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Why You Shouldn't Put a Banana in Your Smoothies: New Research on flavanol (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)
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Is Your Smoothie Sabotaging Your Health? The Truth About PPO and Flavan-3-ols Do you know anything about flavan-3-ols? These bioactive substances, which may be found in a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, offer a wide range of health advantages. It turns out, however, that just combining fruits may not necessarily ensure that we obtain the full advantages of these substances. That's accurate! Just like a medical student's life involves more than just texts and anatomical illustrations, the

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[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate 18 points 1 year ago (11 children)

The TLDR: flavanols may have a slight benefit to cardiovascular health and a component of bananas significantly reduces their absorption. So if you're drinking smoothies to increase flavanols, or if that's the only source of them for you, you might not want to include bananas.

I'm personally safe because they're also in cocoa, of which I consume several hundred servings a day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Haha, several hundred servings of cocoa a day? Sounds like you've got your flavanol source locked down! ๐Ÿ˜„ But in all seriousness, it's fascinating how different foods can interact and affect the absorption of beneficial compounds

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