a banana
How many calories in a yummy fruit banana?
Calories in a banana is dedicated to useful information about all you wanted to know about banana calories and banana dieting. We all heard that bananas is not the least fattening fruit out there. But it is so nutritious!
Calories in a banana depends on the size of a fruit.
Small Banana that weights about 100 grams, lengh between six and seven inches in length contain 95 calories
Medium Banana between seven and eight inches in length and weight 120 gram contain about 104 calories
Large Banana is eight to nine inches in length on average with weight of 135 gram has 122 calories
If a banana is even bigger you can add up about 20-25 calories every two inches / 20 grams of a fruit.
Why banana contains calories?
Calories in a banana comes from carbohydrates. The more yellow / brown banana is the more calories it contains. That means that not ripened banana, green colored, has least amount of calories. Which also mean that it is not sweet yet and not tasty.
Banana Diet
Don't be surprised, there is such thing as Banana Diet and it's quite popular.
Banana Diet was born in Japan 2008. When the secret of this diet was released Japan got hit by a banana shortage. This happens because everybody wanted to try new diet out ran to nearest grocery stores to buy all bananas they could.
Banana Diet was created by doctor Hitoshi Watanabe and his wife Sumiko who is a pharmacist. They called it "Morning Banana Diet".
Banana Diet founders claimed even banana has lots of calories, eating only bananas for breakfast and only drinking room temperature water in the morning will make you loose weight, no matter what you are eating for the rest of the day.
Morning Banana Diet
To follow Bananas Diet, fruits must be raw, not cooked and not frozen.
Breakfast: Have 1 or more bananas (as many as desired until full). Drink one glass warm water
Lunch: Have a meal of choice and later afternoon snack.
Dinner: Have a meal of choice but not later than 8 pm. No dessert!
Eat to feel full at 80%. Never eat too much.
Alcohol is not allowed during this diet.
How Banana Diet works:
Anybody who is trying to loose weight very well knows that dieting is not a mhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifagic.
Let's see scientific explanation why Banana Diet can help you to loose weight.
- Bananas improve digestion and metabolism
- They are high in type of fiber that promote the feeling of fullness and may block the absorption carbohydrates
- Not eating after 8 pm reduce tendency for late night snacking on high calorie foods
- Bananas are a nutritious fruits that contain fiber, vitamins B6, vitamin C and potassium
- Avoiding caffeine at breakfast leads to more stable blood glucose levels
- Every day breakfast increase metabolism and reduce chance of overeating later in the day
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