5 FRUIT SUSPECTED EVER EATEN THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF ADAM & EVE

Panji Samodro
Unique and Culture
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2 min readDec 4, 2013

Various religions have stories about Adam and Eve were cast out of heaven as a result of eating the forbidden fruit. People are trying to interpret what is meant fruit. Until now, there are about 11 kinds of fruit that are considered forbidden fruit.

Of the dozens of pieces of speculation, some we know well and often we consume. The fruit is also known to be rich in nutrients. One of the frequently mentioned is the apple. So what else is suspected of fruit as forbidden fruit?

Here is 5 pieces of fruit suspected of being eaten by Adam and Eve, as quoted from hermawayne.blogspot.com :

1. Fig

Another name is fig fig fig. This fruit is one of the most often associated with the forbidden fruit. Because many are listed in the book of fig and some cultures. The artists also frequently depict the leaves that covered the nakedness of Adam and Eve as a fig leaf.

(Fig is the richest plant source of calcium and fiber. It also contains a lot of antioxidants, flavonoids, and polyphenols.)

2. Wine

It is said that Eve took the grapes and the juice. The grape juice has an effect like wine, can make themselves drunk and forgot. Allegedly, this is because the fruit Adam & Eve stripped clothes.

(The wine is rich in fruit resveratrol. Compound is thought to prevent cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's. Moreover, wine is also rich in vitamins A, C, B complex, C, and carotene.)

3. Tomatoes

In some Slavic languages, tomato called 'rajcica' or 'paradajz', both of which also means heaven (paradise). Before the 17th century, the tomato was considered poisonous in some European countries. Hence, tomato is often linked with the forbidden fruit of paradise.
(Tomatoes contain lycopene many, vitamin A, and vitamin C. In addition to good for heart health, tomatoes can prevent prostate cancer.)

4. Apple

In Latin, the demon and apples have a similar word, which is 'malum' and 'malum'. Therefore, apples are often mistaken for the forbidden fruit. Moreover, the English man called Adam's apple 'Adam's apple', because supposedly the forbidden fruit stuck in Adam's throat when swallowed.

(The adage 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' indicates that this fruit has many benefits for health. Starting from colon cancer, prostate, lung, to cholesterol and heart disease can be prevented with antioxidant-rich fruit and fiber of this.)

5. Wheat

Although not a fruit, grain often grab the forbidden fruit in paradise. It may be that this assumption arises because in Hebrew wheat is 'khitah', similar to 'Khet' which means sin. In addition, once said to be as high as a palm tree with a grain size of a kidney bean big bull. Because the 'fruit' terlarangnya eaten by humans, a small tree is doomed to be like now.

(Wheat became the staple food of the people of the world. There are many foods that can be produced from these grains, including bread and pasta. Due to carbohydrate-rich food made from wheat can be a source of energy to move.)

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