Bananas

No I'm not bananas but I have been wondering that some posters eat bananas for constipation and others for diarrhea. Which is it?
I'm trying to achieve that delicate balance between the two. SCD only wants us to eat them with brown spots, fully ripe, so very little starch.

Here's a link which condenses several articles on the subject. The Oriental medicine explanation is interesting but confusing.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5398471_do-bananas-cause-constipation-diarrhea.html

I am still left wondering.

I eat them to firm up my stool. I find them soothing too. WHen I was pregnant I ate one a day in the morning.

Hmmm.... I have never noticed any difference if I eat bananas or not.   I love them and they're filling.  I have always liked mine a little tiny bit green at the tips, but starting the SCD and trying to get used to them with the brown spots.  They're supposed to be a good source of dietary fiber and potassium. 

I never thought much but I have been craving bananas for the last 2-3 years.  In fact I am having one now as I post this message.  Maybe there is something to them, I just know that I have UC in remission but I got to have my bananas throughout the week.

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