Atemoya, and maybe Cherimoya, do you guys eat the skin?

[brian]

I have always avoided the skin when eating annonas, but I noticed with my recent Geffner atemoya that the skin is very fine and has no off taste at all, and so I just at it.  And it was very good, I couldn't even notice the difference, it is like eating guava skin.  I even went back and ate the leftover skins I had avoided earlier they tasted very good!  I am now thinking I will eat these like apples and not even bother cutting them up. 

Is the same for cherimoyas?  I know soursop and sugar apples have a more aggressive skin.

[elouicious]

Annonacin content is highest in the skin and seeds- people in the Caribbean blend the whole fruit and eat it, but they also have a parkinsons-like disease that has high prevalence on the island associated with consumption of the fruit

[brian]

That is good to know, thank you.  I had heard about annonacin but I was thinking it was in seeds but not skin

[elouicious]

technically its everywhere- just in varying amounts-

keep in mind I am saying this just so people are aware of the risks of what they are consuming, I eat a few Annona a year personally, and hell people smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol so who am I to say what you should do

[seng]

There are studies that believe the leaves help fight cancer, especially soursoap.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862046/#:~:text=Annona%20muricata%20and%20other%20plants,particularly%20effective%20against%20cancer%20cells.

[brian]

I felt extremely nauseous shortly after eating it... I wonder if there are a lot of tannins in the skin I get a similar effect if I drink black tea on an empty stomach. 

Maybe a bad idea

[vnomonee]

The annonacin also works as an insecticide, with effects to the nervous system. Probably why you felt nauseated

[brian]

The annonacin also works as an insecticide, with effects to the nervous system. Probably why you felt nauseated

I read that it is common for people to eat the entire blended soursop fruit, seeds and skin and all.  I haven't read anything about the annonacin causing short term issues only the associate with long term neurologic issues.   BUT, if it kills insects and fish it must have some kind of short term effect!

[K-Rimes]

I don't eat the skin, nope.

[zwanif]

It's toxic all annonas have toxic skin don't eat it

[Tlaloc]

I felt extremely nauseous shortly after eating it... I wonder if there are a lot of tannins in the skin I get a similar effect if I drink black tea on an empty stomach. 

Maybe a bad idea

After eating a big piece of fruit I also feel nauseous, but I think it is because of the sugars that blast my blood sugar to the sky.

[Jose Spain]

Anyway, cherimoya is one of the easiest fruits to eat without peeling it.