Going bananas: Benefits of the fruit

Two Japanese male 'pacers' (accompanying a female runner) were dressed up as giant bananas during the Malaysia Women Marathon. at Shah Alam city. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS / The Star. March 16, 2014.

Footballer Dani Alves was recently pelted with a banana during a football match in Spain. His reaction? He took a bite out of the fruit. The man not only knows how to deal with racists, he also knows his fruits.

IT’S considered both a fruit and an herb. However you describe it, bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits in the world.