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    Is Palm wine (Taadi/Toddy) dangerous for health?

    I have been to rural villages and people during Summers line up to get Palm Wine early in the morning. They say it is best when taken early in the morning and has many health benefits if taken in moderation. It is said to improve their digestion and also save them from heatstroke. I did some research about it and found that it definitely has health benefits according to various research papers published. I would have provided the links for those papers but ISC doesn't allows it. There are many papers published in reputed journals about the benefits of palm wine. It is believed to provide good number of minerals and improve gut health too.

    Of course there are some ill effects if one becomes addicted to it. Like any other alcoholic drink it causes liver damage if taken without any limits. The same disadvantages are also there when you are drinking alcohol made by a government licensed industry. Every year people die due to alcohol made by illegal distilleries and majority of such cases happen in states which have banned alcohol. I haven't tried this drink because it doesn't look good to me. Has anyone tried it?
  • #778745
    Palm wine is called 'Kallu' in our regional language Telugu. Some people climb the Palm trees and arrange pots to collect the liquid from the fruits by making a small crack in the fruit. They will be collecting daily and selling immediately after collecting. When this liquid is tender, people say it is delicious. I never tried it. It is a popular drink in Telangana. Vendors will be sitting on the side of the road with these wine pots and people travelling stop there, drink, pay and leave. We will see more people drinking this liquid in the evenings.
    In Kerala, this drink is used to make a local hopper called the vellayappam. Rice dough and this liquid will be mixed in a required proportion and the same will be left overnight. The next day a bread will be made with this and this bread is called Vellayappam. One of my colleagues was from Kerala. In his house, they used to make this dish for some festivals. He used to get this liquid fresh from villages and use it in making this food item. Once he offered me and I found it tasty.

    drrao
    always confident

  • #778747
    Palm water is good for health. But the same is dangerous to health when turned into Kallu (palm wine). Even if we consume the third day sambar or rasam casually we feel some difference in our health even to the level of vomiting etc.,
    Moreover the sellers are also mixing the lime in fresh palm water for taste but is bad if the level of such lime increased.
    Consumption of any type of wine dangerous to health as it affects first the brain.

  • #778753
    Palm wine contains alcohol and consumption of alcohol of all types is harmful for our health as it affects many parts of the body.
    Some experts believe that drinking alcohol in moderation or little quantities does not affect our health but at the same time they caution us that even if we take it in moderation slowly we become habitual of taking it regularly and do not know when we become addictive of it. The onslaught of addiction is coupled with increase in the alcohol consumption and that is when it starts harming us.
    Palm wine can also do the same thing to the people who become addictive to it and become habitual of taking it.
    It is the brisk business that such things sell well in the market and people beeline for that.

    Knowledge is power.

  • #778755
    Liquor consumption, including Toddy is considered as taboo in many cultures and by many individually also.

    But the freshly extracted Toddy in villages is not harmful per se. It contains mostly water and natural sugars. It is said that mostly labourers consume Toddy as they feel it quenches thirst and satisfies hunger.
    However when the fresh toddy becomes fermented the natural sugars in it get converted to alcohol and it becomes an alcoholic beverage though the percentage of alcohol is relatively less. Toddy becomes dangerous and even causes fatalities when it is mixed or adulterated with concentrated alcohol and 'or with various chemicals added to give 'kick' to the consumers.

    Alcohol is harmful to health is known well. Liquor consumption has also social implications too. Hence it is better if even consumption of Toddy is also avoided. Anyway even if one ensues that the toddy is fresh and is not adulterated, even then it is better to stick to moderation.

  • #778759
    Alcohol is an addictive drink and many people get trapped in its temptation and often lose their healths. Palm wine is the local alcoholic beverage and in our country almost in every place some sort of local wine is made and sold to the people especially those who cannot afford costly western drinks.
    All these local alcoholic drinks are made by people without adhering to quality and safety norms and they even mix harmful chemicals in them. Some of these are making it illegally and are caught by the authorities.
    This rampant preparation of local alcoholic drinks in large quantities and consumption by people is a sort of social problem.

    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.


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