can brown fruit make you sick?
#221448 - 10/26/05 12:29 PM
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Augie
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I have been eating unpeeled nectarines all summer and thought they'd be a safe source of IF since they are low in fructose and the peel is thin.
Now that it's getting colder, the nectarines are rare. I still buy them at Trader Joes, but by the time they are soft enough to eat, they are brown inside. I can handle the taste, but I'm worried that this may make me have worse tummy problems if the fruit is considered "rotten".
What do you guys think? If I can handle the taste, is it okay to eat a nectarine that is brown inside? Or does this give off some harmful bacteria or other problems/gases that might cause a tummy ache?
As I bite into my brown nectarine at lunch! 
Maybe I should just be brave and try an unpeeled apple! 
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~ Beth
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Too late!
#221471 - 10/26/05 01:08 PM
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Augie
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I just finished one up! I've been eating them all week!  I better throw them all out. They look perfect on the outside. Do you really think they cause chemicals to be released that may cause me trouble problems?
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~ Beth
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...but that's nothing new to me! I just don't want to add to it!
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~ Beth
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I think what you're eating falls into the category of "overripe", not "rotten". Overripe is pretty much the ONLY way I eat my fruit, and it's never bothered me one way or the other. Then again, you mentioned being able to handle the taste... if the taste is off, it might be starting to turn, and I'd chuck it.
Personally, I think you should try the unpeeled apples, and maybe grapes - I've been able to get those reliably good and fresh at the grocery store - but that's just me.
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As long as it's not blue or "foaming" it should be okay.
Like Casey, I like "brown" fruit or rather REALLY RIPE, soft fruit. I wait for it to brown--it makes it more digestible for me in it's natural state.
Does the "brown" you referred to re: fruit mean bruised? Bruised should not be a problem.
The browner the banana skin, the yummier they are, to me.
I wait for apples to yellow, for pears to get closer to liquification. I wait for them to distinctly smell like themselves, to "oxydize."
But foaming and blue is not a good thing.
I guess fruit generally ends up "brown" anyways, unless you've been eating alot of orange foods or red foods.
Kate, IBS-D.
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Well, my taste buds aren't too reliable. I once ate liverwerst and didn't notice until it was finshed that it had green mold on it! 
So, I still don't know if I should just chuck them. They look so normal on the outside, but the inside is all brown. Someone told me this could be sign that they were frozen at some time during delivery.
I havn't built up the nerve for apples yet...and certainly not grapes! Those are pretty rough, aren't they?
What fruits do others (especially C folks) eat during the fall/winter months? My doctor told me to avoid bananas.
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~ Beth
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Just make them soluble by peeling. I love poaching them!
Pear sauce is outstanding, too (same idea as applesauce).
Ooooh...those Asian pears are sososososo good poached!
(tons of sf, too!)
Flaming pears, indeed.
Kate, IBS-D.
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...so peeling would kill the purpose. Do you know if there is still a good amount of IF in peeled pears or fruits? I need a winter fruit that is safe but also high in IF. The nectarines were good because the peel was so thin...easier to digest!
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~ Beth
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I hear the word poached often...and I think someone explained it to me...but I don't remember
Thanks all *hugs*
P.S. I am IBS C Beth and pears are GREAT for me...hth somehow! *hugs*
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What about berries Beth? Okay, they're not a winter fruit, but I get bags of frozen berries and them mix them in with my oatmeal before microwaving it. The berries go all mushy, hence minimising the IF's bad effects and they're safe enough for me in the oatmeal, whilst being a great source of IF. 
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