A Facebook user warned that combining some fruits, such as Orange and Carrot, Pineapple and Milk, Papaya and Lemon, Guava and Banana, Banana and Lemon, and so on, can cause death.“Eat any of these paired fruits and you could die,” he warned. Similar posts have been widely shared on social media.
The claim is False.
Africa Check had earlier debunked this claim but such posts still abound online and are shared widely on social media.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, notes that fruits and vegetables help reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes as well as assist in the prevention of heart disease.
Several scientists and nutritionists have stated that there is no scientific proof that combining these fruits would cause death.
Africa Check quotes Dr. Simeon ChituruAchinewhu, Professor of food and nutritional biochemistry at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, as saying that:
“The claim is false; Combining them together is not harmful to the body.”
Professor Achinewhu added that, “They are not poisonous and cannot cause death.”
CONCLUSION
The claim that combining some fruits, such as Orange and Carrot, Pineapple and Milk, Papaya and Lemon, Guava and Banana, Banana and Lemon, can cause death is False.
