You've probably noticed that apples and other produce such as bananas, potatoes, and pears turn brown after they have been cut or bruised. Here's your chance to learn why this happens and what you can do to prevent the discoloration. If you really go for that brown appearance, I even have a way you can worsen the effect. Learn more...
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Are eating apples that have turned brown unhealthy for you?
yes, it is only because there is a lot of bacteria inside of the apple and bacteria is bad for your health.
Yeh it is bad for you because the microbes that eat the apple and make it brown will enter your body and will start eating the nutrition in your body aswell.
Haha no they are not harmful…. these people need to take a biology class… its just benzoquinone which is simply an antiseptic that the apple produces… its harmless
I agree with Haley. The brown color is from biochemical oxidation, not from bacteria. The browning of a apple slice happens in minutes, but it would take hours or days for bacteria to grow. Besides, there aren’t any bacteria inside an apple.
is there no harmful effects if you will eat the brown part of the apple?
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