Researchers at UC Davis discovered that adding a banana to your smoothie may drastically reduce the absorption of flavanols — powerful compounds linked to heart and brain health. The culprit is ...

Adding a banana to your berry smoothie might sound healthy, but new research suggests the popular combo could cancel out some of the fruit’s benefits.

You had me at yellow. Americans, on average, eat nearly 27 pounds of fresh bananas each year, making the elongated berry the most commonly consumed fresh fruit in the US. There are many reasons to go ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that adding a banana to your smoothie can reduce the body’s absorption of flavanols—natural compounds that support heart and brain health, by ...