When I first read this study it was Noooooooooooooooooo! - I have been mixing banana / ripe banana in a smoothie with berries and cacao powder nearly every day for 20 years!
Study found here:
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/article ... d3fo01599h
Nutrition ⇒ Study: 84% reduction in absorbtion of Flavan-3-ols with Banana smoothie
Study: 84% reduction in absorbtion of Flavan-3-ols with Banana smoothie
It has taken a while for this study to sink in, it is only a small one but the results are striking...mixing high polyphenol oxidase (PPO) based food with Flavan-3-ols based food impairs the " bioavailability of flavan-3-ols, and most likely other dietary polyphenol bioactives" - buy a whopping 84%!
When I first read this study it was Noooooooooooooooooo! - I have been mixing banana / ripe banana in a smoothie with berries and cacao powder nearly every day for 20 years!
Study found here:
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/article ... d3fo01599h
When I first read this study it was Noooooooooooooooooo! - I have been mixing banana / ripe banana in a smoothie with berries and cacao powder nearly every day for 20 years!
Study found here:
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/article ... d3fo01599h
Last edited by Boxcost on Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Study 84% reduction in absorbtion of Flavan-3-ols with Banana smoothie
And of course, last couple of years... yeah Beet greens are good for you, so I 'used' to occasionally chuck them in the smoothie as well
again from the study https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/article ... d3fo01599h
Products PPO activity (KU/100 g of edible portion) (−)-Epicatechin (mg per 100 g of edible portion)
Banana 3258 ± 71 0.2 (0–0.07)
Beet greens 1594 ± 24 n/a
again from the study https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/article ... d3fo01599h
Products PPO activity (KU/100 g of edible portion) (−)-Epicatechin (mg per 100 g of edible portion)
Banana 3258 ± 71 0.2 (0–0.07)
Beet greens 1594 ± 24 n/a