India, May 23 -- There has been a claim circulating on social media that adding bananas to berry smoothies can destroy the berries' nutritional value. However, according to Dr Karan Rajan, a UK-based surgeon and health content creator, this is just an example of bad science communication.

Taking to Instagram on May 22, Dr Rajan explained where the claim originated and why it is okay to keep making smoothies with both berries and bananas.

"The claim that bananas can destroy the nutritional value of a berry smoothie comes from a real study," stated Dr Rajan. "Unfortunately, the study did not test what happens when you mix bananas and berries together."

The 2023 study, titled Impact of polyphenol oxidase on the bioavailability of flavan-3...