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Alan Titchenal <[log in to unmask]>
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Alan Titchenal <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello All,

This delightful fruit (for most of us) is generally very high in oxalate
and low in calcium, so the oxalate is well absorbed. Consequently, it is
not a good food for those predisposed to oxalate kidney stones and
especially not for people with compromised kidney functions.

Here are the links to a couple of newspaper articles we wrote about this
commonly consumed fruit in Hawaii:

Kidney patients should avoid star fruit
<http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu/HO/2003/202.htm>

Oxalic acid in star fruit can kill kidney patients
<http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu/HO/2012/488.htm>

Aloha,

Alan

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Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Adriana Blanco <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Victoria and all,
> Yes, its carambola. That the name we name it here in Costa Rica (Central
> America). We use it to make drinks with water and now we are using it in
> salads, it's very nice and quit acid.
> Cheers,
>
>  Adriana Blanco-Metzler
> Project Leader,  Program to Decrease  Salt/Sodium Consumption in Costa Rica
> Ex-President Coordinator of LATINFOODS/FAO/UNU (2009-2012)
> Member of PAHO´s Technical Advisory Group on CVD Prevention Trought
> Dietary Salt Reduction
> Nutritional Technologies Laboratory Responsible, Unit of Health and
> Nutrition, Costa Rican Institute
> of Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA, Phone (506)
> 2279-9911 Fax (506)2279-5546
> Box 4-2250, Tres Rios, Costa RicaEmail: [log in to unmask];
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>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Food Composition Discussion Group [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] En nombre de Anders Møller
> Enviado el: jueves, 28 de agosto de 2014 04:38 a.m.
> Para: [log in to unmask]
> Asunto: Re: IDENTIFICATION OF FRUIT SAMPLE
>
> Hello Victoria
>
> I agree with Cathy and others, the fruit looks definitely like a
> carambola/star fruit/starfruit (Averrhoa carambola L.). See for example
> Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola).
>
> It is a very common (imported) fruit on the market in Europe and USA. It
> is imported all year round and popular in fruit salads, etc.
> Therefore, you will find the nutrition composition in many food
> composition tables, e.g. the USDA SR 26 (
> http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2252).
>
> You will find quite a few scientific papers on carambola and its nutrient
> composition, also freely available on the internet.
> One of the older papers is
>
> Wills, Lim and Greenfield:
> Composition of Australian foods. 31. Tropical and sub-tropical fruit
> FOOD TECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA, VOL. 38(3), MARCH 1986
>
> For a more comprehensive list of online food composition information on
> the web, you may want to consult the LanguaL links page (
> http://langual.org/langual_food_composition.asp) or the FAO/INFOODS
> table/database directory (
> http://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/tables-and-databases/en/).
> I have the feeling, though, that many food composition databases may have
> copied the USDA or Australian data.
>
> The other fruit you mention, African Star Apple (Chrysophyllum africanum
> A. DC.), is quite different.
> See for example PROTA (
> http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Chrysophyllum%20africanum_En.htm).
>
> Good luck with your work.
>
> All the best,
> Anders
>
>
> Anders Møller
> Danish Food Informatics
> Borgediget 12
> DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Food Composition Discussion Group [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of victoria ojo
> Sent: 28 August 2014 01:49
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: IDENTIFICATION OF FRUIT SAMPLE
>
> Dear Ruth
> please can you help me to identify the real name of the fruit attached to
> this mail. Its an underutilized fruit in Nigeria and a friend through which
> I got the sample claimed it is highly nutritious and that it is called
> Africa Star Apple but I found out that the name is used for Cherry  known
> as agbalumo in Nigeria.
> Also, I have taken a sample of the fruit to botany department in my
> institution but they seem not to know the fruit. Infact I can only get the
> fruit sample just from a source because its not common. I intend analysing
> the fruit to determine the nutrients composition.
> Please kindly help with any useful information.
>
> Thanks
>
> Victoria O Ojo
> Phd student
> Department of Human Nutrition
> University of Ibadan, Nigeria
>
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