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1.1 Durians do have high fat, but monounsaturated fat, which is considered 'good fat' due to its ability to LOWER bad cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and INCREASE good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). Therefore, crab-durian is not an adverse combination. https://twitter.com/FiqrieIsMe/status/1273047902391336961
1.1 Durians do have high fat, but monounsaturated fat, which is considered 'good fat' due to its ability to LOWER bad cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and INCREASE good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). Therefore, crab-durian is not an adverse combination. https://twitter.com/FiqrieIsMe/status/1273047902391336961
1.2 In fact, if the high cholesterol found in crab is the bad one, then accompanying the consumption of it with anything that can lower it down would be good.
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2.1 Doesn't make sense. How can durian and milk be incompatible when the durian ice cream has both durian and milk? Milk sulphur (S) content is 90 mg of S/100 g of milk. The highest content of S in milk is known to exist in skimmed milk, which is 320 mg of S/100 mg of milk.
2.2 Furthermore, the sulphur present in durian is diethyl disulphide (C₂H₅)S₂(C₂H₅) which can kill 50% of any given population if consumed as much as 2030 mg/kg of body mass.
Tl;Dr: That is a lot. You need to eat a lot of durians to die.
Tl;Dr: That is a lot. You need to eat a lot of durians to die.
3.1 Durian accompanied by coffee can cause hotness and cardiac arrest. Not necessarily. Cardiac arrest is caused by too much caffeine. Durian does nothing to your heart rate.
But it does cause hotness. But is this hotness real or just an illusion of heat?
But it does cause hotness. But is this hotness real or just an illusion of heat?
3.2 A study done by (Terada, et. al., 2014) found out that the sulphur compound in durian activates thermogenesis-inducing receptors.
In an easier way to put it, it MAKES you feel hot, but it does not increase heat because it just activates the receptor.
In an easier way to put it, it MAKES you feel hot, but it does not increase heat because it just activates the receptor.
4.1 Finally, eggplants work the same way how durians work. They activate the receptors, giving the feeling of heatiness, not necessarily increase the body temperature.
Thermogenesis cause discomfort, but since they don't liberate actual heat, they're not life-threatening.
Thermogenesis cause discomfort, but since they don't liberate actual heat, they're not life-threatening.
