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.

Though banana fans may scoff at the peculiar texture, devouring those banana phloem bundles means adding extra fiber, potassium, and vitamins B6 and C to your daily diet. If you’re truly a banana fan, embracing the stringy phloem bundles is the ultimate edible flex.