Why You Should Stop Adding Bananas to Your Smoothies

One thing I do not add to my smoothie is a banana.

One thing I do not add to my smoothie is a banana. I used to put them in my smoothies. Dr. Patrick, what happens when you put a banana in a smoothie? What happens is there's a. There's something in the banana called polyphenol oxidase. That doesn't sound good. Doesn't sound good. Polyphenols are what I just said are beneficial. Yes, oxidase. Polyphenol oxidase is essentially an enzyme that's breaking down the polyphenols. And there have now been studies that have come out showing if you add bananas to blueberries, you're not getting as many polyphenols. In fact, it's quite a bit lower. So the banana is killing the benefit of the. See, this is why I need you. Because I am sitting here making smoothies thinking, I like the texture of the banana in it. It gives a little heft, creams it out a little bit. But then I'm putting in my blueberries and I just blew it because the banana canceled the blueberries. It's true. I also used to add it to my blueberries for the exact reason, plus the taste. If you go to any smoothie place, you'll see they always add bananas to any blueberry smoothie. Yes, of course. But that's where the avocado comes, because now you're going to get the creamy texture that you want, which is what I also want. Yes. And on top of that, there have been studies showing that the fat. So this monounsaturated fat in this avocado, it actually increases the bioavailability of the lutein and another carotenoid called zeaxanthin in the kale by fourfold.