Banana Chips!

[XArasX]

...Helpful or Deadly?! =o I recently bought some banana chips which (bcuz of my abnormal love of bananas) I ate a lot of them. I googled how good they were for you and found sites that say they are horrible for you and others that say they are a good snack. Then they mentioned fried and dried...how would I be able to tell the difference IF they can be good for u dried. I just wanna clear this up to see if it's okay to eat.

[compleks]

Check the ingredients on the packet.

Dried bananas (or banana chips) are often processed with alot of palm oil (or similar), and other preservatives etc... which can give them a high saturated fat content (and in some cases alot of trans fat if the oil has be hydrogenated).

[XArasX]

hrmm..
1/2 cup, 150 cals (70 from fat) Total fat: 8g w/ 7g of sat. fat. Ing: Banana,coconut oil, sugar and flavoring...damn...

[Rahf]

The carbs in those things come from nothing but sugartypes: Saccarose, fructose and glucose. The micronutrients that stem from the fresh fruit are still there though. It's better than candy and snacks but worse than fresh fruit.

[compleks]

hrmm..
1/2 cup, 150 cals (70 from fat) Total fat: 8g w/ 7g of sat. fat. Ing: Banana,coconut oil, sugar and flavoring...damn...

That isn't too bad. Would be better to avoid the added sugar and flavouring ofcourse.

Coconut oil is is high in saturated fats. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with saturated fat, but you need to moderate your intake.

[short gorilla]

Or you could eat some fucking bananas. You can't dry fruit without adding shit to it that kind of ruins the point of eating fruit.

[Birch]

and you would know, you are a gorilla


ho ho ho

[JacktheHero]

don't eat this crap. I am sure you can get dried fruits without any adds. I know I can. Or you could dry them yourself (using your oven!)

[Ashtar]

I always forget when I get bananas and all of a sudden they're rotting brown. I blame homophobia.