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Permalink Reply by drsoosie on May 7, 2012 at 1:32pm

That's why god invented Da Vinci sugar free banana flavored syrup!!! to fool us into feeling like we are enjoying banana flavor without the dreaded roller coaster of a real banana. I bet you could put in that!!!

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Permalink Reply by earthling on May 29, 2012 at 5:13pm

How 'bout a syringe?

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Permalink Reply by timmy on May 7, 2012 at 5:15pm

only around exercise can i eat them

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Permalink Reply by Nell on May 7, 2012 at 5:28pm

I do eat bananas and they do send my BG upward. I also learned a storage trick from a friend. Say I want half today and half tomorrow. You cut it in two with a sharp knife. Then put the 'saved' cut side on a napkin or just a little piece of a napkin and it stands upright on the napkin. The banana stays fresher that way. Even the day after that if desired. Not longer than 2 days though. All you have to do is cut a little end sliver off and you have a good half banana the next day.

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Permalink Reply by Super_sally on May 7, 2012 at 7:27pm

I did a small banana and 2 eggs for breakfast after 30 minutes on the treadmill. Just tested now at 2 hours post eating and I'm at 78. So no spike.

They do spike me if I eat a lot of them / or without exercising...

I do prefer real food to glucose tablets or candy and use a small one to bring me up if I'm going low.

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Permalink Reply by Maycri on May 7, 2012 at 8:32pm

Yeah, I use half a banana sometimes to bring me up from a low then I give the other half to my guinea pigs and everyone wins.

I also like pan fried plantain, which apparently is chock-full of carbs but it just doesn't seem to spike my sugars when I use it as a side dish :/

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Permalink Reply by Jonah on May 7, 2012 at 8:26pm

I eat bananas without expectation of a spike... typically I dose for a meal, eat a meal minus a banana's worth of carbs, and eat the banana an hour to two hours later.

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Permalink Reply by Steven on May 7, 2012 at 9:47pm

I eat one each weekday to get me through a busy afternoon, after eating a sandwich and fibre-crunch bar.

Although T2, tight control means I can otherwise get headachey and a bit confused.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy on May 8, 2012 at 1:23am

I love them and refuse to give them up
I use 45 carbs when I eat the entire thing . I can usually bolus correctly for it,

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Permalink Reply by Capin101 on May 8, 2012 at 11:06am

Bananas do not work for me. They are too many carbs, too slowly digested to use for corrections and digest too fast for my humalog to stand a fighting chance.

Ironicically enough, last year's local JDRF walk was handing out bananas to walkers for a snack. I remember thinking: are they trying to kill us?

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Permalink Reply by Brunetta on May 8, 2012 at 3:07pm

I eat about a quarter of a large banana, I really like them., I only eat them when they are yellowish -green.. cannot stand overly ripe ones! I pair them with cottage cheese or greek yogurt as a pre-exercise pre overly energetic couple of hours snack and I do not get a spike. If I absolutely want that 1/4 banana at any other time; I almost always pair such consumption with exercise.

God bless,
Brunetta

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Permalink Reply by Stemwinder on May 8, 2012 at 7:40pm

I do, probally shouldn't, but I find they help with leg cramps.

Gary S

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