Remember that guy with the 30 banana per day diet?

     Good one !  He'll be backed up for a month, at least.

You ate nothing but bananas for two years?????

Bananagirl,

Just curious....what is the benefit of a diet like that? It sounds like an awful lot of sugar...even if it's natural sugar.

byebye and bootstrap, i started raw foodism back in 2009 because i heard it could help my allergies, rhinitis, and asthma. i had very bad allergies and was reliant on a lot of meds for it. once i started, i was able to get off all my meds. that was my main motivation. i then read a book called 80/10/10 about how fruitarians are like superhumans so i figured i'd try it out. i actually did well on the diet and was a beast- gained lots of muscle, awesome bloodwork, and started running cross country (was never able to run due to my asthma). i was even doing olympic powerlifting, swimming 3x a week, and teaching 3-4 fitness classes. as long as i ate enough (which was A LOT), i was able to get a perfect amount of protein from fruits (mainly bananas- they have a good amount) and greens for my body weight and all my nutrients. you are allowed nuts and seeds on the diet as well. the "30 bananas a diet" is just a gimmicky name for it but you definitely get a lot of variety.

i really had to work up to expanding my belly. i started with only being able to do 2 bananas and then just kept adding them. i have a vitamix blender and it can fit a lot of fruit. greens are very important on the diet. it was normal for me to eat 1 lb a day.

i'd say the suckiest things about the diet were:
1. nobody i knew ate like that so everyone was always calling me joanna banana
2. i did this diet in college so commuting with that much fruit weighed a lot
3. when there were only green bananas at the store!! ahh the horror!!
4. i could never go out to eat (but i don't really now anyways either)
5. oddly, i was constipated a lot and could not understand why

in the end, i had to stop the diet because i started to flare. i had been diagnosed with UC years before this diet, but it doesn't help to eat this much fiber when flaring. i ended up just going back to cooked vegan and now paleo. it's weird but i do miss eating that way. my fitness levels were insane and i did feel like a superhuman (besides the stupid constipation).

ahh found one of my old powerlifting pictures!!

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z152/joannabanana_02/?action=view&current=powerliftingclass.jpg

Ok all the fitness training you were doing explains it. If I did I diet like that I would be 300 pounds!

Lol when you post a powerlifting pic...im expecting to see heavy weights lol. but....seeing you is good enough.lol

Dear God, I've not defecated for three weeks, but my potassium levels are spectacular.

bananagirl... now your nickname makes sense. And thanks for posting, somedude.

We need to keep our humor :)

sean88, haas was who elaine took her daughter to and he treated her, right? i remember i read about the bananas in the SCD book. i have not read his book but maybe i should.