Healthy Fruits which snatch away life from you

I thought, eating fruits was considered as healthy. Who knew that eating Litchis would not make me healthy but lead to my death. Scientists and researchers have confirmed that toxins present in litchis had been killing children aged 15 years and younger in Bihar for years.

Since 1994, malnourished children of Muzaffarpur district with low immunity have lost their lives due to this perilous fruit. since 1994.

Alarmingly,  close to 1,000 children have died of the ailment in the last 20 years.

For a considerable period of time, the reason behind death could not be discovered. The scientists carried out tests on more than 300 children and found that the children had low blood-sugar levels that led to the illness.

Litchi happens to be a juicy fruit which is like by a majority of people, especially children. Children in Muzaffarpur spent the day eating litchis while they skipped the evening meal.

Scientists from the U.S. and India have found that consumption of litchi fruit and skipping evening meal can result in very low blood glucose level and acute encephalopathy including seizures and coma, with increased chances of death.

Varities of toxins like Hypoglycin A and methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPG are naturally present in litchi fruit. These toxins block enzymes involved in normal glucose metabolism , thereby resulting in an inability to synthesis glucose. Due to this, body battles with an acutely low level of blood sugar.

A skipped meal leads to lower blood sugar levels at night which is a bad sign per se. To add to the condition, eating Litchi only made the situation more worse and led to deaths.

To mitigate the menace, doctors suggested that children be offered evening meal during Brunch time to plummet risks of the disease.

The results were published in the journal Lancet Global Health.

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