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There are over 1, varieties of bananas, but the kind most eaten in the United States is the Cavendish. The Gros Michel was once the most commonly eaten, but in the s it fell victim to a fungus that causes Panama disease, so farmers had to switch to the Cavendish. Bananas are the oldest cultivated fruit and likely were first domesticated in Southeast Asia. Centuries later, shortly after Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere, they were brought from the Canary Islands to Hispaniola.

They then spread to other islands, before making it to the mainland. They didn't become widespread in the United States until the end of the nineteenth century. They were so popular in American cities in the early twentieth century that banana peels on the ground became a nuisance and an issue that had to be dealt with. This led to the gag of slipping on banana peels, which was frequently featured in early movies.

Bananas were popularized in part by the United Fruit Company, which was founded in the late nineteenth century, and is now known as Chiquita. They encouraged people to eat bananas with milk and corn flakes, and they put out banana recipe books until the end of the s.

Bananas are edible fruit produced by several kind of plants in the genus Musa. Contrary to a common misconception, bananas are not trees but large herbaceous plants. Bananas are rich in dietary fiber and sugars.

They are an excellent source of vitamin B6. The main rule is that you eat bananas for breakfast every morning with two cups of water room temperature. For example, a small banana that is 6—7 inches long has How many can you eat per day? For diarrhea: grams of cooked green bananas every day for up to 14 days in children aged months.

These children also received standard care and antibiotics as needed. Bananas are also part of an approach known as the BRAT diet , which some doctors recommend for treating diarrhea. Bananas are an quick, convenient snack, but some people point to their sugar content as a reason to avoid them. Here's what you need to know about the ubiquitous yellow fruit.

Is Eating a Banana a Day Healthy? National Banana Lovers Day is celebrated every year on August However, as an organisation committed to working for social and environmental sustainability, it is perhaps a good time to reflect too on some of the challenges that are faced by banana farmers and workers if the banana trade is to become truly sustainable. Banana Link has a record of achievements in working towards this goal , while set out below are the latest developments on the many challenges in which we are supporting small-scale farmers and plantation workers.

The argument between producers and distributors concerning banana prices is not about to go away. Growers are insisting, rightly, that if the market wants living wages, decent contracts and working conditions, as well as positive environmental impacts at the production end, then this has to be reflected in prices that cover the costs, with a margin for investment in what buyers and consumers actually want.

The TR4 threat hanging over the whole industry is just one symptom of a production system that has reached its limits.

New varieties and diversified agroecological methods are not a utopian luxury, but need to be explored as a way out of multiple crises that affect all those whose livelihoods depend on the trade. Growers are now presenting a united front, and this is encouraging.

The exporting countries and their producers could take measures to control supply, but buyers urgently need to play their part and understand that all the economic, social and environmental issues affecting the industry are interlinked. Trying to resolve one set of issues without seeing the whole picture will not lead to sustainable bananas for all. Keeping buying prices down is ultimately the surest way of causing the collapse of the whole industry.

Consumers in many countries have led the way in giving the banana sector the biggest Fairtrade market share in Europe with around 10 per cent, and a rapidly growing organic share. Nearly one in eight bananas sold in North America last year were organic, for example. For years, Banana Link has sought to alert key players and consumers not only to what is wrong — and all the negative impacts of the current banana system — but also to what can be done to put the industry on a different track.

It is finally emerging from the scientific community that the only solutions to managing the TR4 disease probably lie in soil management, feeding soils biologically rather than chemically. But the investment that is required to make the transition on a large scale can only be made if the industry makes a united effort. Many banana scientists are ready to support a transition.