7 Fruit combinations that can be dangerous (2024)

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What fruits should you not mix together? ›

Try not to mix acidic fruits, such as grapefruits and strawberries, or sub-acidic foods such as apples, pomegranates and peaches, with sweet fruits, such as bananas and raisins for a better digestion. However, you can mix acidic with sub-acidic fruits. For a similar reason, you should not mix guavas and bananas.

For those who want to consume smoothies with bananas, or other high PPO activity fruits and vegetables such as beet greens, the suggestion is to not combine them with flavanol-rich fruits such as berries, grapes and cocoa.

What Foods Should Not Be Juiced Together? There are no known edible vegetables or fruits that cannot be juiced together. In fact, “when apple mash is mixed with other vegetables,” the resulting juice has increased nutrients and minerals.

Orange with Carrot: Avoid eating these combinations together as it can cause heartburn and kidney damage. Papaya and lemon: We often squish lemon over papaya to make it tangy and sweet at the same time. But you should stop combining the two together as it can cause anemia and hemoglobin imbalance.

The new study found that smoothies combining bananas with berries proved to decrease in flavanols (a key nutrient in berries) after being blended together. Considering the health benefits of flavanols, this presents a problem.

What does that mean? It means that ideally, when you are juicing, you will select and mix ingredients that are proportioned in the ratio of 80% vegetables (or low sugar fruit) and 20% fruit (or high sugar content vegetables).

The reason you can't juice a banana is that they contain low liquid and high starch content which means they break down into thick pulp and mush when subjected to juicing. Instead of drinkable nutrition, you'll end up with a gluey mess gumming up your appliance.

Experts say that green juices can also contain high levels of thallium, a toxic heavy metal. Many leafy greens like kale, spinach and collards also contain high oxalate levels, which can cause inflammation when juiced down and consumed in large amounts.

Raisins, dates, and similar fruits generally contain more carbs, calories, and sugar in one handful than their fresh fruit counterparts. For instance, 150 grams of dried dates contains around 101 grams of sugar and 451 calories.

Good choices include oranges, blueberries, apples, avocados, and bananas, but there are many more to choose from. Fruits are an excellent source of essential vitamins and minerals, and they are high in fiber. Fruits also provide a wide range of health-boosting antioxidants, including flavonoids.

What fruit should you not put together? ›

While we'd love if all fruits and veggies could get along, these are some of our favorite produce combos that shouldn't be stored near each other: Apples and Avocados. Bananas and Mangoes. Tomatoes and Cucumbers.