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A member asked:

How come bananas make you gain weight,yet when i eat like 8 bananas,since i have low potassium,i lose my belly fat,while i usually gain weight easily?

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100 calories: Each banana, depending on size, is roughly 100 calories. If you eat 8, you're eating 800 calories. For a 19 year old, that's only a fraction of your daily requirement. Gaining weight (fat, not fluid) is all about how much you eat vs how much you burn up.

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Answered 3/23/2015

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