Persimmons

October 20th, 2007 at 10:15 · Filed Under Blogging, Food, Medical 

I love persimmons! When I was a kid, I did not like the fruit and wouldn’t even want to taste it. But now, it is one of my favorite fruits. It’s sweet in taste and seedless. My kids love it too.It comes in variety of shapes according to its species. It may be spherical, acorn- or pumpkin- shaped. Pumpkin-shaped persimmons are most common here.

Persimmons

Do you realize that too much of persimmons is bad for your health?

According to the Merck‘s Manual, it can cause epidemic of intestinal bezoars. Persimmons contain tannin shibuol, which polymerized in the stomach, is the cause of bezoar. The bezoar caused by persimmons is called persimmon bezoar. 90% of the bolus that occur from eating too much persimmons require surgery for removal.

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4 Responses to “Persimmons”

  • juliana on October 20th, 2007 11:35 1

    oh my gosh! thanks for this info. i do love persimmons. i didn’t know something like a fruit can get you in trouble.

  • Doris Chua on October 20th, 2007 12:08 2

    Hi Adrian,

    I am a persimmons lover. That’s a shocking info to me but thanks for alerting. I am going to cut down eating persimmons!

    Doris

  • Adrian Hoe on October 20th, 2007 12:10 3

    Rule of thumb for healthy eating: Anything that tastes good, eat a little of it. Don’t overindulge and go overboard eating too much.

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