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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sally and james" data-source="post: 1375008" data-attributes="member: 93504">Did anyone read this article on BBC News, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38831240" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38831240</a>  ? To summarise, it seems that apparently healthy, but underfed, children in a lychee growing area of India are having seizures and loosing consciousness, frequently resulting in death.  This has been put down to over indulgence in lychees on an empty stomach, by no less a journal than The Lancet.  It seems that a toxin in lychees, hypoglycin, prevents the body from manufacturing glucose.Several thoughts came into my mind:  If you are on insulin, don't snack on lychees!  But also the thought that the odd lychee at bedtime could reduce dawn phenomena.I haven't read through the Lancet article (it's linked in the BBC piece), but wonder if anyone has tested this fruit or ever come across warnings about it.Your thoughts ......Sally</blockquote>

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