{"id":7273,"date":"2023-09-08T20:15:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7273"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:15:45","slug":"new-study-finds-berry-based-smoothies-support-flavanol-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7273","title":{"rendered":"New Study Finds Berry-Based Smoothies Support Flavanol Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_1872,h_1069\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/gnx2x4iaxjyorzj4z.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Researchers came to this conclusion by measuring the flavan-3-ol plasma levels of a small group of healthy men after they&#8217;d fasted for 12 hours. Unfortunately, the size of the study was quite small and no women were included, so these findings will need to be confirmed in future, inclusive studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The findings are still worth noting, not because banana-based smoothies are worthless, but more so as a reminder that a diversity of plant-based foods, fruits included, are beneficial for your health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the world of smoothie making, you may consider adding mixed berries (i.e. strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries) to your recipe if possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to discount bananas entirely, either. In fact, bananas are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/healthiest-fruits-in-world\">rich in potassium<\/a>, which is important for heart health as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other dietary sources of flavan-3-ols include teas, cocoa-based products, and a variety of other fruits including apples, pears, peaches, and grapes\u2014so if berries just aren\u2019t your thing, know you have other options to increase your flavan-3-ol levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers came to this conclusion by measuring the flavan-3-ol plasma levels of a small group of healthy men after they&#8217;d fasted for 12 hours. Unfortunately, the size of the study was quite small and no women were included, so these findings will need to be confirmed in future, inclusive studies.\u00a0 The findings are still worth &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[70,160,79,199],"class_list":["post-7273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-antioxidant","tag-heart","tag-news","tag-smoothies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}