3 User Reviews
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(Tallahassee, FL)
11/18/2008
A few green bananas may be okay, but be warned that excessive consumption of green bananas has been previously linked to development of congestive heart failure due to heart fibrosis. It was speculated it to be due to heart valve disease/serotonin.
EC: Rhonda, would you kindly cite your source? We cannot find any documentation to validate this. Thanks.
(Birmingham, England)
11/19/2008
As Earth Clinic requested - I am also curious to learn of any research regarding heavy consumption of green bananas. I am also curious to learn the following: in what eaten form can over- consumption affect one's health and in what form is it healing as used in the Phillipines? I am guessing that it must be cooked as eating green bananas is not likely.
Incidentally, in the Caribbean boiled green bananas is a staple in the diet. I cannot refer to any statistics but I am familiar with people who consume it a few almost daily and the live past 80 years.
I am very eager to learn more about this as well.
Thanks in advance. Pat
(Louisville, Ky)
02/13/2012
Would be great if you explain how to eat the green bannanas and how many a day. If is in the morning or with meals, I would love to know. I heard it was just drinking the the infusion of boiled banana skin...
Thank you.
(Lansdowne, Pa)
02/14/2012
Be careful how you eat green bananas unless they are organic they must be peeled before boiling because of the pesticides used to spray them. Bring some water with salt to boil (enough to cover the bananas), peel the bananas by cutting off the top and making a slit on the side of the banana. You can peel the skin off starting at the slit. Put the bananas in the boiling water and cover until tender. You can add some lemon juice to the water to avoid the bananas becoming dark. If the bananas are organic you can simply make a slit in the bananas after cutting of the top part and put it in the boiling water. Cook until tender then peel of the skin. I grew up in the Caribbean and we had green bananas very often and I have never heard anyone getting sick from eating bananas. In fact, I prefer to eat green bananas instead of bread. You can get green bananas at any Hispanic, Caribbean or Asian stores. The green bananas must be young and not mature. The mature ones are for ripening.
(Australia)
08/29/2017
Green banana is a common food in Samoa and perhaps all other Pacific islands. We cook with skin on but it is a lazy way to do it. Mostly we cook by peeling the skin off. We just boil it. Don't make it too complicated. The best way to taste it is, when cooked, pour the water off the pot and put the coconut fresh milk in. Coconut milk is not good for the sugar but islanders love it. And probably why diabetes are very common among the islanders. My advise is; one banana with no coconut milk in a meal is good enough for a diabetic.
(Kigali, Rwanda)
10/02/2017
How do I use Green Bananas to lower my blood sugar.
Green Bananas
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(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
05/10/2009
When you say green bananas, is it the green raw banana or those big ripe green bananas? Thanks
EC: Good question - plantains (larger than bananas) or unripened bananas?!
Looks like Plantain is not typically grown the Phillipines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantains) so we're guessing its got to be a green banana.
(Bermuda)
08/03/2017
★★★★★
The green bananas are regular bananas boiled and eaten like potatoes before they begin to ripen.
