Banana

UK Border Force officers have disrupted a large drug smuggling operation after seizing almost a ton of cocaine -with a street value of around £76 million- hidden among bananas at the Port of Southampton. The Class A drugs, weighing a total of 946 kg, were found within a shipping container on a commercial…

Eating a banana after your workout may help speed recovery, post-workout. Bananas are nutritious and particularly rich in water and carbs, both of which have consistently been shown to help improve exercise performance and recovery. Eating carb-rich foods after exercising promotes the release of the hormone insulin, which helps…

“Bananas wouldn’t be available on store shelves around the world if it wasn’t for the pre-conditioning and ripening process via ethylene application,” says Greg Akins, President and CEO of Catalytic Generators. “The same holds true for nearly all mature field-grown tomatoes purchased in grocery stores.”…