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Smoothie Sabotage: Skip the Banana

Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell
Published in
10 min readSep 30, 2023

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YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID PUTTING that banana in your smoothie. Researchers recently discovered that adding a banana decreased health-promoting flavanol levels. Smoothie sabotage: Skip the banana.

Smoothies can be a convenient and tasty way for me to consume fruits and vegetables that promote health. I sometimes struggle to get in recommended quantities of fruits and vegetables, so smoothies have become…

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Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com