It’s a primal and discomforting thing to hear you’ve been inefficiently eating something your entire life.

Fruits rarely change, and for the most part, there’s no wrong way to eat something if it ends up getting into your body and nourishing you when it counts. But for those looking to be the advantageous and excellent human they hopped out the womb to be, we’ve compiled 5 groundbreaking food hacks that’ll keep you eating fruits like a boss:

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Like to eat your cherries already pitted? To get rid of those seeds, all you need is a glass bottle and some chopsticks (or anything strong enough to puncture the cherry):

How to eat an apple correctly:

How to get the seeds out of your pomegranate in seconds instead of hours:

We’ve been peeling bananas from the wrong end:

How to shuck those strawberries of those pesky leaves without using a knife and saving precious strawberry flesh: