IT WAS NOT TRUE AND INCORRECT; ORANGE SEEDS DO NOT GROW IN OUR STOMACH WHEN WE SWALLOW THEM

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While growing up as a child, I stayed with my extended family members and there was so many children in our compound, age grade, different gender, and the senior team, we play together and have so much fun

There's is this myth the always say that orange seeds do grow in the stomach when you swallow them😀

It happens in almost African home, especially here in Nigeria, those growing up in the urban area can really relate.

So one day, my aunty came to spend the holiday in our small Bungalow, she came all the way from Lagos, and we were all excited to see her.

We have this big orange tree in our compound, the tree grows very sweet oranges, when it's season for orange, everyone enjoy's it. And orange seeds are tiny sometimes we mistakenly or purposely swallow the seeds.

One day, the orange was plugged we were all enjoying the oranges, and I swallow the seeds.

My aunty shouted, "you swallow an orange seeds?" When so much confident, I replied " yes aunty".

My aunty was yelling at me with so much seriousness on her face😏 she said "an orange tree will grow in your stomach because you swallowed the seeds "

I was scared I started crying, all my cousins were scare ...
My grandma, asked me what happened, I told her that I swallow orange seeds and the tree will grow in my stomach. My grandma asked me who said it, I told her it's my aunty...

My grandma didn't say that it's not true, instead she started laughing and Joining my aunty to say that an orange tree will definitely grow in my stomach, and that this will bring them fortune as they will have enough oranges.... I always touch my stomach to confirmed, they said "it has started growing already 😂 can you feel it?"

Growing up, I found out that this was not true, seeds needs light, air, and pictures to germinate, so they can start growing. But this does not exist in the stomach.

Our digestive system is designed to break down food and extract nutrients which is needed for growth and our daily activities.
And I also learned about processes of digestion, which include: Injection, propulsion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption and Defecation.

Defecation being the last stage of digestion; undigested materials are removed from the body as faeces. So, even other hard seeds we swallow apart from the orange seeds, when they are not digestible, they are removed from the body as faeces.

I also grow up to learned that oranges seeds is very beneficial to the the body, as it's a very good source of vitamin C

It's aids in digestion

It makes the skin glow

It repairs worn out tissue in the body

It reduces the risk of constipation.

Orange seeds do not grow in the stomach after swallowing

Seeds are very beneficial to the body

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