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Submitted ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mmmm@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bananas are way overrated. Not nearly as much potassium as potatoes. As far as fruits go, they are lower fiber, high sugar (aka the not good kind of carbs).

    And you know how they turn brown quickly after being exposed to air? That process virtually eliminates the absorption of any sources of antioxidants that it might be mixed with. Like adding bananas to your smoothies? If you were hoping for health benefits, you just wasted your money.

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    • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I am not a moron lol, I add the banana to my smoothie as a sweetener and to make it creamy, I add the spinach leaves, chia seeds, flax seeds and walnuts for health, along with a bunch of protein

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  • bizarroland@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We are one minor mutation of a common banana disease away from having to get an entirely new kind of banana, and frankly we are not prepared for that.

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    • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      bananas are mid anyway, like red apples. nothing of value lost

      they dont even have a lot of potassium, you’d have to eat like 70 bananas to get rdv of potassium.

      you want rdv potassium (or most any other vitamin) you need to eat fucking vegetables

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      • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You have to eat approximately 10 bananas for rdv of potassium.

        rdv for potassium is 4500mg. A banana contains approximately 420-550mg of potassium.

        While 70 bananas is probably not going to kill you, ld50 for potassium is 2500mg/kg, that much potassium can exacerbate some heart problems.

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      • bizarroland@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Two words: banana bread.

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  • tino@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    one bad thing: chlordecone

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  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What’s with the weird censoring of the post metadata? Do we not want to credit the original poster for some reason?

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    • Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Its a thing on a lot of forums, no identifying information blah blah blah… So reposts such as this will often be edited to high hell lol.

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    • m532@lemmygrad.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Post metadata gets automatically removed so people don’t accidentally dox themselves

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  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ray Comfort: DID SOMEONE SAY BUNANUHR?!

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  • Shrubbery@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    • comes in its own wrapper
    • zero mess, zero cleanup, zero prep

    Choose one.

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    • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wrapper is edible though

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      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        After all the chemical treatment? Sorry, no.

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    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wrapper is totally biodegradable. Just toss it.

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  • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I strongly dislike their taste and am allergic to them, but yeah that are individual problems. Also… why is high kalium so important?

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because you can make explosives out of that.

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    • MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Aside from the explosions I think kalium a good precaution against cramps in sports.

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Potato and cauliflower are both higher in potassium btw

    Potato is a real superfood

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  • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Cavendish banana is a monoculture that your grandkids will never know, the same way that you’ve (very probably) never had a Gros Michel.

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    • bobo@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The Cavendish banana is a monoculture

      Who could have guessed a banana cultivar is a method of growing crops

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    • voodooattack@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Huh. I still see Gros Michel (or a relatively similar breed) at markets from time to time where I live (although I’m in the Middle East)

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      • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There are a handful of places still growing Gros Michel on a very small scale, hence the "very probably" modifier.

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  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    High glycemic index.
    Has to be imported from tropical to non-tropical regions.
    Cavendish variety, pictured above is susceptible to Fusarium wilt aka Panama disease

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    • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      High glycemic index

      glycemic-index.net/low-glycemic-index-foods/

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      • dontsayaword@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Seems pretty high according to this list, 48

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  • quoll@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    bad: shelf life of a banana

    good: fun to spell

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    • HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      B! - A - N - A - N - A - S!

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  • Echolynx@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My GI tract always hates bananas, for whatever reason. That’s my main con.

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  • LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ooh, banana!

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    • PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Kong! Kong! Don-key Kong!

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    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Naners!

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  • TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Bananas War

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They attract mosquitoes

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  • Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m in the clemantine camp

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  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’re lousy as long term art pieces.

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve got 2 bad things

    1. The included wrapper isn’t very rigid and can split and mash around. I’ve had several bananas turn to paste if they are forgotten about in a backpack or work their way to the bottom and end up crushed by other items.

    2. Fruit flies.

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  • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Eggs.

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  • Xenny@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bananas can replace egg when baking desserts. 34 grams of banana per one egg is perfect btw.

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  • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    people don’t like eating the brown part (which is still edible) causing food waste

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  • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tastes yucky 🤮

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  • Hagenman@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I can name one bad thing. It was used as example of intelligent design by Kirk Cameron…

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Looked at another way, you might say that banana made him look like a fool and publicly humiliated him without so much as a word.

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    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      youtu.be/BXLqDGL1FSg

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  • kalapala@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    New banana isn’t as sweet as the old banana and old one doesn’t seem to be coming back?

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Being monocultures, (genetic clones) commercially grown edible bananas are extremely vulnerable to disease.

      The currently most popular variant is the Cavendish, replacing the earlier and now extinct Gros Michel, wiped out by the Panama Disease (a fungus).

      While the Gros Michel isn’t coming back, people are apparently trying to create and grow new variants, as what happened before can happen again.

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    • Manjushri@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Do you mean the Gros Michel banana ? It went commercially extinct in the ‘60s due to a fungus. So, yeah, probably not coming back. Sadly, the Cavendish banana is also subject to the same fungus so may also get wiped out at some point in the future.

      But Race 4 (also known as TR4 or fusarium wilt), the new version of Panama disease that started affecting crops in the subtropics in the 1980s and wiping them out, has since moved to infect crops in the Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan, India, Mozambique, and Australia. In 2019, Colombia declared a national disaster when it was discovered there. As it inches closer to Latin America, the likelihood of losing the Cavendish increases.

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      • kalapala@sopuli.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I guess not as I remember having some actually tasty imported bananas in 90’s. No idea what happened but currently only even a bit tasty ones are natural and really small and still not as sweet.

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        fusarium wilt

        Mmmmm, fusarium wilt!

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    • T156@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s still around. It just got replaced by the new banana for produce.

      You can still buy Gros Michel bananas, they’re just harder to find compared to a Cavendish.

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some people find the smell very strong. Something to do with receptors idk? I know someone with a banana allergy who can immediately tell if he’s entered a room with bananas in it from smell alone, even if they’re not peeled.

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  • Leather@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bad thing: It tastes like a banana.

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    • Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’d much prefer it if it tasted like paint thinner. SpeAKING OF WHICH

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  • anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    <Shitty New Zealand accent> And if you look here, there’s a convenient little tab that god put right 'ere to make it easy to open

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    • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s actually the handle for holding it while you eat. Far fewer stringy bits get in the way if you pinch the bottom of it and split the peel from that end

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  • bryndos@fedia.io ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They automatically come with a sense of scale.

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  • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    smells bad to me. just the typical american grocery store kind though. in countries where they have every other banana they actually smell great.

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  • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You can’t!

    Abnd if you can, the CIA will murder you!

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