It is quite hard to make you believe that most of your favorite fruits
and vegetables contains poison in smaller percentage. But excessive
consumption may result in sickness or fatality. Here the list of 10
toxic food we love to eat.
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Puffer fish
Puffer fish is the second most poisonous vertebrate
in the world. It’s internal organs and skin contains highly poisonous
tetrodotoxin. Surprisingly putter fish still used as a food item in
China, Japan and Korea. The awful recipe is called as ‘fugu’ in Japan.
Only the specially trained chefs have the rights to cook
and serve fugu dish. It is quite hard to qualify in testing to deal with
puffer fish. More than 70 percentage of test end with death of
trainees.
Putter fish contains toxic elements 100 times than that of
cyanides. One putter fish itself enough to kill up to 30 people. The
consumption of puffer fish without taking precautions result in
decreasing of blood pressure, vomiting , stop the body from taking
breath and end up with death. In some cases the toxin of puffer fish
paralyses the body or it causes coma.
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Elderberry
Elderberry aka sambucus is a flowering plant that grows in
subtropical regions around the world. It is commonly used to make
medicines, soda and liquer.
The parts of elderberries excluding flower and berries are
very poisonous, consumption will cause severe health problems. Also the
usage of elderberry juice for long time will cause vomiting and
diarrhea.
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Rhubarb
Rhubard is a underrated plant which grows all around the
world. Rhubarb have wide leaves and long stems. It is used along with
many dishes as an enhancement, also used as dye and for medicinal
purposes.
Leaves of rhubarb contain large amounts of oxalic acids
which cause many diseases and even fatality. Bloody urine, vomiting,
tremors, diarrhea is the common signs that seen by the consumption of
rhubarb leaves. But it’ stem is out of toxic elements can can be used
for making different dishes.
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Potatoes
Potatoes are common item in many dishes. But all types of potatoes never
become good for health. First of the leaves and stems of potatoes are
toxic, green potatoes
also make the same poisonous effect. Green potatoes contains toxic
elements known as solanine. It is also need to keep in mind that potato
chip-makers use greenish potatoes for the production. Excessive
consumption of potatoes chips will definitely make you sick.
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Tomatoes
Tomatoes are found as a fruit in many places and used as an enhancement
in many dishes. Tomatoes are a member of nightshade family. Majority of
members of nightshade family are toxic in nature due to presence of
alkaloids. The stem and leaves of tomatoes contain the same toxic element . That is why the leaves of tomatoes are not available in commercial market.
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Castor oil
Castor oil is widely used in food items and medicines. It
is a perfection remedy for wrinkles, hair loss, removing corns and other
skin problems. It is also used along with candies, chocolates and other
foods for children.
Castor oil is carefully prepared from castor beans by pressing them. But it is to be keep in mind that castor beans contain recin
which is too poisonous. Castor oils are prepared in factors with that
much care by taking many precautions. The better thing you have to do is
avoid handling of castor beans
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Mushrooms
Mushroom dishes are one of delicious and popular dishes.
But not all types of mushrooms add taste to your dishes and also can be
poisonous. Toadstools another name to poisonous mushrooms.
It is 9000 hospitalization cases in United States by mushroom poisoning. There are 100 less poisoning and 12 deadly poisoning mushrooms species
in the world. Poisonous mushrooms commonly have properties like white
grills, smaller in shape, brown color, umbrella like cap, round ball at
the base level.
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Cherries
Cherries are widely used in many drinks and ice creams . Like Apple seeds cherry pits also contains cyanide compounds. Unlike Apple seeds the chances for cherry pits consumption is higher. In fact it taste good.
The poison only released from crushed cherry seeds. In
case of crushing poisoning will occur and cyanide elements disable the
ability of blood in transportation of oxygen. The presence of cyanide
within your blood also lead to head ache, anxiety and rise in blood
pressure.
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Almonds
Almonds are one of the highly nutritious and widely using
nuts in the world. Adding almonds to your daily diet list will
increase your energy level and immunity. But you must wisely choose the
right almonds to make it as a perfectly balanced food.
There are two types of almonds. The first one is bitter and another one is sweeter, later one do the best for you. The bitter
almond is poisonous when
it is in row form. It contains glycoside amygdalin. When you eat such
bitter row almond it tuns into hydrogen cyanide. It is estimated
that every single bitter almonds contains 6mg of hydrogen cyanide, 100
mg of such hydrogen cyanide has enough power to kill you.
In United States government banned the importing of raw
almonds after detecting the presence of poisonous elements. But many
countries still continue to exporting bitter almonds to many parts of
the world. You can clean off the poisons elements of raw almonds by
heating process.
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Apple
Actually not the fruit it is the seeds of Apple lead
poisonous effect. Apple is a member of rose family, it’s seed contains
little amount of cyanide. High amount of Apple seed consumption leads
many side effects.
Apple seeds
are naturally covered through a coating that will protect you from the
side effects. But it is better to remove that parts while having Apple.
Only the fruity part of Apple contain right vitamins.
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