WHY SHOULD YOU NEVER EAT BANANAS AT BREAKFAST?
If you are used to grabbing a banana as your on-the-go breakfast when you don’t have time to sit down, we’re about to break some terrible news to you: it’s really not a good option if you’re trying to watch your weight.
Yes, bananas are full of vitamins and minerals, but what is lesser known is that it has a surprisingly high content of sugar too: 25%. This will give you a quick boost of energy, but that boost will disappear in no time, leaving you tired and hungry long before lunch.
To break it down a little simpler, this sugar crash would be about the same intensity as if you had eaten some cookies, for example, for your “most important meal of the day”, with the only difference being that bananas also contain some beneficial nutrients such as fiber, minerals, and vitamins.
WHY SHOULD YOU NEVER EAT BANANAS AT BREAKFAST?
Another reason against bananas for breakfast is that, when you have them on an empty stomach, the high amount of magnesium they contain is absorbed very quickly by your body, which puts extra strain on your heart.
Because of this, doctors recommend combining it with some kind of fatty food or healthy spices to counteract the possible negative effects.
WHY SHOULD YOU NEVER EAT BANANAS AT BREAKFAST?
Here’s a trick to take advantage of all the benefits of bananas, but to avoid getting hungry or crashing soon after eating it: consume it along with a food that is rich in healthy fats and spices (such as salmon, coconut oil, almonds, or seeds such as chia, cinnamon, or turmeric).
The combination with these foods will help to slow down the sugar metabolization and help you avoid those insulin spikes that lead to dangerous snacking.
WHY SHOULD YOU NEVER EAT BANANAS AT BREAKFAST?
By eating banana in combination with these other foods, you’ll also neutralize one other surprising effect they can cause: although it seems contradictory to our common beliefs, bananas are actually quite acidic. This can hinder proper digestion.
So, if you thought you were being easy on your stomach by eating a banana instead of a citrus-y fruit such as an orange, you were actually very wrong. The reason for bananas’ acidity? Again, their high sugar content.
