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I don't think you understand. By adding the banana, you are canceling out the benefits of all of those other things.
How? Are you a weirdo keto person?
How dare you accuse me of being a weirdo keto person, I am most definitely not one of them. 😑
The effect is caused by an enzyme in bananas that are part of it's natural immune response. It breaks down polyphenols.
Worrying about shit like that is borderline orthorexia, I guess I also shouldn't add spinach to my smoothie because oxalates
Dude, "orthorexia" was a thing that was baselessly made up. It doesn't exist.
It's not hard to just leave bananas out of recipes, at least for me, it doesn't feel like a loss in the first place. Just more room for better things.
Spinach is fine, the oxalates bind the spinach's own nutrients. The only issue there is a higher risk of kidney stones, which is easily avoided by eating a balanced variety of mixed greens regularly instead of any single one.