A New Threat


What happens if something happens to the Cavendish? What if another disease comes along and attacks this banana? It could destroy crops all around the world. T e Cavendish could be wiped out. T at's exactly what did happen in 1992. A new strain of the fungus was discovered in Asia. T is one was a little diff erent. T is one attacked the Cavendish banana.


A Perfect Food?


Bananas have been described as a “perfect food.” An argument can be


ALMOST NO FAT


Bananas have been described as a “perfect food.” An argument can be made for that! Consider:


Bananas don't hang down, they grow upward.


HIGH IN VITAMINS, SUCH AS POTASSIUM


T e Cavendish became the new


main banana. It was smaller than the Big Mike. And it didn’t taste as good.


But the fungus didn’t aff ect it. It was immune. Today, it’s the banana that most people eat.


LOWERS THE RISK OF HEART PROBLEMS


LOWERS


THE RISK OF GETTING SOME CANCERS


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HIGH IN FIBER


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