Slippery Slope of the Banana

Hot Runner - 2013-02-16 10:24 PM Unless both cases involved a banana and nothing else, guessing that the fruit itself is not the culprit. While I've heard of people who can't eat them before races, never heard of a banana allergy (caveat, not a doctor, just a runner/triathlete who likes to eat!) . It's a pretty innocuous food and often part of an elimination diet when people try to figure out what they're allergic to, and recommended for people getting over diarrhea. Sounds more like food poisoning or some nasty GI bug. If it really was the banana, maybe you should start buying organic ones. it almost sounds like poisoning--maybe some pesticide got in? I once got really ill from an apple (which I'd washed an peeled) when I lived in China--since I'm not allergic to apples figured it must have been some bad stuff that got sprayed on or, God forbid but it happens there, injected into the fruit. Definitely throw that bunch of bananas out before someone else gets sick!

FlyinTiger - 2013-02-16 8:00 AM This past week, I have developed issues after eating a banana.  Early in the week, around 30 minutes after eating, I develop pretty strong stomach pains.  Naturally, I dismiss this as eating it on an empty stomach.  I googled it to find it not to be that uncommon.  I did not eat another until yesterday afternoon.  About an hour after eating a single banana, my body once again begins to cramp, followed by sweats and the feeling that I would pass out.  I get out of the driver's seat and hand the keys over to my wife.  I do not think that we made it 2 blocks before I come to with my wife's hands on either side of my face and my daughter peeking around the seat.  I had blacked out and they say I went into something that resembled a seizure ( grunting, eyes rolling back & incoherent ).  All this from 1 banana?  I read that you can develop an allergy over time, but really?  Have any of you heard of this from anyone else?  Guess I am glad that my annual trip to the doctor is on Tuesday.