this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
72 points (100.0% liked)

Food and Cooking

6442 readers
1 users here now

All things culinary and cooking related. Share food! Share recipes! Share stuff about food, etc.

Subcommunity of Humanities.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
Gaywallet@beehaw.org
SoaringFox@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
72
New Research Reveals Why You Shouldn’t Add a Banana to Your Smoothies (scitechdaily.com)
submitted 1 year ago by d3Xt3r@beehaw.org to c/food@beehaw.org
55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Researchers have found that the enzyme polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in certain fruits like bananas can reduce the absorption of heart-healthy flavanols, especially when combined with flavanol-rich ingredients like berries. The study suggests choosing ingredients with low PPO activity, such as pineapple or oranges, when making smoothies to optimize flavanol absorption.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This feels like a really bad mindset to me, it's absolutely possible to eat healthily and still enjoy food and i see little reason to not do so.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your right, it just depends on your goals. I always have myself a cheat day.

Dinner would be decently big. Like quinoa and a bunch of chicken breast.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's dry af. I think some people are just ok eating something that has literally no flavor. A lot of "healthy" recipes need: salt, pepper, garlic, onion, oregano, paprika, chili powder, oil, mustard, honey, etc.

Like literally sprinkle salt and pepper on the chicken, garlic and oregano if you're feeling crazy. Stop eating plain chicken!

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

i think many people have this idea that healthy food somehow has to be boring and flavourless, and that if you make it in any way enjoyable it for some reason automatically becomes unhealthy.

Which is insane and a terrible idea to spread, at this point i think healthy food tastes better.