I have read that bananas that are more green tend to be more constipating. More ripe, with brown specs, have more sugar and can act more as a laxative.
I loved Tex's use of bananas: Peeling and freezing them, those that tend to be more green. I just bought a large bunch of greenish bananas, cut them in half, peeled them, wrapped each in wax paper and put several into a quart freezer bag. Now I can take one out at a time. Next time i might use popsicle sticks so I can take one out, dip it in almond butter or cashew butter for a snack a little more easily.
Susan
BANANAS/Green VS Ripe/Freezing
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I still eat half a frozen banana (or a whole smaller one) with cashew better, as a mid-morning snack every day. I freeze them when they are just right (not green, and not a day after they have become ripe). My reason for doing this is histamine.
Bananas are a low histamine item when they are green or just turning ripe. A day later (that is, a day after they are barely ripe) they become a high-histamine food.
Tex
Bananas are a low histamine item when they are green or just turning ripe. A day later (that is, a day after they are barely ripe) they become a high-histamine food.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I peel them when they're about perfect (barely ripe) and put them in zip-loc bags for freezing. No, I put nothing on them before freezing.
No they don't change color before freezing. If you forget them in the freezer they will turn dark after a few months. I let them partially thaw for maybe 3 or 4 minutes. If you wait too long (thaw them too long) they turn to mush and you have a lot of trouble smearing cashew or almond button on top, especially if it's kind of stiff.
Tex
No they don't change color before freezing. If you forget them in the freezer they will turn dark after a few months. I let them partially thaw for maybe 3 or 4 minutes. If you wait too long (thaw them too long) they turn to mush and you have a lot of trouble smearing cashew or almond button on top, especially if it's kind of stiff.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Tex, I took your idea for freezing bananas and do so in order to put them in my morning fruit smoothie. I'll be careful not to use over ripe bananas now.
I should check out the Forum more often. Always good ideas here.
Sheila W
I should check out the Forum more often. Always good ideas here.
Sheila W
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