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06/21/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Lychee – sources, health benefits, nutrients, uses and constituents at NaturalPedia.com

The exotic and succulent lychee, also known as litchi, is native to Southern China. This berry is a well-known summer treat, and is characterized by its oval shaped fruit that resemble longan and rambutans. The fruit’s outer skin is rough and leathery, but can be easily peeled when ripe. The white translucent flesh is both sweet […]

02/06/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Lychee fruit cause of mysterious disease that plagued Indian town

Every spring since 1995, a mysterious disease has been plaguing India, claiming the lives of hundreds of children in the town of Muzaffarpur in Bihar. The young victims suffered sudden convulsions and seizures before slipping into a coma. Symptomatically, the disease is said to resemble encephalitis, a disease that causes brain inflammation. In 2014, more […]

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