Research found banana to increase TNF

Research found that eating 1-2 ripe bananas/ day increases immunity. It does not necessarily mean that it will cure cancer or IBD but if it could boost our immune system even to a very small extent, why not? Al least, bananas are not harmful to our intestines. Click the link below:

http://www.hoaxorfact.com/Health/full-ripe-banana-with-dark-patches-combats-abnormal-cells-and-cancer.html

Woah, boosting TNF levels does not sound like a good idea! TNF is an inflammatory cytokine which causes the inflammation in diseases like Crohn's, RA, psoriasis, etc. There are medications - Remicade, Humira - which specifically target TNF, hence why they are known as anti-TNFs or TNF-inhibitors.

It's not even a particularly good idea to try to boost the immune system. A strong immune system is not always a great thing:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine#Disease

That said, I do eat bananas regularly - sometimes 2 or 3 a day >_>. Luckily I prefer them on the underripe side without any brown spots though.

@pmedic - May be a texture thing? Some bananas are very mealy and I do not like those ones. Organic/fairtrade bananas are less likely to be mealy in my experience.

No worries, I wasn't having a go at you! I was being a bit pedantic really, since I doubt eating 2 ripe bananas a day would produce enough TNF to worry about. I don't intend on stopping eating bananas anyway; I like the taste of them and they're good for you in other ways.

Gerber stage 2 bananas...my solution to preventing rotting bananas and traveling with them. If I don't have a jar every other day, I suffer the lack of potassium issues. I really do like them and they are my only fruit alos....would hate to give them up.

Banana is one of the worst things I can eat, I end up with agonising stomach pain. I really miss them too

Can't eat bananas either:( wanted to try one yesterday and did and I ended up today with diarrhea and lots of abdominal pain. Sucks:(

I take Humira and it's anti-TNF. So aren't you not supposed to want the TNF to be high?

Could be oral allergy syndrome

 

 

pmedic said...
I love fresh bananas but unless they are organic, I cant eat them. Now I can eat dried bananas even if they are not organic. Not sure why that is but it is what it is.

Please read this.

Old Mike

http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/silly-internet-meme-bananas-tumor-necrosis-factor/

Great article, Old Mike. I liked some of the other topics on the blog as well. Thanks for sharing it!