Alternatives to bananas?

dave_
dave_ Posts: 7
edited September 2008 in Health, fitness & training
Everyone tells me that bananas are good for you and give youlots of energy,but i really dont like them. i eat apples and oranges, is there anything i can substitute?

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    White bread or cornflakes?

    they have a GI of 100 and are used as reference foods to test the GI of everything else :)

    not really snacks tho lol.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Fig rolls!
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    White bread or cornflakes?

    they have a GI of 100 and are used as reference foods to test the GI of everything else :)

    not really snacks tho lol.

    If I was on the verge of a diabetic come I'd rather grab a bottle of lucosade which has a GI of 95. Cornflakes come in high but nowhere near as high as lucosade.
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  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Dave - any dried fruit is good and easy to carry.
  • KB8
    KB8 Posts: 123
    Dave - any dried fruit is good and easy to carry.

    A lot of dried fruits have additives to preserve and are not so 'GOOD'. As in carcinogenic.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Hmmm, I am sure they woukd not be on sale if they did not past the pretty stringent tests we have. I'd be happy to see any evidence though.
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  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    KB8 wrote:
    Dave - any dried fruit is good and easy to carry.

    A lot of dried fruits have additives to preserve and are not so 'GOOD'. As in carcinogenic.

    I've given up on worrying about carcinogenic foods - pretty much everything seems to fall under this banner at some stage. Obviously chewing asbestos is not a great idea but other than that, I'm not bothered.

    To stop eating dried fruit for that reason really would be silly.

    I should think freshly dug organic veg is probably bad for you in some ways.
  • idaviesmoore
    idaviesmoore Posts: 557
    supersonic wrote:
    Fig rolls!

    Mmmmmm!!! Soon to be extinct, I believe :shock:

    I can't stomach bananas pre ride/race because they make me yak my ring when the intensity goes up. I use those Elevenses bars but you may find them too rich :)
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  • s.woody
    s.woody Posts: 181
    nutri grain bars do the trick for me

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