"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in
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>> "Ranee Mueller" > wrote
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>>> I like them in banana bread, cake, and I like bananas foster, but
>>> that's pretty much it. If I am eating a banana in its natural form,
>>> it means I am starving. The smell doesn't make me sick any more, but
>>> it isn't a pleasant smell to me. The kids love them, though, so we
>>> have them regularly.
>>
>> They're good for my digestion, and I always have them if I'm
>> having muscle cramps in my legs, but that's about it. I find
>> the texture to be somewhat unpleasant. I buy the smallest
>> ones I can find.
>
> Is it the potassium in the bananas that helps with the cramps? Just
> curious. I find that sometimes I'm fine with eating a banana, but on
> other occasions they almost make me gag. There are other fruits I
> prefer, so I mostly only buy bananas when I want to make banana cake.
>
> --
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia


DH takes magnesium tabs that melt under your tongue for immediate relief of
leg cramps.
A potato can replace a banana for potassium, or a cup of orange juice.

Since I take a small amount of diuretic (for high blood pressure) which
deletes potassium, I get a potassium blood test.
My doctor told me this week that lack of potassium can cause the heart to
race, but to the person it sounds exactly opposite, as if it is
electrically stopping and then thudding. He did not give a medical term for
this, but my granddaughter has the same thing.
Appears that a lack of potassium can be important to our health.
So much for the doctor's opinion, though; as my potassium was normal.
So you can probably ignore most of the above paragraph -- tee hee.
Dee Dee