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Q: Bananas for breakfast are bad for you?
I've heard this from numerous Chinese people.
No, not at all.
I swear by them all the time and look for a banana for breakfast especially. It does wonders to "plumbing issues" after a super spicy hot Sichuan dinner the day before. Clears the pipes all the time for me.
The have a fear of anything that shape longer than 3 inches.
It's as true as the fact that their oily fried dishes are good for you.
That's insane, like most of their draconian health folklore. Like my gf that thinks its very bad to drink alcohol while menstruating.
Banana's are great for breakfast and the potassium boosts brain power when needed most.
The only thing worse for your health than bananas is drinking a cold beverage
Well, maybe they are thinking of a different point of insertion into your body. As for myself, I do eat a banana by placing it into my mouth in subsequent operations , chewing on it and swallowing it at any time I please. Any other uses or points of insertion will not be considered.
Dude, Your GF and mine musty be related !. If I cough one day to clear my throat (just one quick dry cough), for one week I can't eat cookies, peanuts, cashews or drink anything cold, because I just caught a cold.
Xpat.John:
Add sugary drinks, fried food & meat and you have the exact advice I got from my wife & her mother in law.
HappyExPat:
Well, you are right Xpat John, she did mention fried food also. And she did not say meat, but beef.
When I get a cold (a real one), I just drink a lot of fluids so I pee a lot, and in 5 days is over with. Makes no difference what I eat.
My GF must also be related to your wife and Mother in Law
Some of these questions are really giving me a frown...traditional Chinese medicine is about how to nourish our stomach...
Banana is said good for digestion. In the morning, our stomach got nothing yet, eating banana will of course cause unhealthy to your body. The serious one will cause your myocardial infarction....
----------off topic, about hot water and cold water are same.....due to difference races, the different genes make us different on taking water, foods, etc.....ONLY hot water is good for our body......
woody:
Why not try asking a real nutritionist and not just quoting some passed down witch doctor mumbo jumbo. Bananas are a great food item any time of day. In fact I lost 20 kilos and lowered my sugar levels back to the normal range after being borderline diabetic. Bananas for breakfast or lunch was one of my staples and still is. They are easily digested and full of energy which is why many endurance athletes eat them while competing.
crimochina:
actually localla your stomach is never empty (unless you go a day or 2 without eating) in actual science when they cut a dead body open proves this to be true (even in cases when someone was killed in the morning before breakfast) it takes a long time for your body to fully digest food
A balanced meal to go along with a fruit such as a banana would be the best. Just like someone mentioned it is good for digestion and also for circulating your blood flow. That is why eating a banana for breakfast would be a good thing and not bad. When you wake up in the morning you need something to help your blood flow and that is what you get from the potassium that comes from bananas...
A balanced meal to go along with a fruit such as a banana would be the best. Just like someone mentioned it is good for digestion and also for circulating your blood flow. That is why eating a banana for breakfast would be a good thing and not bad. When you wake up in the morning you need something to help your blood flow and that is what you get from the potassium that comes from bananas...
I cant reply Woody's comment by directly add my comment? Site tech problem here?
Woody...I was hoping you offered me the scientific data of nutirtion of banana from western side. You failt your job....all of your words are useless there....My words are based on traditional Chinese medicine which has bee scientifically proved healthy to our body. ....
Just do a googling.....lazy ass....
DaBen:
Oh this is gonna be a good feed... Come on Woody, what's your response? She gave you a slow ball right over the plate.
crimochina:
actually localla your stomach is never empty (unless you go a day or 2 without eating) in actual science when they cut a dead body open proves this to be true (even in cases when someone was killed in the morning before breakfast) it takes a long time for your body to fully digest food
rich45:
traditional Chinese medicine which has bee scientifically proved healthy to our body. .... yes it was proven by traditional chinese scientists. who think people get sick because their chi is out of wack. and we all know this is the real reason people get sick. not you know, germs and stuff.
woody:
Localla I am still waiting for your evidence of proven cures from traditional Chinese medicine. Lets start with a few. Proof of STD's lets say Chlymidia. (almost 100% cure rate with antibiotics) how about a traditional version of prevention of Hep B. Vaccination with boosters almost 100% effective. Oh and how did tradituional medicine go with the eradication of smallpox. Looks like planty of Chinese knew the way to go there (thankfully) if the pock marks on their arms are any indication. Well there is 3 examples of which there is undisputed evidence of results that if you care to check have been peer reviewed by medical science many times ( I am sure even Chinese scientists accept this). Give me one example where there is a study of a traditional product or belief that has been proven to cure anything with a close to 100% sucess that has not been accepted into mainstream medicine.
