Green Bananas, Plantains & Keto
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 9 August 2018
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting, |
| 0:04.4 | whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product. |
| 0:10.5 | Call one of our keto consultants. they'll be able to help you. |
| 0:13.4 | Call 540991557. |
| 0:17.4 | That's 540299-1557. |
| 0:21.0 | That's 54099-155. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg, Healthy Kito and Intermediate fasting podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level. |
| 0:34.0 | Dr Eric Berg. |
| 0:36.0 | Hi guys, it's me again. |
| 0:37.0 | I had another question about green bananas |
| 0:39.0 | and is it okay to consume them on a ketogenic diet? Well Well there's something interesting about green bananas. |
| 0:45.2 | They're very, very high in something called resistant starch. |
| 0:49.8 | That means they're very low on the glycemic index. They do not spike insulin very much. |
| 0:54.0 | If we take a look at the glycemic index of green bananas, it's about between 40 and 60. |
| 1:00.0 | Okay, that's pretty low. Now, yellow banana, it goes up to 110 as it becomes ripe. |
| 1:06.4 | And as it turns brown, it goes up to 130. So that is like way off the scales. |
| 1:12.4 | So that resistant like way off the scales. So that resistant starch is gone. |
| 1:15.0 | Now, and then you want to ask me, well what about plantains? Okay? |
| 1:20.0 | Well, you have to cook plantains. So anytime anytime you cook whether it's a potato or a banana |
| 1:26.1 | you increase the glycemic index so you destroy the resistant starch. |
| 1:31.7 | So if you want to consume them raw that would be the best bet. |
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