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Don't taste very nice but are they still good for you?
They're not completely green, they're kind of half green, half yellow.
They're not completely green, they're kind of half green, half yellow.
Potassium is an element so it is either present or it isn't - ripening isn't going to mysteriously create or destroy it!yello said:Certainly less sugar, as I only found out earlier today! I don't know about potassium though. I'll let google be my friend.
ColinJ said:I don't like green bananas either! I don't know about the health benefits of them relative to ripe bananas.
I read a tip for speeding up ripening which I think seems to work:
Apples give off a gas which helps ripen bananas so mix green bananas and apples in a plastic bag and keep in a fairly warm place.
I've been trying it and I think it is working. Bananas which probably wouldn't have been ripe for 5 days seem to be ripe in 3. Ones that would have taken 3 days take 2. I suppose I should split a bunch of green bananas into two smaller bunches, only put one lot in with some apples and compare results after a few days.
ColinJ said:Potassium is an element so it is either present or it isn't
bauldbairn said:I think I've heard mentioned that there's more potassium and less sugar in the green ones???????
Some nutritionist chap/ess will put us right!
ColinJ said:Potassium is an element so it is either present or it isn't - ripening isn't going to mysteriously create or destroy it!
ColinJ said:I read a tip for speeding up ripening which I think seems to work:
Apples give off a gas which helps ripen bananas so mix green bananas and apples in a plastic bag and keep in a fairly warm place.
I've been trying it and I think it is working. Bananas which probably wouldn't have been ripe for 5 days seem to be ripe in 3. Ones that would have taken 3 days take 2. I suppose I should split a bunch of green bananas into two smaller bunches, only put one lot in with some apples and compare results after a few days.
yello said:Bananas are an excellent food, good for all manner of ills, and a particularly good source of potassium - amongst other things.
longers said:OT but dates apparently contain more potassium than nanas.
(Elements are only created or destroyed in nuclear reactions, not in chemical reactions such as ripening.)ColinJ said:Potassium is an element so it is either present or it isn't - ripening isn't going to mysteriously create or destroy it!
What I meant was that there is the same amount of potassium in a ripe banana as in the same banana before it ripened (unless some sort of gas containing potassium is given off during the ripening process).yello said:Eh? Can you explain that. The question concerned the level of potassium in bananas, not whether it contains it or not.
...implied that the potassium level might be changing as well as the sugar level.bauldbairn said:I think I've heard mentioned that there's more potassium and less sugar in the green ones???????
... as meaning that you didn't know either.yello said:The starch turns to sugar as it ripens. I don't know about potassium though. I'll let google be my friend.
I agree that bananas are a good source of potassium and I eat one every day, but I prefer them to be ripe!yello said:Bananas are an excellent food, good for all manner of ills, and a particularly good source of potassium - amongst other things.
longers said:OT but dates apparently contain more potassium than nanas.
ColinJ said:Elements are only created or destroyed in nuclear reactions, not in chemical reactions such as ripening.
magnatom said:bananas certainly have potassium, but are not particularly high in it. Bit of an urban myth I believe.