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Originally Posted by lorax
Wow, I had no idea. My favourite fruit is the chirimoya, and I've been consuming both it and guanabana whenever I can. I don't seem to be suffering from dementia, but I also generally freeze the pulp before I eat it. Not sure how that affects annonacin content, but I'm not going to stop eating them just because somebody said they might be toxic.
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As for Guanabana, it's not a matter of somebody said. There is a whole stream of published papers on the subject, and the native people of Guadaloupe are in a particularly bad way from eating the fruit on an almost daily basis. Annona muricata is definately to be avoided.