The Flesh-Eating Pineapple
Eating fresh and delicious pineapple can turn your tongue into a sore piece of sandpaper. Pineapple is the only known source in nature of the enzyme bromelain.
Bromelain actually digest proteins… so when you eat pineapple. It’s essentially eating you back! But don’t worry, once you swallow the pineapple the acids in your stomach destroy the enzymes.
Despite eating your mouth, bromelain has become recognised for its health benefits and is useful in medical treatments for a number of ailments and diseases. For starters it is part of an approved treatment for inflammation and swelling, particularly after surgery and it has been proposed for treating a number of other inflammation based disorders including osteoarthritis, autoimmune diseases and viral infections. It is also useful for removing damaged and infected tissues from burn wounds.
Read & learn:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/pineapple-enzyme-tenderize-steak1.htm
http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/bromelain
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I've heard (but have not confirmed) that people who work with pineapple (a lot) may lose their fingerprints. (I imagine that bromelain is also responsible for this)
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ReplyDeleteCorina Marinescu, did you know Adolph's Meat Tenderizer uses papain, a digestive enzyme from papayas?
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I've heard that too David McDonald .
ReplyDeleteThat was some interesting read Chad Haney .
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup.