Disease Proof

Eek! That’s an uncomfortable sounding title. Nevertheless, I’m proud to say my very own mother has joined the hunt. Here’s a look at my mom’s banana:


Now, in a shameless attempt at cuteness, here is my highbrow and very artistic presentation of my mother’s banana. Behold my grand creativity:


I’m delighted that my mother decided to take part in Operation Banana Hunt. Here she explains why she did:

I got tired of you pestering me about bananas. I was at the store. Saw some Dole bananas and bought one. So here, stop annoying me.

Thanks mom. I think. Okay, the real question is. Where is my mother’s banana from? Well, its farm number 003, so let me plug that into the Dole Organic Program. Cool! Here’s what came up:

• Country: Perú
• Farm Units: Communitary Growers Group of Salitral, Querecotillo, Santa Cruz and La Peña
• Location: Chira Valley, Sullana, Piura, Perú
• Crops: Organic Bananas
• Organic Certified since: 2001

Nice! We’re certainly making headway on all those Peruvian farms—Operation Banana Hunt is going strong! Okay, here’s a special treat. In case you don’t know. Dr. Fuhrman’s new Food Scoring Guide is out. Let’s see how bananas add up. Take a look:

Banana (one fresh banana)

• Calories: 105
• Sodium: 1
• ANDI score: 30

Not sure what an ANDI score is. Dr. Fuhrman talks all about it in the guide. Here’s his explanation:

ANDI scores are calculated by evaluating an extensive range of food factors, including vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and antioxidants capacities, based on an equal number of calories for each food. After completing the calculations, foods are ranked on a numerical scale of 1 to 1000, with the highest nutrient foods given a score of 1000.

Granted, bananas aren’t the highest scoring food on the planet, but hey, don’t let that deter you from the hunt—please don’t! Moving on, let’s check out pictures from the farm where my mom’s banana was grown:


Wow, that tree gave me vertigo. Okay folks, if you’ve got a banana, I’d love to see it. Join Operation Banana Hunt! Buy Dole organic bananas and tell me all about it. Make a comment or send an email to diseaseproof@gmail.com, and no worries, if you’ve got a banana we’ve already covered, send it anyway. All bananas are welcome. Peace.

Trying to find the dole bananas seems the food store I frequent sells Chiquita organic bananas. Still on the prowl and will send the pic when I score !

Good on you for providing awareness of the bananas.

Hey Jayson-

I found that stores rotate between Chiquita and Dole. Keep on top of it. LOL.

Peace.
-Gerry