does eating bananas help you when you are in a flare?

When flaring I tend to lose my desire for food.  However, bananas are one of the foods that I can and will eat.  Funny, because I never really cared for them much.  Maybe it's the bodies way of telling me I need potassium?  And, the side benefit is that they are binding.

Astar-

How do you make your almond/banana shake? It sounds great!
I and working my way out of a flare as we speak...

I did a thread on this a few months ago. I am one of the biggest skeptics when it comes to dietary treatment of a flare but I will swear by bananas til the day I die. Pain, bleeding, and BM frequency all improved when I started eating bananas.

Bananas definitely helped me!

Bananas are not fattening...Banana is a fruit, no fruits are fattening in their natural state
it is not going to be stored in your body as fat because it is easily digested it can quench your hunger while giving you tons of energy in the form of glucose, it is high in calorie but being natural it is not stored as fat.
Banana should only be eaten on empty stomach just like any other fruit. Mixing banana with a cooked food is the reason why it does not get digested, the blame falls on the fruit always, and cooked food is the culprit.
They take 45 minutes to be digested as compared to 15 minutes for other fruits. This is the reason why people say they feel heavy after eating bananas. Don't worry, after 45 minutes you will light and energetic thanks to the high energy in bananas.

A breakfast of bananas and other fruits will reduce your weight in a week's time. Proof enough that bananas are not fattening.
They do not contain the toxic wastes present in meat and cooked food. No waste = No fat.
Bananas are organic, living food. Organic food is never fattening....
and are a rich source of Vitamin C, Vitamin A, abundant with minerals like zinc and potassium and enzymes. None of these make you fat, just healthy. Also they are a great source of fiber and helps constipation relief or detoxification. So it helps weight loss not weigh gain.

Wow, quite a few jumps here.
"It is high in calories but being natural it is not stored as fat"
"They do not contain the toxic wastes present in meat and cooked food. No waste = No fat."
"Bananas are organic, living food. Organic food is never fattening.... "


I agree with you about the vitamins and the minerals. I do find bananas as excellent food while flaring. I drink banana shake with whole milk or almond milk and a scoop of protein powder for breakfast. Papaya shake also works great for me.

during my pregnancy when I was flaring I would eat a banana every morning. I think they help me too.

And thanks to everyone for the feedback....amy

Yes, I can tolerate bananas during flares, but I cannot eat them for breakfast. They induce a queasy feeling. My 1st gastroenterologist said it had to do with serotonin levels. I would instead have one for dessert after lunch or dinner, or put it in a homemade smoothie later in the day. Basically, a banana is healthful & great for our potassium supply, but we all have differences in what our colons can handle when inflamed-- so we just have to try them out & adapt to what works best for us ... in terms of physical comfort. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

Yes. Bananas help keep my bms nice and firm. I eat them with sunflower seed and macadamia nut butters.

There is actually a medical supplement for diarrhea made out of banana called Kanana Banana Flakes that is supposed to work very well. I think they by prescription only.

Oh. Yes. I should mention, it's best to eat ripe bananas, not green ones.

I have found bananas to be very helpful.