If you do choose to skip the banana, McAllister recommends swapping in lower-PPO picks like pineapple, mango, or oranges, or ...

If a healthy slurp is your aim, skip the banana when you whip up a smoothie. Researchers at the University of California-Davis found that adding banana may interfere with absorption of powerful ...

Have you ever used a spoon to eat a smoothie? No? I hadn't either, until recently, when I found myself with leftover blueberries. I was looking up smoothie recipes when I stumbled on a few for ...

Do you really need a new recipe for a strawberry-banana smoothie? Maybe not if you’re okay with the icy, bland, vaguely fruit-flavored drink currently coming out of your blender. But if you’re in the ...

Bananas may be gentle on the stomach, yet experts note that what you combine them with can shift their effect on the gut.

Bananas don’t “ruin” smoothies, but they can blunt certain berry benefits. Here’s when to skip them and when they still shine ...