{"id":11750,"date":"2025-12-09T16:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/?p=11750"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:46:36","slug":"video-slimming-world-and-mashed-bananas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/?p=11750","title":{"rendered":"Video: Slimming World and mashed bananas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We regularly see questions round why complete bananas are a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/discover-slimming-world-free-foods\/\">Slimming World Free Food<\/a> (meals that may be eaten freely to fulfill your urge for food, with no weighing, measuring or counting), whereas mashed bananas have a Swip worth (and may be loved in measured quantities). As with all the things we do, there\u2019s a scientific, evidence-based cause, as our registered nutritionist Dr Sarah Bennett explains\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/5245389806001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6376861528112\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" width=\"900\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/group-or-online-membership\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SmallCTA-BelieveInASWChristmas25-SlimmingWorldBlog.jpg\" alt=\"Believe in a Slimming World Christmas - Join in the festive fun\" class=\"wp-image-14363\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Breaking down the science<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Mashing, mixing or pur\u00e9eing meals doesn\u2019t change its calorie content material (the energy are all nonetheless there \u2013 simply mushier!). <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/what-can-i-eat\">Slimming World\u2019s healthy eating plan<\/a> is predicated on far more than simply energy, although, and mixing meals makes it a lot simpler to devour. It\u2019s much less filling, too \u2013 so we\u2019re left wanting extra to fulfill our urge for food, which may enhance our calorie consumption and result in weight achieve.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When fruit is loved in its pure, complete kind, it\u2019s low in power density (energy per gram), cumbersome and satiating (it helps fill you up). When it\u2019s mashed, juiced or made into smoothies, those self same energy lose their cumbersome, appetite-satisfying properties and slip down far more simply. For instance, analysis has proven that apple juice is consumed 10 instances quicker than the equal variety of complete apples, and has far much less filling energy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The method of breaking down and absorbing meals permits your digestive system to register that you just\u2019re full, whereas releasing hormones that ship alerts to the mind to let you know which you can cease consuming. When meals is already partially damaged down for us \u2013 if it\u2019s blended or juiced, for instance \u2013 there\u2019s much less work for the physique to do, that means our satiety alerts aren\u2019t triggered as a lot. It additionally means the sugar that was as soon as contained inside the cell partitions of the fruit is now \u2018free\u2019 so it\u2019s absorbed into the blood faster, which may additionally have an effect on urge for food and make us really feel much less full than we&#8217;d\u2019ve if we\u2019d eaten the fruits of their complete kind.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>But it surely\u2019ll be mashed up in my mouth<\/strong>?!<\/h3>\n<p>True \u2013 and that\u2019s truly one more reason why complete bananas are Free and mashed bananas aren\u2019t. The method of feeling full begins lengthy earlier than meals reaches the abdomen \u2013 it begins once we first see and scent meals after which, importantly, once we begin to chew. Chewing is a big step in a series of occasions that finally results in us feeling full and stopping consuming. Amongst different issues, it will increase the discharge of these all-important hormones that inform us once we\u2019ve had sufficient. Eradicating this step by mashing or pur\u00e9eing meals can affect how full it makes us really feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Do all mashed meals have a Swip worth?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>No, we\u2019re solely referring to mashed, blended or juiced\u00a0<em>fruits<\/em>. That is primarily as a result of their dietary profile and the way we mostly devour them. They\u2019re\u00a0naturally\u00a0larger in sugar than different meals we would mash, and are additionally extra doubtless for use as a snack, smoothie\u00a0or as a dessert \u2013 including further energy on high of major meals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(Whereas tomatoes are technically a fruit, as a result of they\u2019re typically utilized in savoury dishes, we classify them as a Free vegetable in our wholesome consuming plan. They\u2019re often served as a part of a filling major imply or aspect, and never typically used as a snack or dessert.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/slimmingworldkitchen.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SWKitchen-Small-CTA-Opt1.jpg\" alt=\"Slimming World Kitchen - Food Optimising delivered!\" class=\"wp-image-8816\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are you able to clarify why soup is Free, however vegetable juice isn\u2019t?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When greens are blended to make soup, they\u2019re often eaten as a meal quite than a fast drink\u00a0<em>between<\/em>\u00a0meals or along with a meal. The warmth of the soup slows the velocity at which we eat, too, \u00a0and analysis reveals this provides our physique an opportunity to recognise we\u2019re consuming and feeling fuller \u2013 one thing that tends to not\u00a0occur once we gulp down chilly smoothies or juice.\u00a0Mixing soup additionally retains fibre (in comparison with\u00a0<em>juiced<\/em>\u00a0greens), which causes the abdomen to increase extra and provides filling energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Slimming World, we\u2019re obsessed with serving to you to attain and keep your weight reduction targets, whereas nonetheless having fun with the actual meals you&#8217;re keen on. Our professional groups are dedicated to understanding the complete image round meals and weight reduction \u2013 together with the science of satiety and the psychology of slimming \u2013 to help you in getting actual weight reduction outcomes that final.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/the-science-behind-food-optimising\/\">Read more about the science behind the Slimming World plan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra for members: Try <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/member.slimmingworld.co.uk\/features\/why-is-mashed-banana-synned\"><strong>So, why does mashed banana have a Swip value?<\/strong><\/a><strong> for an in-depth take a look at this scorching matter<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Go bananas!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/strawberry-and-banana-smoothie-bowl\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/strawberry-banana-smoothie-bowl-sw-500px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8665\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>No meals is banned at Slimming World, so you may nonetheless take pleasure in mashed bananas inside your day by day Swips allowance and reduce weight. Right here\u2019s a bunch of our favorite banana recipes:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/slimming-world-banana-bread\/\">Classic banana bread<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/slimming-world-chocolate-banana-bread\/\">Chocolate banana bread<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/new-slimming-world-flapjacks\/\">Slimming World flapjacks<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/strawberry-and-banana-smoothie-bowl\">Strawberry and banana smoothie bowl\u00a0<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/pancakes-with-mixed-berries\">Slimming World pancakes<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"block-embedded-widget-area alignwide\">\n<section id=\"mm-newsletter-widget-3\" class=\"widget mm-newsletter-widget\">\n\t\t<!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<p><!-- #post-13532 --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- #main --><br \/>\n\t<\/section>\n<p><!-- #primary --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/mashed-banana-myth\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We regularly see questions round why complete bananas are a Slimming World Free Food (meals that may be eaten freely to fulfill your urge for food, with no weighing, measuring or counting), whereas mashed bananas have a Swip worth (and may be loved in measured quantities). 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