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"l not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 8-May-2013, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> I never understood why people eat bananas for potassium when potatoes
>> are
>> much higher in it!

> Perhaps some are like me; I like bananas better than potatoes. Though I
> haven't tried it, I'm confident a potato sliced into a bowl of breakfast
> cereal would not be as tasty as a sliced banana.
>
> Also, I give preference to low-GI foods (glycemic index) over high-GI;
> potatoes are higher, therefore having a bigger impact on glucose
> increase.


Then you shouldn't eat bananas! They raise blood sugar very quickly.