Consuming only bananas will lead to malnutrition from a lack of protein and macronutrients even though the calorie intake is high enough. Depending on your body composition and underlying health, the effects of this undernutrition may not be felt for weeks. Maintaining your muscle mass is almost impossible when sustaining on a banana-only diet as an average banana contains merely one gram of protein. Therefore, to get your daily intake of protein 46 grams for women and 56 grams for men would result in also consuming four times the daily requirement of potassium and magnesium, while consuming a whopping 5, calories on average.
Over time, your body will break down your existing muscle mass to supplement your dietary protein deficit. This will leave you feeling weak and potentially unable to seek assistance in ending your plight. Eating enough bananas to prevent dehydration will also lead to the overconsumption of dietary fiber.
With each banana, you consume 2. Therefore, you need around 10 bananas to get the suggested daily intake of 28 grams.
Too much fiber though can lead to constipation that would be difficult to relieve without an additional source of water. If left untreated, you can develop hemorrhoids or rectal prolapse. In severe cases, worsening constipation can develop into a bowel impaction that if left untreated can lead to death. The greatest immediate concern, however, will arise from the lack of sodium in your diet.
Bananas contain only a trace amount of sodium, which is a vital mineral for survival. It is needed to control electrolyte balance that is essential for hydration and to assist the heart muscle in contracting.
Each banana contains just 1 mg of sodium, yet the recommended daily amount is mg. Sodium deficiency, aka hyponatremia, will lead to muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and shock before you eventually fall into a coma and die. Although there are different species of bananas, in the Americas and Europe, the word has become synonymous with the fruit-derived exclusively from the Cavendish group.
These are the familiar yellow, long, sweet, soft dessert fruit. The term banana can also be used to describe the plant that produces the fruit. However, for the basis of discussion here, this article referred exclusively to Cavendish bananas. Bananas are native to Indomalaya and Australia and due to domestication are now produced in tropical climate countries worldwide.
In , million tons of bananas and plantains were produced worldwide. Therefore, chances are relatively good that a source of bananas will be available for you to survive on if you are stranded in tropical conditions. And researchers estimate that you can live for as long as a month on just water alone.
So, if you eat a few bananas a day , or eat only bananas then in my estimation you can survive for 30 to 60 days before you start to experience the effects of starvation. I showed the evidence that bananas that have a black or brown skin and the inside is brown and mushy are still very healthy for you. In many countries around the world green bananas are boiled and are eaten in a meal instead of potatoes.
And in some countries in Africa they slice green bananas very thinly and fry them with sugar, until they are crispy and crunchy. They are also very healthy for you, according to Healthline and can be eaten in place of yellow bananas we all know and love. You can live on just bananas for about a week before, your body will start to break down, and you will start to lose muscle mass.
But, eating only bananas as part of a fast or a cleanse is healthy and can clean out your digestive system. The ideal diet should include a variety different foods to improve health span and longevity. So, can you live on just bananas? Longer than this bring on health issues. Go to top. Table Of Contents hide. Fasting And Eating Only Bananas. What makes a banana organic? Are Beans and Eggs Good for You?
He supplements his diet with Vitamin B12 — found in most meat and dairy products — as well as a flaxseed and Vitamin D supplement to provide fatty acids and omegas. This diet lacks very important nutrients, particularly protein and fat, micronutrients especially fat soluble nutrients — and, very importantly, variety. Poppy Logo. FB house promo.
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