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To: Lane3 who wrote (29183)	2/17/2015 6:57:50 PM
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I suspect there is an issue of definitions at play here. A casual look showed no difference in fiber content between a ripe banana and a green banana. Both have around 3 grams of fiber, which is what you have pointed out. A chart in this article shows the differences between ripe and unripe bananas. forlivingstrong.com An unripe banana has a lot more starch than a ripe banana. This starch is considered to be a resistant starch. This article here explains that resistant starch is know as a dietary fiber. Resistant starch is considered the third type of dietary fiber, en.wikipedia.org Perhaps the confusion is the traditional labeling for a banana is listing insoluble fiber and not resistant starch while Dr Davis is focusing on dietary fiber.