Bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruits, stuffed with vitamins and minerals. On the face of it they are good for you, so why do some people think they could be fatal?One well-known figure who has spread this idea around is Karl Pilkington, the grumpy friend of comedian Ricky Gervais.”Before when you were talking about bananas… I had that fact, about if you eat more than six, it can kill you,
“he said in one of his conversations with Gervais and fellow comedian Stephen Merchant.”It is a fact. Potassium levels are dangerously high if you have six bananas.I saw a bowl of bananas.
There’s six bananas there. You know why there’s only six? Seven would be dangerous.”So how dangerous is potassium?Actually, it is crucial for survival and can be found,
“within every single cell of the body,” says Catherine Collins, a dietitian at St George’s Hospital in London.”We use it to help generate an electrical charge which helps the cell function properly.
It helps keep your heart rate steady, it helps trigger insulin release from the pancreas to help control blood sugars, and more importantly keeps blood pressure in check.”
