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Old 29-07-2007, 10:34 PM posted to sci.bio.food-science,sci.chem,rec.gardens.edible,sci.agriculture.fruit,sci.bio.botany
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Default Why do ripe fruits -- especially when canned -- smell bad? --excluding apples and cantaloupes

Radium wrote:

I hate those odors. That why I like to eat apricots, peaches, and
similar fruits when they are sour, hard, and greenish. When sour,
hard, and greenish, most fruits smell pleasant. When they are too
ripe, they become excessively sweet, grossly-soft up and turn mucus
yellow; this is when they start to stink.

What causes those immeasurably-foul odors?


You perceive these odors differently from other people
because you have multiple chemical sensitivity.
You need to educate yourself about this condition
and communicate with other people who have it,
to learn about methods of coping with this serious
condition. Here's a place you can start:

http://www.multiplechemicalsensitivity.org/

You won't get any useful advice in sci newsgroups,
because most of these people are part of an
industry-wide effort to discredit even the
acceptance of MCS as a genuine medical disorder.
You shouldn't listen to them, because they'll
just try to convince you it's all in your head.

Get involved with the MCS support and activist
groups, and then you'll make progress toward
understanding and coping with your condition.