Lapar saat bersepeda? Lemes gak ketulungan ditengah jalan? Makanlah pisang.
Pisang bukan cuma disukai monyet kok, ternyata pisang memberi asupan tenaga yg luar biasa besar buat pesepeda selama perjalanan riding.
More energy, more quickly.
Buat apa cari energy bar? Kandungan pisang hanya beda tipis dengan energy bar yg dijual ditoko. Pisang murah dan mudah didapatkan dimanapun, sedangkan energy bar mahal dan tidak ada disemua toko. Banyak yg mikir bahwa energy bar lebih "jos", padahal pisang gak beda jauh dengan itu.
Buat apa bikin berat tas dengan cemilan jika mudah mencari pisang diwarung manapun? Dan lebih dari itu, pisang seratus persen boleh dibuang disembarang tempat sehabis dikunyah karena kulit dia adalah sampah organik yg akan hancur dengan mudah bersama tanah.
Jadi ngapain sih elu repot ... makan aja pisang krn cocok dibawa untuk wisata, treking, riding, cycling, hiking, dan semua aktifitas sehari hari.
 Artikel dari sini. Foto dari sini. Cycling's Perfect Food
Why we should all go bananas
By Joe Lindsey
The lowly banana is the Eddy Merckx of energy food. Today the hype goes to trendier, micro-engineered energy bars and gels, but if you bring this stalwart yellow delicacy out of retirement, you'll rediscover a classic piece of cycling perfection. The banana has loads of carbs, potassium (an important electrolyte), and ride-enhancing vitamins--it's almost as if it were designed just for us.
Bananas weren't an energy food for the first cyclists, who usually fueled their efforts with bread and cheese, washed down liberally with wine. It became a tradition for European racers to disdain the banana as difficult to digest. Andy Hampsten, the only American ever to win the Tour of Italy, says his teammates during his early years as a European pro would tease him about eating bananas.
"They'd say I was going to fall asleep mid-race because they thought the bananas would just sit in my stomach," Hampsten says. But he knew that a ripe banana is actually pretty easy to digest and makes a great, portable on-ride food because it readily converts to energy. The glycemic index ranks foods on a scale of 0-100, based on how quickly they're converted to usable energy (with 100 representing pure glucose). A banana has a glycemic index rating of 55--a quicker energy boost than other common fruits. For example, an apple has a rating of 38 and an orange is 44. The banana beats the peanuts out of a Snickers bar, which is ranked at 41, and is close to a chocolate PowerBar Performance bar at 58.
Bananas are famous for containing potassium, an essential electrolyte that helps regulate blood chemistry (particularly Ph) and improves carbohydrate metabolism by helping the muscles act efficiently. Without potassium (and sodium), your muscles stop firing correctly. Severe loss of sodium can produce really nasty complications all the way up to shock and death. (Of course, you'd stop riding before then.) Potassium also prevents the blood's Ph from _becoming too acidic. With enough potassium in your system, blood glucose is more easily transported through cell walls and used in ATP production. Translation: more energy, more quickly.
Bananas are also rich in vitamin B6, which helps metabolize more than 60 proteins and assists in red blood cell production that transports oxygen to muscles. And folate in bananas helps concentration and memory. If you get lost a lot, try eating a banana.
This magic fruit also gives you 17% of your Daily Value of vitamin C, an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals (harmful waste products) in your body and helps produce collagen, the building block of the connective tissues such as tendons and cartilage that keep your knees strong. And the banana's magnesium (yep, the same stuff they make fork lowers out of) plays _a role in energy transport and your body's ability to keep pushing those cranks around. It's also involved in the synthesis _of protein, which helps recovery.
And, finally, the ultimate benefit: Unlike a gel container, bar wrapper, or a plastic bag holding a bunch of cookies, the banana's "container" is biodegradable: Toss it to the side of the road and it breaks down in one to two weeks.
Like Eddy (and Elvis, whose favorite food was fried peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches), the banana is king.
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 | Kalau lapar abis jalan kaki karena window shopping juga saya makan pisang pak, seger dan kenyang apalagi pisangnya pisang ambon yg kuning kulitnya..mmhh jd pengen beli ah tar siang.
*mata puas, perut kenyang dompet hemat* |
 | oooo aku kirain pembalap sepeda makan pisang sblm racing supaya g pup gt pak |
 | Yah kalo mau balapan mules itu kebangetan sih :-) |
 | hihihihihi....oya, kata dosenku orang yang suka makan pisang dipastikan orangnya ceria.....
gak tau deh kesimpulan dari mana.. |
| Kesimpulan dia menarik juga, ternyata pemakan pisang suka ketawa :-)
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 | udah terbukti pas tour de trunk taon lalu: yang makan pisang nyampe' finish gembira ria gak ada beban, yang makan energy bar nyampe' finish juga sih ... cuma agak bermuram durja ... heuheuheu |
 | Michael Chang juga demen nih nyantap pisang ketika pertandingan.....dan gue suka perhatiin.....ternyata ini jawabnya....secara gue males nyari khasiat tu pisang sendiri....thanks bro...ha ha |
| Pisang memang power booster alamiah terbaik, dan dimanapun mudah didapat dengan murah.
:-) Lain kali bawa satu sisir pisang didalam tas ya om ? |
 | yup... nggak makan siang asal sangu nya pisang mah nggak papa...
btw paling enak tuh pisang cavendis.. yg di hero yg kulitnya mulus kyk di gbr itu |
| Iyalah, apalagi kalo 1 sisir pisang dimakan sendirian, pasti kenyang om, hak hak hak.
Tuh kan saya ketawa melulu, pasti ini spt kata uni Meli, makan pisang terus |
| hmm jangan sampai pisang di haramkan karena disalahgunakan oleh sekelompok oknum yg tidak bertanggung jawab |
 | pantesan bos ku tiap hari makan pisang, sekali makan bisa habis1 sisir, malah dia merasa punya kelainan krn makan pisang yg menggila, aku liat2 sih dia punya energi lebih, kuat lembur dari pagi sampe pagi lagi...hanya butuh tidur 1 jam saja udah cukup....emang bener dia ceria walau kadang suka bete juga (itu mah biasa..)....bener deh....jadi pengen makan pisang cavendis itu... |
| Mungkin itu sebabnya, monyet pun suka hereuy an , hahaha. |
 | boleh dibuang dimana aja ...... tp awas jangan di jalanan juga
karena terbukti kulit pisang bisa bikin orang kepeleset ( gitu kata film tom & Jerry ) |
| Pisang gak selicin itu, kan itu film kartun |
 | ...tulisan inspiratif tuk maem ciang hari ini...mmm, banana split tuk desert kayanya yummy neh...traktir duwnkz, omm;)
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 | pantas saya tidak pernah menyaksikan ada monyet yang lemes biarpun seharian manjat pohon |
 | awalnya gw klo makan pisang muntah karena rasanya bikin eneg,eh karena ada pisang keju di tambah susu hm hm hm manyoooos nikmat.enyak enyak enyak |
 | Ibu guru : "anak-anak, pisang itu baik untuk pencernaan, rasanya enak dan banyak gizinya. maka-nya adek bayi juga suka pisang, ayah-ibu suka pisang, teman-teman suka pisang, bu guru suka pisang... anak-anak... siapa yang suka pisang...?"
Anak2 TK : "monyeeeeettttt..."
Ibu guru : GUBRAKKKK! |
 | kalo pisang goreng, sama aja gak mas? |
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 | salah tangkep ni.. kirain pisangnya yang lemes.. kan pisang kalau dibawa jalan sering cepet layu..
tapi kalau layu ya dielus aja lagi.. pasti keras lagi kan.. heheh :) |
| haram kalu dibuat mabuk sambil cekikian ga jelas :D |
 | Emanggg...selain bisa buat simpenan saat laper,pisang juga bisa buat simpenan saat "kebutuhan laen" membludak...heheheh secaaarrrraaaa....pisang gethuu lhooohhh..... |
 | pisang emang top, jadi ga perlu minuman berenergi.
tapi kalo dalam olahraga ane (futsal), ga boleh dibuang sembarangan. bisa bikin ankle si Abe cidera lagi kalo kepleset. |
| apa iya kulitnya bisa membuat kepleset? jadi penasaran pengen nyobain hehe |
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Kesimpulan dia menarik juga, ternyata pemakan pisang suka ketawa :-)