Updated: 11:13 AM EDT May 7, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Viral videos on TikTok show people eating the seeds of a tropical fruit claiming that it rids people of parasites in their stomach.
The fruit in question is a papaya. When you cut one open, you ll find dozens of pea-sized black gooey seeds.
The flesh of the fruit is sweet. The seeds. not so much.
But do they have health benefits like the viral videos say?
One video by user @Nataliataylorofficial has more than 290,000 likes last checked and more than 2.5 million views. In the video, the TikToker eats the seeds and tells people about the claim.