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🕒 2025-04-24

Banana Fans Urged to Eat the Stringy Bits—Yes, Even the Weird Phloem Bundles

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Banana enthusiasts and nutrition nerds, rejoice: experts now recommend eating the stringy phloem bundles usually banished from your fruit bowl. These plant biology marvels transfer nutrients during photosynthesis, so eating phloem isn't just weird—it's surprisingly nutritious.

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