By only in a glance we know that durian has sharp thorns skin. It is, its most visible physical characteristic. Besides, its sweet taste and a very strong savor are its undeniable magnetism. Durian is famously known as The King of Fruit because it contains nutrients that are beneficial to keep and maintain our body fit all day.
Nutrients in a durian
Since it has various nutrients, its benign for our health is undoubtedly important.
Below are 20 benefits of durian for our health:
Health benefits of durian for human body already known in Indonesia, many of indonesian use durian for following reasons :
Besides its marvelous effect for our health, durian also has its important role to beautify us.
Here are 5 effects of durian to our skin:
1. Refreshing Our Skin.
Durian contains of high Vitamin C that averts various free radicals and retards the aging process both to our body skin and face skin. Consuming durian as well as applying durian meat as a mask for our face skin will prevent us from aging. How to make and apply durian mask to our face:
2. Decreasing the Eye bags and Black Spot around Our Eyes.
Eye bags and black spot around our eyes are caused by sleeping disorder or insomnia. Apply durian meat around our eyes before sleeping will minimize the existence of eye bags and black spots. It is better if we combine it by doing exercise and taking vitamin E.
3. Delicating Our Skin.
Durian contains vitamin E that is effective to delicate our skin so that it will appear soft and gentle.
4. Omitting Black Spots in Our Skin.
Consuming durian sufficiently and regularly will help us omitting the black spots in our skin.
5. Solving Acnes Problem.
Its vitamin C and antioxidant is powerful to eradicate bacteria that cause acnes. In less than 2 weeks treatments, acnes start to dispel. Besides dispelling acnes, durian also prevents acnes emersion.
Durian is indeed beneficial both for our health and our beauty. However, eating it uncontrollably will somehow emerge such a dangerous effect which eventually leads us to death.
Below are 9 bad effects of durian for us:
1. High Cholesterol.
For people who previously have a cholesterol problem are strongly suggested not to consume durian more than their suggested portion. It is better to eat one or two pieces of durian since eating it too much will cause high cholesterol which eventually heightened the risk of death because high cholesterol also trigger high uric acid.
2. Diabetes.
Its high glucose will trigger the increasing of blood sugar level so that the risk of worse diabetes is high. People who are suffered from diabetes are not allowed to eat more than 5 pieces of durian because its high glucose can increase the level of blood sugar faster than the glucose in sugar. It is better not to eat durian at all or eat it with small portion if we feel that our blood sugar level is already high.
3. Fetal Death
The fetus is not able to resist the heat inside the womb. Therefore, a pregnant woman is forbidden to eat durian during pregnancy since it will make the womb hot. Extreme heat will trigger fetal death. The heat is caused by its high alcohol level.
4. Heart Disease
Consuming too much durian will aggravate heart disease. The alcohol level and its high cholesterol make the heart of people who suffer from heart disease beat faster. That is the cause of a heart attack that mostly leads people to death.
5. Hypertension
People who suffer from hypertension are also usually suffer from a heart disease. Those two illnesses are like twins who come at the same time. The alcohol content of durian will level up the blood pressure which eventually will trigger fast heart beat. Finally, the people who suffer from hypertension will suddenly have a heart attack. If the blood pressure monitor shows that our blood level is beyond 200, it means that we are susceptible to heart attack. Meanwhile, when hypertension and heart attack onset together, they will lead us to death. It is extremely strong suggestion that people who suffer from hypertension are forbid to eat durian at all as the effect of it is similar to the importance of our life.
6. Consuming Durian Together with Alcoholic Drink Will Induce Death.
The content of alcohol in durian will cause death if we consume it together with alcoholic drink since the encounter of two alcoholic substances creates sulphur. The sulphur intake to our body will decrease our metabolism and immune system. If the amount of sulphur is excessive, it will lead us to death. Sulphur is a substance that is not allowed to be in our body because its dangerous deathly effect.
7. Digestion Problem.
Drinking alcoholic drink and drinking coffee cannot be combined with eating durian because coffee will trigger high blood pressure. Durian cannot also be combined with soda drink because it will make us having digestion problem. The long term digestion problem will cause serious problem in our bowels and gastric that eventually lead us to death.
8. Kidney Problem.
The ethanol, methanol, ethyl metacrylate, and sulphur substance in durian are contained in durian. Those substances are dangerous for people who suffer from kidney disease because kidney cannot digest those substances well. As a result, thekidney performance will decrease. If our kidney cannot function properly, we have to do kidney transplantation. However kidney transplantation is not the only way. We can still do blood transfusion. Yet, instead of curing the kidney problem, the effect of blood transfusion is for only extending its age.
9. Constriction of Blood Vessels.
The alcoholic substance in durian can cause the constriction of blood vessel. If our blood vessel is constricted, the stream of oxygen cannot be supplied to our brain maximally. Therefore, it will cause stroke. Moreover, if the problem of stroke is serious, the chance of healing is smaller.
It is indeed durian will somehow give us bad impact for our health. Yet, knowing the tips of consuming durian might give us certain joy since we will be worried-free. Below are the tips of eating durian safely so that we won’t experience health problems:
4 Tips of Eating Durian Safely:
Durian gives dangerous effect not only to people who suffer from specific serious illnesses but also to pregnant mother and her fetus.
Below are 5 major negative impacts of eating durian for pregnant mother and her fetus:
1. Miscarriage.
A pregnant mother whose pregnancy is still in early month is forbidden to eat durian because it can cause heat both in the stomach and womb. The hot temperature inside of womb can be accepted by the fetus. As a result, a pregnant mother will experience miscarriage.
2. Contraction
A pregnant mother will experience stomach contraction after consuming durian. It is because durian contains of arachidonat acid that provokes the prostaglandin formation. Prostaglandin triggers stomach contraction which is one of the signs of giving birth. A pregnant mother should go to the doctor if she experiences stomach contraction before the giving birth time come.
3. Fetus Defective
The high content of alcohol in durian will break the fetus important organ and obstruct the fetus development. As a result, the important organ of the fetus does not function properly and normally. Therefore, it is called as a fetus defective.
4. Preeclamsia.
During preeclamsia, the face and hands of a pregnant mother are swollen. Late treatment of preeclamsia will cause the death of both the fetus and his mother.
5. The Baby will Born Prematurely.
Pregnant mother should limit the consumption of durian since it will cause the baby to born prematurely. Prematurely-born-baby has various of health risks, such as lungs complication or a heart disease.
However, pregnant mother still can consume durian with small portion and follow the tips of eating durian safely so that the risk of experiencing serious health problems during pregnancy can be avoided. Hopefully from now on we will be more careful eating durian after knowing the good side of bad side of durian.