• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    We are one minor mutation of a common banana disease away from having to get an entirely new kind of banana, and frankly we are not prepared for that.

    • IronBird@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      bananas are mid anyway, like red apples. nothing of value lost

      they dont even have a lot of potassium, you’d have to eat like 70 bananas to get rdv of potassium.

      you want rdv potassium (or most any other vitamin) you need to eat fucking vegetables

      • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        You have to eat approximately 10 bananas for rdv of potassium.

        rdv for potassium is 4500mg. A banana contains approximately 420-550mg of potassium.

        While 70 bananas is probably not going to kill you, ld50 for potassium is 2500mg/kg, that much potassium can exacerbate some heart problems.