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A quick search is showing bananas have ~400 mg potassium. The study goal was to consume 2600 mg daily potassium, or the equivalent of 6.5 bananas. Bananas also
by fbdab103 4y ago
A quick search is showing bananas have ~400 mg potassium. The study goal was to consume 2600 mg daily potassium, or the equivalent of 6.5 bananas. Bananas also have ~100 kCals, so that would require consuming 600 kCals daily to try and hit the potassium target.
It is worth remembering that potassium was identified as a potential target from their potato diet experiment. Potatoes have ~900 mg potassium.
- matthewdgreen 4y agoBehold Japan’s Morning Banana Diet. Not a recommendation! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_banana_diet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_banana_diet