The Frugivore Diet

Is Banana Island good for those with type 2 Diabetes?

2016-10-17T19:29:33.000Z

Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last August 2015. I have not been taking the medication that was prescribed. Which is supposed to be Metformin at 250 mg daily. Upon rising, my blood sugar ranging from 120 to 150. Will the bananas be safe?

How many is too many??

2015-08-10T03:20:20.000Z

Hi guys.

I am on my third BI now and am noticing that I am craving, and physically able to, consume almost twice the nanas per day that I did the first time around. I was averaging 20 and now I can easily put away 35. While I'm pretty full towards the end of each day I am not overly full.

My info:

I am female and quite small, 5'3" and 105 lbs.
I am pretty active, run 6x a week, some strength training 3x a week, nothing crazy
While on BI I have VERY regular eliminations. Like 10x a day probably.
I mostly have pure banana smoothies and sometimes greens, thought I try to stick to nanas only.

Any advice? How many do you guys eat a day? Thanks in advance!!!

What should I expect??

2014-12-07T13:56:08.000Z

So I'm starting banana island for the first time today and I don't know what to expect?? And how long do you suggest doing it for in order to get weigh loss results or results in general?

Is there anyone on BI Living in China ?岛上有在中国的人吗：～）

2014-09-10T12:16:56.000Z

hi,everyone .im from mainland of China,very new of this lifestyle, only have became vegan for 11days ,and second day on BI.In china, without VPN cant get through facebook ,youtube etc.

unfortunately i dont have it now,so i cant watch lots freelee &durianrider's youtube to learning this lifestyle very well.

i planning stay on BI for 30 days ,so looking for BUDDIES to encourage & help each other.

also will be nice meeting other same lifestyle people who is living in China now ,male or female are welcome LOL : )

Starting Today

2014-09-09T12:59:02.000Z

Starting today, I am going to try for 5 days on banana island!

I'm still pretty new to HCRV and I love my smoothies, but I think it is time for me to get back to the basics and just eat some fruit! (And I plan on supplementing with lettuce.)

Here are my bananas for the workday - I think this will get me through the day, if I need more I will make sure to bring more tomorrow! I am very excited ^_^

Will this aid with weight loss?

2014-07-27T05:25:41.000Z

I've been having mono meals for a week now and I just recently heard a Youtube video discussing water melon islands. Now, I wanted to have a watermelon Island but I dont have the means to do so (no car, no space)

So, I was thinking of having a banana Island. They're easy to transport and are cost and time efficient :)

I was wondering what would be the benefits if I were to have a banana island, what results could I expect to see, and how exactly is one done ?

Honestly, I've put on a bit in the tummy area since going raw, and I'm totally happy with the decision I had made to go raw for my overall health but I do not like the effect it had for my tummy, I was hoping this might help my bloated looking belly disappear! Thoughts?

First timer advice needed

2014-07-03T03:48:24.000Z

Hi everyone,

I am new to 30bad (just signed up today, long time lurker).

I'm still new to this lifestyle and trying to transition into eating fully raw, do you think banana island will help me transition? I am overweight and have a 100+ pounds to lose.

Also I come from a background of fast food addiction. Any advice or suggestions is well appreciated! Thank you

Banana Island Diary

2014-07-01T22:41:27.000Z

Hi HCLF Raw Veganers!

I want to re-start my vegan journey. Unexpected familial and academic circumstances that caused stress and emotional eating and a lack of strategy to keep vegan foods in the house (without a car and a stable income source) lead me astray. But now that I have a steady source of income and less stress (even though that should not be an excuse and something I'm learning) I want to return. I am hungry for some ..no no not just some... TONS of FRUIT :)

So, I'm off to the store after writing this for tons of bananas and a baggie of dates. I'm so excited because I know how it made me FEEL the first time and how my skin immediately cleared and was glowing. I know the weight will take longer but i am going to enjoy the journey :)

Here's my vegan story...

I came across some of Freelee's YT videos back in mid-August 2013, and from the moment i stumbled across her 'how to transition to vegan lifestyle' video I was immediately hooked. I felt like I hit the jackpot of health information. It all made sense FINALLY. From that moment onward not only was I hungry for bananas and rice (and boy was I excited that I could eat unlimited portions of both and unlimited portions of all of Earth's food), but I was hungry for the TRUTH about nutrition and fitness. I satiated my cravings by expanding my knowledge base on nutrition and uncovering the methods that this capitalistic society has left people in the dark about and turned them into the idle-minded sheeple they wanted. I am exhilarated to be a part of the health revolution. It's our time to thrive.

It's hard to tell for me how long it really took to notice a difference in my weight from eating differently because just a week prior to me finding out about the HCLF Raw Vegan lifestyle I had finished a summer session at my community college. I had taken 4 P.E. classes all at once because I was desperate for change in my physicality. i was exercising upwards of 4 hours a day 4 days a week for 6 weeks and my body changed in no time. BUT I didn't realize that obviously this method would not work because I could not be consistent. After those classes were done they were done, and it was up to me to continue working out at that level.

I had lost a total 12 pounds within 2 months and we all know that that just does not work long-term. I was feeling great though and looking better than i had in awhile. I started eating HCLF Vegan a couple weeks later so I don't know if I lost more weight because of transitioning to the diet because i wasn't consistent on the scale BUT I do know one thing: I was able to keep it off longer than I would have if I hadn't found the lifestyle.

Even though the weight aspect was blurry because i just subjected myself to intense exercise training and when my schooling started again I wasn't able to be as consistent because of a different factor of excuses. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. Remember this. I had awesome health lifestyle changes though. I stopped wanting to drink and go out every weekend. I FELT the best that I had in awhile. I wanted to go out and exercise all the time.

By the end of Spring i was eating cheese again and junk food. i haven't eaten meat since August (except for shrimp 3 or 4 times) and junk food was always something that I turned to when I was studying for a calculus exam or what-not. Cookies, chips etc. Something I don't like about school food and school in general haha.

I will be entering my last year at community college next year. It will be my hardest year yet with calculus 2 right around the corner and 2 of my hardest geology classes and 2 chemistry classes (which I'm hoping I will do well in because I did well in high school in chem) coming up. I am going to do my best, and I really want to stick to veganism this time around.

SO STARTING TODAY...I'm gettin 20-30 bananas in my tummy.

I want to start a daily journal and I'll add to it every day. I'm going for 7 days on banana island and I want to use cronometer to see what works the best.

DAY 1~

- 1 and a half liters of water down the guzzle and off to the produce store! :)

Starting banana island for the first time and could use a buddy!

2014-05-07T04:17:23.000Z

I have really been struggling staying on this or any other eating plan for more then a few days.I have gained 20lbs since the beginning of the year and am looking to get back on track and not be ruled by food, so I feel I need a trip to banana island. I have never been there so this is exciting and a bit scary for me. I need to to do this and succeed! It isn't only about the weight but it is about losing weight and reseting my relationship with food. Also feel my hormones are off and maybe this will help. I am going to turn 52 in July and I really want to do it on a positive note.I would love a buddy for support if anyone wants to join me?Also would love to hear anyone experiences who has visited banana island.Robin

Stress on Banana Island

2014-02-04T05:40:36.000Z

So I just finished day 2 of my attempt at a 7 day trip to banana island, and I am feeling a bit stressed. To set the base, I'm coming from a mostly raw diet, eating cooked starches with steamed veggies about 3 nights per week on average. I tend to eat between 3300 calories and 3800 calories daily.

Although I've been more motivated to stay active earlier on in the day since starting banana island, around my second meal (either right before or right after), I am starting to feel very irritable, and losing the desire to want to continue. I think I am experiencing some mild detox systems, including the irritability, very faint waves of headaches, the feeling of "residues" coming through the skin on my face, and feeling very sleepy (wanting to take a nap and/or rest).

I also haven't been feeling satiated after my meals (specifically after dinner) even though I seem to be eating more than I normally do. On day 1, I ate 48 organic bananas, totaling roughly 4000 calories, and today I managed 43 organic bananas, totaling roughly 3800 calories. Because of this lack of satiation, I am also feeling quite anxious, constantly thinking about how I will be able to get down any more bananas at the next meal. A large part of my reasoning for taking this trip to banana island was to help alleviate that anxious feeling I find myself experiencing frequently while living the high carb vegan lifestyle - always planning to make sure I am either full or that I have food on hand for the next "carbing up."

Up until about halfway through my second day, I had only been making banana smoothies or eating them whole. Around lunch today, I felt hungry, but did not want to eat a smoothie nor whole bananas, so I looked up some "banana recipes." I was able to try a few of them, eating 5 smaller meals on day 2, compared to eating 3 larger meals with a pre-bed snack on day 1.

With bananas being my favorite food, I was anticipating banana island to be a fun experience. Since beginning however, I have mostly doubted my ability to make it a full 7 days, as the initial effects have been more hindering than beneficial. I do think that overall, I feel a bit better after finishing day 2 than I did after day 1.

Anyone else feel like this early on or was it more so later on in the trip, towards the end when you knew it was almost over?

Anyone else currently on banana island that can help motivate me to stick with my 7 day plan?

first time on banana island

2014-01-06T03:23:12.000Z

I LOVE BANANAS. SInce I began eating mainly fruit, my favorite has been bananas. I can eat them all day every day and not get tired of them. For this reason, I feel like banana island might be very easy for me! I cannot wait to start. If anyone wants to joins me on banana island for my first time, I would love the company!

Too Much Potassium?

2013-12-07T18:25:44.000Z

I absolutely LOVE bananas, so healing my body by eating mostly bananas sounds like heaven to me. :D I was wondering though, I know it is possible to overdose on potassium. Is it possible to eat too many bananas in a day because of this? I've heard it is usually from potassium supplements that this can happen, so I have no idea if it is a silly idea that this could happen from too many bananas or not! Any educating you could offer me on this would be a HUGE help! :D <3

Banana Island smoothies ?

2013-12-02T07:46:38.000Z

I'm considering doing Banana Island; however, I am new to raw in that I mostly do cooked (vegan).

Being not a huge banana fan (want to be!), is doing banana smoothie concoctions ok?

(coconut water, flavoring)?

For those that have done Banana Island, I know people will sometimes do greens with the bananas... but, I've never heard of anyone doing the smoothie recipes on it. Please will you share your advice? I don't have a "favorite" fruit, per se. Is it not worth doing banana island if it's such that I'd have to do smoothie "recipes" as I mentioned above?

Thanks for your input!

sourcing bulk bananas AUS?

2013-10-14T06:59:23.000Z

Hello all,

just wondering, if anyone knows any great traders, wholesalers where i can buy bulk bananas etc online in Australia? would be such a help! ox

banana island health

2013-07-13T16:56:18.000Z

ok so this has likely been asked before but i cant seem to find anything on it, but how long is it safe/ok to go on banana island healthwise? i am in the midst of trying to get my stomach/digestive system to recover and have been on bananas only for 3 months. i was finaly able to eat many fruits solid before that point instead of liquid diet which took a couple of years to get to that point but i accidentally consumed some wheat and that has messed up my ability to eat food since and ripe bananas blended up seems to be the only safe food. i thought halfway through this 3 month period that i could try something else. i tried blending bluebrries into my smoothie as i used to before. instant burning pain in my stomach, so scrathced that and went back to plain nanas. then for some reason i tried small amount of salad one day and had stabbing pains in my gut for 4 days straight and could not eat. after that i went back to the nana smoothies yet again. and before the wheat i HAD got to the point where i could finally eat fruit and salad - it was amazing to actually be able to eat something that was.. food, so i know its the wheat which has caused damage. i dont know how long it will take to completely recover but i was thinking of sticking with banana smoothie for awhile until i sort of feel like i could try a different fruit blended/juiced mono style and see how that goes - and if thats ok then try different fruit blended/juiced and so on etc. until i get back to being able to eat again. i just wanted to know how long banans only is ok for though just in case. i wanna take this slow and no risks to recover as quick as possible because i have learned from a lot of bad experiences in the past and dont want to go though that again :) thanks, rachel.

my poop :D

2013-06-30T06:13:40.000Z

Hey all, got a poop question today.

Since going on the island for a few days and increasing calories, I have had more energy, but my elimination actually seems to have suffered. Right now I'm either having a dump once in the morning and then not again, or having a bunch of little ones throughout the day that don't feel super satisfying and don't come out that quick.

I want my poop to float and be more regular. Is this going to be more of a long term thing that will happen once I've been on banana island for a bit? When I was eating rice and tomatoes I had more floaty deuces that came out immediately.

I had to leave the island today but I intend to go back on tomorrow and stay on for at least a week this time. I would like an explanation as to why my elimination seems to be worse... could it be a detox thing. Very interested and dedicated here. Thanks for listening to my poop story.

Stomach capacity

2013-06-13T21:50:38.000Z

I'd like to know from those of you who eat 25+ bananas in one go, I assume you do so gradually by stretching your stomach by adding more each day but what do you do when youve eaten them all and your stomach is huge? How long does that last and how do you get into your clothes etc?

Coming to Banana Island 12/29

2012-12-27T23:22:49.000Z

Hey Everyone!

I'm still transitioning to a 100% RAW vegan diet and I figured the best way to ease my brain while I cruise into this lovely lifestyle is to do banana island first. I was 100% raw for 4 whole days before Xmas but ate cooked for the holiday. & I'd be starting 12/28 but i have a huge box of oranges to get rid of first, lol. If you want to join me, hop right on!

For personal reference; the things I want to get rid of with this diet is my digestive issues (bloating, gas, constipation, etc.), weight (slowly but surely), and oily/dry skin problems. Not to mention irritability, depression, inactivity, and fatigue.

Anyone wanna join me on Banana Island??

2012-09-11T18:11:43.000Z

I want to start Banana Island tomorrow... I've been eating cooked foods the past few days... :( and i just feel yucky. I got a new job, so I think that's why I've been eating unhealthy. I brought my banana smoothie one day and everyone looked at me like I was crazy and couldn't believe I was eating bananas for breakfast. I work at Dunkin Donuts, and sometimes I find it difficult to stay away from coffee... But I wanted to see if anyone wanted to start a week on Banana Island with me tomorrow? I find it easier to have a friend to do this with, for that extra support because I don't get it from anywhere else.

Starting Today - Reset Button

2012-09-03T16:19:53.000Z

I've been eating 8-1-1 low fat, high carb, high calorie raw vegan (phew what a mouthful!) off and on since the end of April 2012 now.

I've been struggling for various reasons, mostly affording enough fruit and having enough RIPE fruit - so I would start eating my huge salad at night with rice. I've not strayed from vegan of course but I've definitely had periods of eating higher fat. Nuts really, are my vice.

I feel MISERABLE. I'm always stressing about food and what to eat or oh is that too much fat or thinking non stop about cooked foods.. I do not want this in my life! It's like I'm developing an eating disorder or something.

I need to be on my A game. (personal life upheavals and challenges, plus being a single parent and on welfare trying to find work).

I saw a ton of ripe bananas at the store yesterday and bought them all. I'll use dates as my backup if I don't have ripe bananas.

Of course I had a really senseless cooked binge last night so I feel like crap today.

I've been curious to try banana island for awhile.. so we'll see how long I go. A week maybe? Depends I guess.

I'm reading all around this site and am a *little* confused. Is it JUST bananas and nothing else? Lots of people talk about green smoothies and eating greens with their bananas and such.

So to start off today I'm working my way through my ripe banana stash... It's 9am and I stopped eating around 8pm last night, high fat cooked vegan food - I contemplated water fasting until this evening but don't want to set myself up to binge again tonight because I didn't eat all day. I'm not experienced with fasting.

Anyway... I'll start another thread tonight with how today went and update that one each day or something. Excited to feel better that's for certain!!

Bananas Island 7 Day Challenge

2012-07-24T02:00:44.000Z

Hey everyone, I'm a High Carb Cooked Vegan and have started my journey on banana island. I originally began my post in the HCCV section but I found this place and feel it's more appropriate to post here.

Does anyone know how to move a thread?

Anyway, here is the link to the original thread I started:

http://www.30bananasaday.com/group/high-carb-cooked-vegan-discussions/forum/topics/30-bananas-a-day-for-a-week

I will post the rest of the week here though.

Thanks

SOURCES OF FRESH DATES IN BULK

2012-06-06T21:03:59.000Z

Does anyone know where can one buy fresh dates in bulk in your area?

Are these banana's bad?

2012-04-22T14:03:08.000Z

I got a whole bunch of banana’s that have an air gab in the middle and when you split them they look like the bellow, they also do not smell that good to me, but my smelling can be off...

I need some advices from some people more experienced with banana's.

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Orange Island - thoughts/recommendations?

2012-04-19T17:20:13.000Z

Hello to everyone!

I'm new to the raw food way and 80/10/10. I have read the book and tried a week of doing fruits/vegetables before resuming the SAD.

I've been reading some about banana island and am wondering what your recommendations are for something like an "orange island"? Are there certain considerations with teeth pain? And, is it too acidic for island?

Oranges are in season, and I'm drawn to them for the mental lift (liquid sunshine).

Also, from your personal experience, did you find it helpful to begin your raw food lifestyle with a mono fruit island? (I'm kind of an all-or-nothing person!)

Or, a 2-fruit island? (orange/banana)

I understand the island is not for weightloss; I'm just wondering if it's a good place to start.

Thanks for any opinions or advice - I very much appreciate it.

We are going bananas here at Finca Da Vida Costa Rica

2012-03-22T22:57:47.000Z

We are blessed to have the Banana Commander Chris Kendall right here by our sides as we adventure into Banana Island!!!

- the banana villa here at Finca Da Vida is full and away we go.

luckily we are living in banana heaven and dont have to go monkey at the supermarket.

we'll keep you posted about how living in the jungle and eating only bananas feels. will be an adventure!

love Billa, Dane and Karina - Finca da Vida crew.. www.fincadevida.com

Banana question

2011-06-01T08:36:09.000Z

Why banana's?

I'd love to give banana island a go; to help with chronic fatigue and a very sensitive stomach. banana's are lovely in my tummy.

Is there something special about banana's that may create healing on BI?

Why would there be weight loss eating one fruit?

Just curious

thanks

banana island and breastfeeding?

2010-10-22T13:52:38.000Z

i'm on day 4 of banana island.

so far so good! i ate one small bowl of raw miso soup though yesterday evening because i was super chilled - a MISTAKE! felt awful. back to 100 percent bananas and water today.

my main question. are there any concerns with doing this while breastfeeding?

so far my supply has been fine, but i don't want to push my luck. concerned that i'm only gettting about half of my protein requirements a day, according to my calculations.

any thoughts? advice?

thanks!

organic or conventional??

2009-06-21T13:49:48.000Z

So I have a couple of slow weeks ahead of me..ie more time to train..less time working so seems the perfect time to banana island!Anyone noticed a difference doing with conventional vs organic?I am going to pick up whatever I can afford tommorow. Intrested to hear your experiences!! My organic man is back open on tuesday, he cant do me a box at the moment but can certainly have a talk about prices/quantities I need!!Any advice would be fantastic!!

Feeling very tired

2009-05-22T00:06:31.000Z

This being the 3rd day now on BI and i m feeling so tired all the time. Ive been getting about 12 hour sleep anyway. Is this normal and what did you experenced?How long did you go before reintroducing greens?Please share your exp. Thanks

blending bananas

2009-03-29T17:51:38.000Z

I was wondering if when you blend your bananas do you add water at all? I like the consistency without water, but I'm not sure if its easier to digest with water added.