To eat, I mean. Just curious what people here think.
To narrow it down, I would say less than 50 million, as that is roughly the amount resulting in certain deadly radiation dose of ~5Sv.
So better make sure to stay below 5 million bananas to be on the safe side…
This is important information. Thank you. I don’t see a way to pin a comment, but I would if I could. People should be aware of the potassium-40 content of the bananas that they eat.
What about bananas harvested near the bikini atoll?
Damn. I packed 6 million for lunch. Oh well. Everything has studies saying it will kill you, right?
What if you coat them in lead first?
11. Because more than that could lead to kidney problems what with 11 bananas being 100% of daily recommended intake of potassium (for a man). For women it’s closer to 6.
Source.Do you really trust the medical industry’s information on banana-based nutrition? Excess potassium is easily excreted, and IIRC, potassium overdose can only happen when an extremely large amount is consumed “all at once” (in other words, over a very short time). The dangerous dose of potassium must be expressed not in bananas per day but rather in bananas per second, and (again, IIRC) that dose is approximately 33 bananas per second.
6 bananas per day? If more than that were dangerous, Freelee’s kidneys would have given out a LONG time ago.
Good point. I’m sure the recommended daily value is just the minimum after all. I did genuinely think that potassium was more dangerous than other vitamins because it isn’t water soluble and therefore had a harder time getting excreted as you point out. And I’ve bought potassium supplements at the pharmacy before where the pharmacists told me to be careful, so it’s the one thing I’ve tried to be extra cautious about.
Yes, I think that the optimal intake of potassium is much higher than the recommendations and that those numbers are more of a minimum to prevent deficiency symptoms. You really don’t need to worry about consuming too much of any nutrient from fruit, unless you binge on high-fat fruits or fruits of questionable edibility. Potassium in a supplement may be dangerous, but the potassium in fruit is easily absorbed and utilised by the body, and any excess is easily dissolved and excreted. Potassium is an alkali element, and these are known for forming ionic compounds with very high solubility in water. Of course, pure elemental potassium will combust if it comes in contact with water, so you shouldn’t eat that, and as another commenter pointed out, a very small amount of the potassium in bananas tends to be radioactive, so you shouldn’t eat more than a few million bananas per day…
a very small amount of the potassium in bananas tends to be radioactive, so you shouldn’t eat more than a few million bananas per day…
Haha, that was never a concern to begin with. It’s a fun fact though.
Yeah I was going to say it depends on what other food is available. If none, 11/day may be enough to keep me going for a few months. Won’t be healthy, but I could make it a few months just do to fat reserves lol
Oh I love bananas, they’re my favorite fruit tbh, I’ll have like 4 or 5-
To eat, I mean
Oh. nvm
Zero. Eat an apple.
I hate banana as much as the next guy, but living in the jungle and buying apples grown in Chile or the USA or Estonia or somewhere doesn’t really make sense…
Eat both instead
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Depends on whether you want to avoid craps.
I think that that would depend more on ripeness than number consumed…
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craps… monkey every day 2 bananas, monkey no craps
daylight come and me wanna go home
