As a family, we are trying to eat more fruits and vegetables. As parents, we know the benefits of that action as well as we know the names of our children. (ok….well, I do at times call them by the wrong names, but, bless them, they have learned to answer. I could have followed the pattern of George Foreman who was on The Craig Ferguson Show last night and name all my children the same name). Getting back to fruits and vegetables here; we usually have apples in the refrigerator and bananas on the counter. This morning as I was scurrying around in the kitchen I was thinking of the old adage, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.” If only it were that easy, particularly as the years add up. (July is a big birthday month in our family). I then spotted the bananas and thought of the email that I had received, more than once I might add, on the Benefits of Bananas. Perhaps you have received it as well. It was listing bananas as just about the “cure-all” for anything that might concern you. Then…..I remembered the site Howdy used to check out the commentary allegedly written by Jay Leno. (see my comment posted on Happy Fourth of July, I said the “truthorfiction” site would be valuable). Here are the details if you hadn’t received “The Many Benefits of Bananas” email:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/bananabenefits.htm