How many calories are in 1 banana without peel and 100 grams?
Do bananas contain calories and how many kcal (kilocalories) are in one banana? These questions are asked by those who are planning a diet that necessarily includes various types of vegetables and fruits. Despite the fact that this fruit is considered a healthy delicacy, with a healthy diet it is recommended to carefully consider its caloric content and energy value.
Banana is considered one of the most high-calorie foods
When calculating calories for a day, you need to know: the calorie content (energy value) of one banana without peel (skin) is 120 kcal for an average fruit . The phrase “average fruit” is key here: bananas, like other fruits, differ in varieties and growing conditions, and therefore their energy value can vary significantly. For an overripe fruit (with brown spots and rare dark stripes on the skin) the calorie content will already be 180 kcal - the equivalent of the energy value of 100 g of boiled chicken fillet.
The number of calories in a banana (1 piece) – 110…180 kcal
Baby bananas, sold in attractive bunches in supermarkets, contain 80–90 kcal due to their small size. Slightly sour bananas of the rather rare, “green” variety Platano are distinguished by their low calorie content - about 60 kcal per fruit.
The benefits and harms of bananas
Bananas contain potassium and manium. These are important elements responsible for the normal functioning of the heart muscle. Just one fruit of this fruit contains up to half the daily supply of substances necessary for the body. In addition to the fact that bananas are a source of potassium and magnesium, and thus can prevent heart failure, their consumption also affects:
- synthesis of substances that are necessary to maintain normal human life;
- saturation of body tissues with oxygen;
- stabilization of digestion;
- active work of the kidneys and liver;
- cell formation and restoration;
- maintaining water-salt balance;
- normalization of blood pressure.
In addition, bananas contain substances (vitamins D, A, E, C) that reduce the effect of stress and nervous strain on human life. It is also a good remedy for cancer prevention, since these fruits block the formation of cancer cells and their further development.
But bananas, as mentioned earlier, contain sugar (twelve grams). Also, one hundred grams of the product contains one and a half grams of protein, half a gram of fat and twenty-one grams of carbohydrates. One banana, weighing one hundred and thirty grams, contains approximately two units of bread (1XE = 70 grams of product). If you have high blood sugar, this is a serious argument against this product. Moreover, considering the fact that the calorie content of the fruit is one hundred and five kilocalories (quite a high figure). And although bananas have a glycemic index of 51, consuming them in excess can cause an increase in glucose levels in the bloodstream.
If there are serious pathologies in the body, uncontrolled eating of fruits can lead to a worsening of the patient’s condition.
This is especially true in cases where bananas are eaten with excessively high-calorie foods. Therefore, fruits with a lower glycemic index are more suitable for diabetics. For example, grapefruits, apples, tangerines.
Calorie content 100 gr. cottage cheese with banana (1 piece) without peel
Of course, not everyone can handle eating the same product in its pure form every day, and there’s no need to: among people there are both real banana eaters and those who are more than indifferent to these fruits. The banana menu can be diversified by adding cottage cheese casseroles, kefir, yogurt or regular cottage cheese - the calorie content is calculated as the sum of the kcal components of the products :
- banana with yogurt – 135 kcal;
- kefir with banana puree – 60 kcal;
- cottage cheese with banana – 190 kcal;
- but the cottage cheese and banana casserole will be much less high in calories - only 100-105 kcal.
Waffle with banana pieces and grain curd
