Lychee

Experts say the deaths could be avoided if people had awareness and access to better health care and nourishment

The deaths were preventable, doctors say, if poor families had access to good food, clean water and better medical care in Muzaffarpur district

Researchers who conduced a study of 390 children who fell sick in 2014 in Muzaffarpur said that lychees contained hypoglycin A, an amino acid that can disrupt metabolism, lowering blood sugar levels

Several years ago US researchers said the brain disease could be linked to a toxic substance found in lychees, the tropical fruit

WASHINGTON: Controversial insecticide endosulfan, which has been banned by more than 80 countries, was responsible for the deaths of 13 children in Bangladesh in 2012, a study found on Monday. All of the fatalities, caused by brain inflammation, were linked to exposure to lychee fruit and occurred within 20 hours of the symptoms surfacing, according to the research published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Similar deaths due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have been recorded in lychee…

There is no doubt that common fruits like orange banana, apple and others that we eat regularly are good for our health but it’s also a fact that these are old fruits and we are missing some new ones. There are various other fruits that provide an array of disease-fighting vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and we should not miss eating them. Here are fruits that are better than those we are eating.