The First Superfood: Banana

Marketing and promotion of the first identified superfood, the banana, originated during World War I when the United Fruit Company started promoting it as being:

1. Cheap and nutritious.
2. Easily digested by the body.
3. Available throughout the year everywhere.
4. Sealed naturally.
5. Good cooked and uncooked.

Later The American Medical Association further promoted bananas to be a staple of a child’s diet, fueling the banana diet craze.