Are Bananas Really As Bad for You as Cookies?

ARE BANANAS COOKIES? AS BAD FOR YOU AS WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU GRAB IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SATISFY HUNGER? RESEARCHERS FROM : THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SET OUT TO DETERMINE WHICH FOODS FILL YOU UP AND KEEP YOU FULL, THE RESULT WAS THE SATIETY INDEX - A MEASURE OF HOW FULL YOU FEEL AFTER EATING SOMETHING. POTATOES MAPPING THE SATIETY OF FOOD OFF THE CHART! FISH APPLES BROWN PASTA ORANGES BEEF GRAPES GRAIN BREAD EGGS WHITE RICE ALL-BRAN POPCORN BROWN RICE COOKIES WHITE PASTA CRACKERS BANANAS FRENCH FRIES CHIPS. CANDY BARS WHITE BREAD CEREAL POTATO CHIPS CROISSANTS SUREFIRE SUGAR CRASH NO SUGAR CRASH SUGAR CRASH SCALE (Glycemic Index) *TO CREATE THE SCALE, WE MAPPED OUT THE SATIETY INDEX AGAINST THE INVERTED GLYCEMIC INDEX. THAT WAY, AS YOU MOVE CLOSER TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU FIND FOODS THAT HAVE GREATER SATIETY AND LOWER GLYCEMIC INDEX. YOUR FULLNESS EXPLAINED YOUR SUGAR CRASH EXPLAINED .......................................................... ...................... .......... ............. . THE SATIETY INDEX MEASURES HOW FULL YOU FEEL AFTER THE GLYCEMIC INDEX MEASURES HOW QUICKLY YOU GET YOUR EATING 240 CALORIES OF FOOD, AND HOW LONG AFTER SUGAR HIGH FROM THE THINGS YOU EAT - AND THEN CRASH. EATING YOU FEEL HUNGRY AGAIN. A LOW SATIETY INDEX A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX MEANS THATA FOOD'S ENERGY WILL MEANS YOU'LL GET HUNGRY AGAIN QUICKLY, HIGH MEANS SUSTAIN YOU LONGER. YOU'LL STAY FULL FOR A WHILE. EASY SNACKING SWAPS .... ............... PUT THE INDEX TO WORK. CHOOSING THE RIGHT FOODS CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WANTING ONE SNACK OR FIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HERE ARE FEW EASY SWAPS. BREAKFAST FRUIT SNACKS CEREAL: 116 ALL-BRAN: 151 BANANAS: 118 ORANGES: 202 POTATO CHIPS: 91 POPCORN: 154 SO WHAT? TO STAY FULL AND NOT CRASH LATER, CRASH LAIER BANANAS ARE AS GOOD A CHOICE AS COOKIES FRENCH FRIES . THIS IS A BOLD AND. CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM. BANANAS THAN MAY HAVE MORE NUTRIENTS COKES BUT THEY FILL YOU UP AND GIVE YOU THE SAME SUGAR CRASH AS A COOKIE. WANT TO KNOW MORE OR LOOK UP THE FOODS YOU EAT? HERE ARE SOME REFERENCES. THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH CHEWING ON. A SATIETY INDEX OF COMMON FOODS AN INSULIN INDEX OF FOODS MORE REFERENCES ONLINE! MHEALTH.I0/SATIETY SUSANNE H.A. HOLT ET AL. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION SUSANNE H.A. HOLT ET AL. INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN BY COLUMN FIVE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION MASSIVE P HEALTH IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, DON'T GRAB A COOKIE. OR A BANANA. TRY AN ORANGE OR AN APPLE. BY NC ND FULLNESS SCALE (Satiety Index) VERY FULL NOT VERY FULL