Banana Calories

Article by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

The Energy Values

One Medium Sized Banana (about 4 ounces peeled) - 105 calories.

One Pound of Peeled Bananas contains about 400 calories.

Banana Chips (2/3 cup) - About 230 calories.

Let's take a look at the nutritional values of the healthy banana - a very inexpensive fruit that is available all during the year - for all months, all seasons. What would we possibly do without this delicious super fruit?

Here are the size dimensions:

Extra Small: less than 6" in length.
Small: 6" to 6 & 7/8" in length.
Medium: 7" to 7 & 7/8" in length.
Large: 8" to 8 & 7/8" in length.
Jumbo or Extra Large: 9" or longer

Bananas for Weight Loss

These babies work so well in any weight loss plan.

They can be used for snack time and they travel so well in their own protective container, compliments of Mother Nature herself.

They also make a healthy dessert after meal time.

They are totally void of cholesterol mg, they contains a good dose of dietary fiber content and they are one of the richest sources available for potassium mg.

All smart dieters should go absolutely ape over bananas.

Why, even popular fad diet plans have been the focus of this lovely fruit and it may have even been the forbidden fruit in that special garden. Then again, like that fad banana diet, that's carrying things a bit too far.

Nonetheless, pick up a bunch the next time that you're shopping. Your bathroom scales will thank you in the area of lost pounds.

Banana Calories, Nutrition Facts

Vitamins, Minerals	100 g	1 Cup, Mashed	1 Cup, Sliced	1 x-Small	1 Small	1 Medium	1 Large	1 x-Large
Energy kcal	89	200	134	72	90	105	121	135
Protein g	1.09	2.45	1.64	0.88	1.10	1.29	1.48	1.66
Total lipids (fat) g	0.33	0.74	0.50	0.27	0.33	0.39	0.45	0.50
Carbohydrate g	22.84	51.39	34.26	18.50	23.07	26.95	31.06	34.72
Fiber,dietary g	2.6	5.8	3.9	2.1	2.6	3.1	3.5	4.0
Sugars, total g	12.23	27.52	18.34	9.91	12.35	14.43	16.63	18.59
Minerals
Calcium, Ca mg	5	11	8	4	5	6	7	8
Iron, Fe mg	0.26	0.58	0.39	0.21	0.26	0.31	0.35	0.40
Magnesium mg	27	61	40	22	27	32	37	41
Phosphorus mg	22	50	33	18	22	26	30	33
Potassium, K	358	806	537	290	362	422	487	544
Sodium mg	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
Zinc mg	0.15	0.34	0.22	0.12	0.15	0.18	0.20	0.23
Vitamins
Vitamin C mg	8.7	19.6	13.0	7.0	8.8	10.3	11.8	13.2
Thiamin mg	0.031	0.070	0.047	0.025	0.031	0.037	0.042	0.047
Riboflavin mg	0.073	0.164	0.109	0.059	0.074	0.086	0.099	0.111
Niacin mg	0.665	1.496	0.998	0.539	0.672	0.785	0.904	1.011
Vitamin B-6 mg	0.367	0.826	0.550	0.297	0.371	0.433	0.499	0.558
Folate, DFE µg	20	45	30	16	20	24	27	30
Vitamin B-12 µg	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Vitamin A, RAE µg	3	7	4	2	3	4	4	5
Vitamin A, IU	64	144	96	52	65	76	87	97
Vitamin E mg	0.10	0.22	0.15	0.08	0.10	0.12	0.14	0.15
Vitamin D IU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin K µg	0.5	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8
Lipids
Saturated g	0.112	0.252	0.168	0.091	0.113	0.132	0.152	0.170
Monounsaturated g	0.032	0.072	0.048	0.026	0.032	0.038	0.044	0.049
Polyunsaturated g	0.073	0.164	0.109	0.059	0.074	0.086	0.099	0.111
Cholesterol mg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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