How Healthy Are Durians, Really? | Talking Point | Full Episode

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Published 2023-09-11
Our love for durians is insatiable, but are we having too much of a good thing? Can durians actually be good for us? Host Steven Chia takes on the ultimate challenge by going on a durian diet to find out what it does to his body. And we send some of our most popular durians to be a lab to be tested for nutritional content, to find out, which type of durian is the healthiest.

00:00 Introduction
00:16 Our love affair with durian
04:41 Health benefits of durian
06:36 Varieties of durian
09:42 I eat durian everyday for 2 weeks
14:19 Durian myths, busted
17:17 Which durian variety is the most nutritious?
19:59 Steve's health report after durian diet

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All Comments (21)
  • @tomato_jesus
    You already know the video is gonna be good if steven is the host.
  • @takanna
    steven deserves a pay raise for always putting his own health at risk. lol
  • @nhuphuong060688
    Here's a durian lover from Vietnam. Good to know it's a healthy fruit. And I must say I have always enjoyed Talking Point episodes by Steve! Always so entertaining and educational!
  • @hamidisaidi2879
    This is a really awesome content...many questions i had about durians have either been confirmed or answered.
  • @Minty1888
    I'm from Scotland and I LOVE durian. My wife is from Sg and every time we visit Sg I eat durian as much as possible haha.
  • @yunyung
    "2.." "2 seeds?" "No, 2 fruits" That got me rolling
  • @florencetan5591
    We just simply love Steven more than the durians . 😂❤ Who wouldn't?! Thank you for this program
  • @JohnLee-gt3sr
    Another interesting and great episode! Enjoyed watching with a lot of envy. I wonder if the different nutrition results were due to the different fruit varieties? In other words, would different batches (of the same variety like msw, but from a different trees) also yield different results? If it does, this test may not be conclusive.
  • @BleckSaam-df8px
    Great video, I really like it and thank you for providing the information
  • @crosbyong
    Another interesting and fun episode. 👍👏
  • @MsLilac88
    Hello, I always found your videos informative, I have been eating durians once in a while. 😊
  • @sleepy_dobe
    Steven, I would gladly be the guinea pig for this experiment. I can happily eat durians in place of my regular meals. I in fact do so every time I buy durians because that's how much I love durians. And to avoid the sore throat and heatiness, I always drink at least 2 cups of salt water after eating durians. But lucky for my overall health, I'm not a high-income earner so I don't buy durians too often.....lol....
  • @yooyooba
    0:30: 🍈 Durian is a highly loved fruit in Singapore, with adults consuming 2-4 kilograms of it every year. 5:00: 🍈 Durians are nutritious and good for our health, containing minerals and vitamins including B9 (folate) which is essential for red blood cell formation, genetic material production, and cell division. 9:07: 🍈 Steve is tasked with eating one durian every day for two weeks to test its effects on his body. 14:39: 🍈 Drinking from the husk of a durian may help cool you down and remove heatiness, but there is no scientific evidence to support this belief. 18:55: ⭐ Durian D variety has the best nutrition with the highest amount of vitamin C and moderate calories. Recap by Tamm
  • @rahulmaron
    good job SG for conducting this scientific study.
  • Thank you for making this video, without scientific research, we wouldn't know its nutrition and the health benefits to our body! I really appreciate it. Watching here from Brunei.
  • @xeenslayer
    Probably one of the more enjoyable experiment episodes for Steve haha.
  • @tanteckh
    Steve seems more excited than reluctant when told to eat everyday for 2 weeks. 😅
  • @maybulk
    Thank you for the information and exciting documentary
  • @catthonglor5034
    Dive deeper into the subject by examining finer points, such as the precise application of chemical sprays in the soil and the methods employed by farmers who have successfully cultivated Durian trees without the use of any chemical sprays.