Weight Loss Challenge/change

My late bosom friend told me to avoid eating banana fruit when hunger has peaked. He said it would cause bloated stomach and generate gas. Mom said fruits any type should be consumed half an hour before food .
My Bengali friend Banerjee suggeated to eat banana only in the morning when it is equivalent to eating gold dust. Lunch time he told it turns silver and night it is as good as brass.

 

This makes a lot of sense.
I am addicted to banana. That's my comfort food and easily available in all the places.
Most of the times, the small bananas are my snacks, and sometimes they are my main food too. And there are days I woke up during mid night with hunger pranks and have 1-2 small bananas.
Since they are small, and fresh from garden (most of the times), I never count their calories or harmful chemicals in them.
But today, after reading your post, I could relate where my bloating coming from?
Most days I feel bloated, and I blame different gassy foods and tend to avoid them. But here we go.. the culprit is my favourite banana.

 

Further research into banana as fruit lead to believe certain types are to be avoided like the one yellow long Morris. It is hybrid and probably GT product.

There are over 12 varities of which only few cause weight addition like the monathan and Rasthali. Raw Monthan bansna is preferred for making chips and poriyal.
I find half ripe banana like the mala pahzham, red banana and nenthra palam are more nutritious though bit expensive.

Half ripe nenthra palan good for making chips.
The green one is better to avoid if people having cold body and prone to cold and suffering from asthma and wheezing.

Tamil section of google produce more facts .

I find fruit lovers in payazh muddier cholai pick up first red banana and elakhi varities and fast moving compared to other cheap varities like the green one and Morris.

A senior lady in her 80s when asked in the fruits shop, she said she preferred to pick up always the one that is slender and bit curved red and elakhi and also said never to eat any after sunset. Instead of juice have a bite masticate and swallow!

India is largest exporter of banana.

The bunched up edge if covered air tight with aluminium foil and refrigerated, bananas shelf life can be increased by few more days avers owner of huge banana plantation in outskirts of Chennai.

 

In #136 it is BT NOT GT. BT stands for biotech relating to seeds genetically modified that herald a revolution in agriculture in nation of starving population.