'Don't Add Bananas to Your Berry Smoothie' Response

A recent study came out that would lead one to believe that adding bananas to smoothies that have berries 'destroys their nutritional content.' Let's look at the research!
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Main Study:

Distilled Science Video (Please copy and paste TikTok in new tab for the algorithm since it signals that you are leaving YouTube on my video):

USDA Document:

Anthocyanins Degraded by PPO Quote:

PPO Cannot Degrade Anthocyanins Directly:

"Acylated anthocyanins are degraded by polyphenol oxidase."

Acylated is Different from Main:

PPO a Main Enzyme Family that Degraded Anthocyanins:

General PPO Study:

PPO Can Create Melanins:

Melanins Have Antioxidant Properties, Benefits:

Vitamin C: "In lettuce, the addition of ascorbic acid directly inhibited PPO activity."

"Among the most interesting recent reports is that procyanidins can inhibit PPO from apples."

Original Apple Study Procyanidin:

"...the highest procyanidin content was found in cinnamon..."

Temperature and PPO Inhibition:

Banana Nutrition:

PPO Cancer Study:

Bananas Lower Cancer Risk:

SEED Regularity Study:

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[melammutumultus]

Glad you clarified because I was like WTF. Blueberries and bananas are my main combo in smoothies - it's also nice to know about the cinnamon because I always add 1/2 tsp as well as a few drops of caramel extract for flavor.

[GoVeganForTheAnimal]

Ah a study done on a sample size of 10. Great study!!

[AbrahamRomney]

It's like we can't handle any kind of nuance. Thanks for clarifying the focus and limitations of the study.

[AnHourOfWolves]

My smoothies are now banana free, and honestly, I like them more now! I don't know if the science is good enough to be generalized, however I'm glad it inspired me to try to make a change that turned out to be good for me!

[AmarSingh-ucpx]

So what is the conclusion in plain english?

[pete]

Love bananas and blueberries in your oatmeal? Add chopped banana to oatmeal during cooking phase, the heat stops the ppo activity as alluded to in this video. Experiment, I add banana during last 30 seconds in microwave, stir in, heat another 30 secs, the banana doesn't dissolve, just softens, delicious.

[sheeshwoof]

I'm literally waiting to end the video, while staring at my smoothie and banana, let's see

[RiPnShtUp]

I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be not having regular 💩. That must really suck.

[HunterSmith-wrfo]

Disinformation … you are skimming over the science of the paper.

Fruits that turn brown when exposed to air, in particular bananas, have an enzyme in them that breaks down some of the antioxidants founds in berries. You can destroy this enzyme by cooking the banana before adding it to the smoothies, or you can use something like mango which doesn’t have this enzyme.

Dr Gregor has a much shorter video on this, which has more information than your video.

[yoramrodriguez]

Thank you because Dr Greger did a vid on this and depressed the crap out of me....