athletics Jamaica : Eating up to 30 bananas per day is nothing for Yohan Blake

indexNot only there aren’t many humans that can move quicker than Yohan Blake but also we’ve yet to find one who can match his insatiable appetite for bananas

When our fellows from SPIKES heard that he eats up to 16 bendy yellow fruits a day, they just had to catch up with the 100m world champion to find out more …

We have read that you eat up to 16 bananas a day, is this definitely true? And why do you eat so many?
“Yes, and sometimes more. Potassium is very important and bananas are filled with it. They give me energy and the more energy I have the more effective I am on the track”

Have you always eaten that many bananas, or has a nutritionist recommend you to eat that many?
“I have been eating bananas from when I was a child. Then I could, and would, eat up to 30 a day”.

Amazing! Do you have a favourite time to eat them?
“I do, I eat them mostly when I am playing video games and relaxing”.

Do you ever try anything a bit different with your bananas?
“I just peel them and eat them.”


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