http://agingparentsauthority.com/health-and-fitness/bananas-and-diet-and-get-in-shape-now/ The premier resource for anyone taking care of the elderly. Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://agingparentsauthority.com/health-and-fitness/bananas-and-diet-and-get-in-shape-now/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Jerry Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:40:38 +0000 http://agingparentsauthority.com//?p=813#comment-774 Bananas are a super breakfast. And they help people lose weight because they contain resistant starch, which ferments in the large intestine, creating by-products that block conversion of some carbohydrates into fuel, so replacing ordinary carbs with the resistant starch in bananas can boost fat burning. Also banana fiber bulks up in the stomach, so you feel full for longer. A healthy way to do the banana diet does mean lunch and dinner must be pretty healthy and any diet that works includes some exercise. There’s a good description of the science at http://www.dolenutrition.com/bananadiet/bananadiet.htm Bananas are a super breakfast. And they help people lose weight because they contain resistant starch, which ferments in the large intestine, creating by-products that block conversion of some carbohydrates into fuel, so replacing ordinary carbs with the resistant starch in bananas can boost fat burning. Also banana fiber bulks up in the stomach, so you feel full for longer. A healthy way to do the banana diet does mean lunch and dinner must be pretty healthy and any diet that works includes some exercise. There’s a good description of the science at http://www.dolenutrition.com/bananadiet/bananadiet.htm

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