Tag: Tropical fruit dangers

According to research published in The Lancet, outbreaks of a brain disease in India were linked to malnourished children eating unripe lychees. This critical finding underscores a little-known but serious health risk associated with the otherwise harmless fruit and definitively answers the question, "can you eat a green lychee?" in the negative.

Star fruit, or carambola, contains two potentially dangerous compounds, caramboxin and oxalic acid, which can be toxic when consumed by individuals with underlying kidney conditions. For this reason, determining the safety of eating a whole star fruit depends almost entirely on your personal health status.