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nonightowl · Jan 16, 2023 at 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Skeezyks

Thanks for the article on bananas. I eat them often on my breakfast cereal. I recall, many years ago, there was a woman who lived near us who had ulcers. She ate bananas to help relieve her discomfort.

I was pleased to read they help reduce sodium. We try to avoid eating salt as much as possible. However it's almost impossible to avoid it altogether. Plus, we have a water softener that uses salt pellets. So we get some additional salt just drinking tap water.

I didn't use to like them for some reason but I eat them now. They are delicious with peanut butter on them!

For years I used to eat banana bread or cake but didn't like the actual bananas.

They are supposed to be calming but doesn't work for me. Somewhere I read not to drink water right after eating one or during eating, as it can cause indigestion with some people. I don't recall the reason. This happens to me so I wait awhile before eating one or after. The thing about them is that they get ripe too fast. They actually get a bit brown during the short drive back home after the store. So I just buy 2 or 3 at the most.....Other fruits like apples keep for many days.

It has potassium which is a diuretic but we're also supposed to drink a lot of water daily. So bathroom trips all day.

I stopped eating a lot of salt years ago, even though I don't have a blood pressure problem. It took months to get used to "low salt" foods. I used to use so much salt, I'd literally POUR it on my French fries when I was in my 20's. They used to give me two tiny packets and I'd say I need MORE.

No, you can't avoid it as almost everything has it. But some sodium is necessary.