Apples are very nutritious. When eating apples, chew slowly. This not only aids digestion but also helps prevent diseases and cancer. Three major health taboos to remember when eating apples in autumn.
Apple cores contain cyanide.
Wherever you go, apples are always a popular fruit. Like cherries and almonds, apple seeds also contain cyanide, but the amount is not high. Apple seeds can be accidentally eaten, but you would only feel unwell after eating a lot of them.
The flesh does not contain any toxic chemicals, but you will find cyanide in the apple core. Eating a whole apple core will not be fatal, but it is definitely not good for your body. Of course, if you eat too many apple cores (provided you chew and swallow them), complications may arise.
Three major taboos to remember when eating apples 1. Apples should not be eaten with seafood.
Apples contain tannic acid. Eating them with seafood not only reduces the nutritional value of seafood protein but can also easily lead to abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Similarly, other fruits high in tannic acid, such as strawberries, bayberries, persimmons, pomegranates, lemons, grapes, and sour pomelos, should not be eaten with seafood. Apples are very nutritious. When eating apples, chew slowly. This not only aids digestion but also helps prevent diseases and cancer.
2. Don't gnaw on the apple core.
The apple core contains a small amount of harmful substance—hydrocyanic acid. A large accumulation of hydrocyanic acid in the body can lead to symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, and rapid breathing. In severe cases, coma may occur. But there's no need to worry too much. The hydrocyanic acid in apples is mainly in the core, not in the flesh. It should be noted: while nibbling to the core of an apple won't immediately cause poisoning, doing so for a long time is indeed detrimental to health. 3. Be wary of waxed apples.
Many apples are grown with excessive use of growth hormones, ripening agents, and expanding agents, or excessive preservatives are used during storage, and even coloring agents, waxing, and bleaching are used for sale, catering to consumers' tendency to judge fruit by its appearance. These toxic fruits have become a serious public hazard threatening people's health.