Can I eat a rotten pear? What will happen if I eat a rotten pear?

Pears are a very popular fruit because they are very delicious, but pears can only be stored for a short time, so we should buy them in moderation. So can we eat pears that are a little rotten? What will happen if we eat rotten pears?

It is not recommended to eat moldy or rotten fruits. When fruits become rotten, it is not wrong to just dig out the rotten part and eat it. According to measurements, toxins can still be detected in the normal pulp 1 cm away from the rotten part. The toxins produced by mold can also spread to other parts of the fruit. Therefore, it is not necessarily safe to eat after removing the moldy part. Specific tests have shown that when fruits become moldy and rotten, various microorganisms, especially various bacteria, will continue to multiply rapidly in the rotten fruits, and produce a large amount of toxic substances during the growth process. These toxic substances continue to penetrate and diffuse from the rotten part to the non-rotten part through the fruit juice, forming compounds that also contain microorganisms in the non-rotten part.

If people eat the fungal toxins in rotten fruits, they may experience dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, etc. In severe cases, they may suffer from convulsions, coma, and endanger their lives. Among them, the toxic substance that poses the greatest threat to human health is the toxin of Penicillium patulum. In addition to causing damage to the nervous, respiratory, urinary and other systems after ingestion, it also has a strong carcinogenic effect. In addition, the nitrates contained in the rotten fruits will also turn into toxic nitrites. Therefore, for the sake of health, when eating fruits, you should choose fruits with bright skin color, tender flesh, fragrance, and freshness. If there are slight spots or a small amount of insect bites, use a knife to dig out the good fruit parts that are more than 1 cm around the rotten and insect-eaten areas; if the moldy, rotten or insect-eaten area reaches or exceeds 1/3 of the fruit, it should be discarded decisively to prevent future troubles.

Yes, you can eat it. The reason why pears become loose is that the cells in them enter a state of death. The fiber tissue of the pears gradually collapses, so they become loose, and because the cells break, the sugars contained in them overflow, so when you eat such pears, you will feel sweeter. However, it should be noted that such pears have almost no immunity to external bacteria, so they should be eaten as soon as possible to prevent them from spoiling. Eating pears can bring many benefits to the body, but there are also many things to pay attention to in terms of diet. Pears contain more sugar, so diabetics should not eat pears to avoid aggravating the condition. Pears are cold foods and should not be consumed in large quantities. People with weak spleen and stomach and cold constitution are not suitable to eat them to avoid aggravating the condition, but boiled pears can be consumed in small amounts.

If pears are stored for a period of time after being picked from the tree, they tend to become soft. The reason why pears become soft is that the cells in them have entered a state of death, and the fiber structure of the pears gradually collapses, so they become soft. Moreover, because the cell walls are broken, the sugars contained in them overflow, so when you eat such pears, you will feel that they are sweeter. Pears can be eaten when they become soft. It depends on the degree of softening. Generally, if they do not change color, they are not spoiled, and if they do not have a strange smell, they should be fine. In addition, if the pears become soft and not spoiled, the nutritional value will not change.