Bananas

Has anyone tried bananas?

I'm a big skeptic when it comes to diet during remission, but I do believe the right diet helps when flaring. Here's my experience:

I had a banana last Monday night. The next day my BM had no blood. I Googled bananas and ulcerative colitis and found several websites that said bananas are the most common home remedy for UC. Supposedly they neutralize gastric acids and help to heal ulcers.

I've continued to eat bananas (1-2 a day) all week and my UC keeps getting better and better.

I'm not on prednisone anymore and I've been on Asacol for weeks and I haven't had this much improvement until now.

Just curious if anyone else has had any experience with bananas?

SCDiet allows bananas, even recommends them. Alas, my colon is not ready yet for fruit but bananas will be the first one I try. I seem to have issues with fructose so have eliminated all sources for the past 3 months. And that's given me improvement.

I also have heard that bananas are good for UC. I think the fiber helps make stools more solid and the smooth texture of the fruit is easy on the colon. It's actually the only fruit I have been brave enough to eat since my diagnoses. Good luck!

Yes. I find that my BMs are better formed when I eat bananas. They are listing on the BRAT diet for combating diarrhea. Plus, they are one of the few fruits I can eat. So I eat them almost every day. Please take note though that they can cause as much tooth decay as regular sweets.

     I eat bananas, but not every day.  They don't bother me but I do not believe they stopped my bleeding when flaring.  My youngest daughter cannot eat them though.  They give her terrible indigestion.

Those of you getting gas on the bananas, are they still a bit green when you eat them?

I love my bananas to be a bit green as they are firmer and a bit sweeter tasting.  There is a fine line though, good and tasty or the D's.  It is the only fresh fruit I have eaten in forever.  I have to make sure the green-ness is just about gone, a hint at the top before I can eat them.  They usually help me when I am having an episode.

I love them. I eat 1-2 a day and I think they help my us as well. I also think eatting lots of berries have helped me too. I eat lots of strawberries and bluberries. Salmon is king as well.

quincy said...
Any bananas....green, turning or yellow.

q

The bananas should be fresh (not dried) and as ripe as possible. I make banana muffins with the ones that are starting to go bad.

I eat at least 1/2 banana every day. Especially if you're flaring and getting at all dehydrated, it will help your potassium level.

You can have too many though and too high a level of potassium isn't good for your heart either. Potassium levels are a tricky thing.

I've never heard of them actually healing UC and I'm sure that even though they're one of my staples, they haven't actually helped mine.

yeah bananas are very good fer me too. they very smooth , easy to absorb and forming stool

Bananas are my staple fruit. I eat one almost every morning, as I can't tolerate too many other fruits that are raw.