Favourite Toxic Food

Introduction:

Do not throw caution to the wind, especially when someone tells, something is bad to consume. Taking a chance with toxic foods we love to eat could actually be life-threatening. Pay heed then, for prevention is always better than cure. Food that we like to experiment by consuming may drag us into serious health issues and even in the worst-case scenario to deathbed. Hundreds of people lose their lives unknowingly, consuming food that actually spells danger.

List of our favorite poisonous foods we love to eat:

Finding the foodstuff that we simply cannot do without in this list can be baffling, yet having knowledge of the facts is always welcome; for it is best, when we surge ahead with precaution.

 

Poisonous food we consume	Toxin present	Effects
Puffer fish	Tetradoxin	Numbness, paralysis and eventual death
Bivalve molluscs	Domoic acid	Facial numbness, paralysis and death
Castor beans	Ricin	Consuming a single seed can lead to instant death. It can also cause severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, liver and kidney failure
Cassava	Cyanogenic glycosides	Paralysis and eventually death of the person
Mushrooms	Ibotenic acid, Muscimol	Gastrointestinal problems and even result in severe lung damage
Cashew apple	Urishiol	Eating raw cashew apples can cause allergies and skin rashes. Roast cashew seeds outside though can cause health hazards
Green almonds	Cyanide	Bitter almonds can cause health related problems as they contain higher amounts of cyanide
Rhubarb leaves	Oxalic acid	Kidney disorders, convulsions and in worst cases can also plummet the individual in to coma
Chillies	Capsaicin	Radioactive burn, irritation
Red Kidney beans	Phytohaemagglutinin	Consuming uncooked and partly cooked beans will result in nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
Acknee fruit	Hypoglycin	Eating over ripened raw fruit is poisonous
Cherry pip	Cyanogenic glycosides	Dizziness, vomiting, breathing difficulties, and even kidney failure
Tomatoes	Atropine, Tropane, Tomatine	Raw fruit has to matine alkaloid; it will get broken down during the cooking process
Potatoes	Glycoalkaloid	Consumption of green potatoes results in headache, diarrhea and cramps; in some very rare cases coma and death
Chocolates	Theobromine	An overdose of chocolate can be toxic

 

Conclusion:

One cannot stop eating and nourishing our bodies. So it is always good to be safe and eating things after washing and preparing it in the right way may not harm as much. Take care regarding the food which may harm us.

Thanks,

 Health, February-2013