Watermelon poisoning. How to choose a fruit and what to do with effects of dangerous watermelons and melons
Is it possible to reduce the number of nitrates in watermelons and melons, should you buy watermelons from street vendors, and how to choose the sweetest watermelon?
Summer. Heat. Coming back from the office, you see someone selling watermelons and melons right outside your house. The scent of the fruit is so sweet and inviting that walking by is an impossible task. Bees are flying around, and you can already imagine how you cut fruit into beautiful triangular slices, and oh! It's a familiar taste of childhood…
However, you don't think that an evening can end in a hospital with severe poisoning. A poll conducted by the UA Phenomenon NGO among 150 consumers showed that 38% of consumers had food poisoning after eating watermelons and melons at least once in their life.
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