An orange is better than a banana

Just as an aside, seeing as Christmas is just around the corner, I hope you've all gone to the grocer to buy your presents! Bananas are the best, being a classic, affordable, desirable, healthy and mouth=watering gift that the whole family can enjoy! 1. Sour foods heal sickness My opponent claims the rapid recovery of his mother from illness after eating an orange. He claims one night is a rapid recovery for this minor illness. In my banana-friendly lifestyle, I usually recover from minor illness in hours, not nights! My opponent also dodges the issue of what exactly the contents of his mother's juice were, and what proportion was orange pulp (the part of the orange that contains the vitamins). 2. 210% of vitamin C intake is bad Put another way, that's three oranges being harmful to your health. In a day, you should be eating at least five servings of fresh fruit and vegetables. Eat five oranges and you will feel terrible. Eat five bananas and you will feel great, revitalized, fulfilled and nourished. I know it is good to eat a variety of fruit and vegetables, but do you really want to put your health at risk by eating oranges? 3. My grandma uses banana leaves as a dish There's your grandma's problem - she's got the wrong technique! Put your meat/rice on the grill/fire first. Then cover the grill/fire completely with banana leaves. It's important that the whole top of the grill/fire is covered. The fire/grill will rapidly lose heat due to a loss of air. You'll also smell banana-flavored smoke. Leave it until cooked. Do not try to increase the heat (but you can refill the bottle/add new logs if need be). You'll get a raw banana flavor in your meat. Related to this, banana splits are not to be eaten on the roast, but they are a fine complement. Besides, if you add ice-cream, they make an awesome dessert. Bananas by themselves actually taste quite good in roast, particularly turkey. Peel them, soak them in milk, add sugar, slice and put on the top before cooking. 4. Bananas have a higher sugar content than oranges To be honest, I don't think ants care about a few grams of extra sugar. They'll come if there is any sugar there. 5. Bananas need some colder climates That's a lie. Banana trees are native to Indonesia, one of the hottest places in the world. Africa and south-east Asia are the world's top banana exporters. Egypt, which neighbors the middle east, grows millions of bananas. Bananas are thus not useless in the middle east. As to the attractiveness of bananas, that is of course a matter of personal preference. Suffice to say that many people do in fact find the tree good looking. 6. I ate a banana and I'm not yet superman! A one-off banana will not have immediate effects. I still maintain that, given the better nutritional value of bananas than oranges, you are more likely to be able to perform your feats with a banana than an orange. 7. Tomatoes smile too Only when genetically engineered and full of scary chemicals. I have never seen or heard of a smile shaped naturally grown tomato. 8. You plagiarized too! Well, I plagiarized myself, and I say it's OK for me to do that. Did you ask your source's copyright holder for permission to reprint their work? 9. I can't argue about bodies. OK, so I guess I win this point then? 10. Oranges are more enjoyable Similar to the game of rolling oranges, you play spin the banana instead of spin the bottle, or cowboys and Indians, pretending that the bananas are guns. As to contamination of some bananas, any fruit that contains water can be contaminated. Oranges are over 80% water. 11. Banana peel more likely to make you slip over Great! So you agree that bananas hate your enemies and oranges are still a bit ambivalent? 12. Muhammad should be dropped NO. Bananas are good because religions (and therefore gods) respect them. This is regardless of the historical veracity of religions. 13. My source says oranges are number two I'd like to quote from your source: "Americans still consume more bananas than any other fresh fruit. " Sorry, oranges. Bananas beat you again! Your source goes on to say: "Americans still consume more bananas than all citrus fruit combined. " My source, by the way, uses newer data (2009 as opposed to 2005) and tells us bananas are still out on top! Point 14, I agree, should be dropped. 15. If you don't use an orange to fight termites it's a waste! 16. The whole world does NOT have bananas Name one country that you think does not have bananas. Most countries grow bananas, all countries consume them. I stand by my statement. 17. Bananas do not grow well with (insert plant name here) and take five months to grow All plants affect soil composition. Bananas affect that in a large way, but there are many plants they grow well with. They do not drain very much water (especially compared to oranges), so my middle east argument is true. As to taking five months to grow, that is true. Therefore, simply plant twelve banana trees and you have year-round bananas. 18. Not everyone loves bananas I concede this point. What I meant was "Everyone SHOULD like bananas. " I look forward to the next round, right now I have an appointment at the grocer's.