What are the dangers of ripening fruits?

In order to sell fruits earlier and at a high price, many people in life will ripen fruits. If the fruits are ripened by normal methods, it will not harm the body, but those fruits ripened by irregular methods will cause many harms to the human body. Today I will tell you about the harms of ripening fruits.

What are the dangers of ripening fruits?

1. Ripening fruits have low nutritional value

Fruit is a highly nutritious natural food ingredient, but when they are ripened with hormones or harmful substances, the growth cycle will be shortened and the color will become brighter, but the nutrients in the fruit will be seriously insufficient, and people cannot absorb the proper nutrients when eating such fruits.

2. High residues of drugs used to ripen fruits

Fumigation with sulfur is a common way to ripen fruits in our daily life. Ripening fruits in this way will cause a large loss of vitamins and trace elements in the fruits, and will produce some substances harmful to the human body. When fumigating fruits, a large amount of sulfur will remain on the surface of the fruits to form residues. After people eat such fruits, they will absorb these harmful ingredients, which is not good for their health.

3. Ripening fruits are toxic

Nowadays, many fruits are ripened using hormone growth enhancers or sweeteners, which are harmful to the human body. Fruits ripened by these methods contain a variety of toxic components, which will be absorbed by the body after use, causing a variety of adverse symptoms. In severe cases, various food poisoning symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting will occur.

4. Normally ripened fruits are non-toxic

Not all ripened fruits are harmful to the human body. The kiwis, bananas or mangoes that we usually buy need to be ripened before eating. At this time, we can use a variety of methods to ripen the fruits, such as increasing the ambient temperature and storing them together with mature fruits. In this way, the ripened fruits will not produce toxicity and will be very safe for people to eat without any harm to the human body.