Why You Should Think Twice Before Eating Green Bananas
By EMILY RHODE
Instead of a soft, sweet treat, you end up with a mouthful of bitter, hard fruit when eating a green banana. However, the other big differences between green and yellow bananas might surprise you.
Perhaps one of the biggest things to watch out for when eating green bananas is digestive issues. The resistant starch that makes up a green banana is a good source of dietary fiber, because it is hard for humans to digest.
Green bananas also contain a lot of pectin — another type of dietary fiber — which is one of the reasons they remain so hard until they ripen. Both resistant starch and pectin may cause digestive distress in certain people.