Im positive this happens to everyone else who eats fresh pineapple, but why does it happen? I ate two and a half spears today and i actually started bleeding on my bottom lip. Im not sure why we get cut?
2007-11-10 16:59:48 · 10 answers · asked by Le Salina Marie 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
haha i am NOT eating the skin. Its pre-cut into spears (long pieces) and i purchased it from costco. I think its the acids
2007-11-10 17:13:41 · update #1
Well, you have to take off the leaves and cut the skin.
I know people want fresh fruit, but can't you wait until it's peeled and sliced? lol :-P
2007-11-10 17:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure being cut is the best term but as far as I can tell, it's the acid from the pineapple that's actually doing the "cutting". Some people, maybe like you, are very susceptible to these kinds of acids. (Be glad, you have tender skin, also very kissable lips! B> ). My grandma (bless her soul) used to tell me to line my mouth first with sugar. I'm not sure it works though... just make me think the pineapple is sweeter than it is.
2007-11-10 17:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by gghhoosstt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pineapples contain an enzyme which breaks down proteins often used to tenderize meats, so it will irritate your mouth and make it feel like it got cut. More is contained at the fibrous core of the pineapple.
2013-10-17 18:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you peeling the outside of the pineapple off or eating the spiky part? Maybe you're allergic? Or it's too acidic and tearing up the inside of your soft mouth.
2007-11-10 17:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by kippykat22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pineapple is a organic source of the enzyme Bromelain, which digests proteins. once you consume pineapple, it in fact eats you ideal lower back! once you swallow it, it gets dissolved so no harm is completed on your abdomen, yet do no longer rather consume extra advantageous than a a million/2 of a pineapple at a time. i individually does not propose even that quantity! you're getting cuts because of enzyme, no longer because of the fact of shards of glass in the fruit or because of the fact of comfortable pores and skin. technology.
2016-10-02 02:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pineapple is high in ascorbic acid. According to nutritionists, If you smear honey on it, it'll neutralize this.
2007-11-10 17:20:32 · answer #6 · answered by C J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sprinkle salt on the pineapple and it won't happen. Learned this from a Hawaiian native.
2014-09-04 20:07:31 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel Slurr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos you see, the outside of the pineapple is Thorny, so there's a possibility that inside the pineapple there are thorns and you didn't remove it properly
2007-11-10 17:04:31 · answer #8 · answered by tres 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well there's a lot of acid in pineapple, i don't know what you mean by 2 spears but yeah the acid might have like affected ur lip maybe idk
2007-11-10 17:04:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
????
do you eat the skin to with all the barbs?
2007-11-10 17:03:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋