Common Foods that are Dangerously Poisonous
- By Destry Masterson
- Published 11/22/2011
- Food and Drink
- Unrated
Everyone has seen the movie Snow White, with the poison apple. However, not a lot of people know that apples are actually poisonous.
It isn't actually the apple that is poisonous at all, but the seeds. The seeds of these fruit are packed with a dangerous toxin known as glycoalkaloid.
Luckily, for your sake, apple seeds are very small, so eating just three or four isn't going to do more than maybe cause your belly to gurgle for a bit. Though, if for some reason someone dared you to eat a cup of apple seeds as a joke or something, just explain to them that that would be disadvantageous toward your health.
So now you know about the dangerous poison apple, but it turns out potatoes and even tomatoes are packed with this stuff too. The last death that occurred from poisonous tomato ingestion happened back in the 60s, by a woman trying to make tomato tea out of tomato leaves.
Not a smart idea. Do not eat leaves unless you know what they are going to do for your body.
Consider it a blessing that you live in an age where most plants have already been tested. It must have been extremely nerve racking for your ancestors to blindly eat plants without knowing if it was going to be
nefit them or leave them with stomach pains and maybe even much worse.
Tomatoes as popular as they are now it wasn't until after colonial America that people learned you could actually eat them. General consensus was that a tomato would turn your blood into acid, so it was widely avoided by the puritan immigrants.
So don't eat tomato leaves, and also don't eat raw potatoes they have the same effect. Even though there is no reason to eat a raw potato or tomato it is still good to know the reasons not to.
Some foods you eat in spite of their dangerous level of toxicity. Puffer fish for example.
It may be considered a delicacy but that may be because of the adrenalin that comes with risking your life for a piece of fish. In Japan, puffer cutters, is a highly esteemed job that takes three years of practice.
During those three years of practice, the practitioner prepares for a written and oral exam, and finally a demonstration. For the final test the cutter must eat a piece of the puffer fish he just ate.
Only thirty percent of these people ever make it to being a professional puffer cutter. Most poisonous foods won't kill you, which is good.
But it is always nice to avoid being sick, so try to keep in mind not to eat things you are not aware of.
It isn't actually the apple that is poisonous at all, but the seeds. The seeds of these fruit are packed with a dangerous toxin known as glycoalkaloid.
Luckily, for your sake, apple seeds are very small, so eating just three or four isn't going to do more than maybe cause your belly to gurgle for a bit. Though, if for some reason someone dared you to eat a cup of apple seeds as a joke or something, just explain to them that that would be disadvantageous toward your health.
So now you know about the dangerous poison apple, but it turns out potatoes and even tomatoes are packed with this stuff too. The last death that occurred from poisonous tomato ingestion happened back in the 60s, by a woman trying to make tomato tea out of tomato leaves.
Not a smart idea. Do not eat leaves unless you know what they are going to do for your body.
Consider it a blessing that you live in an age where most plants have already been tested. It must have been extremely nerve racking for your ancestors to blindly eat plants without knowing if it was going to be
Tomatoes as popular as they are now it wasn't until after colonial America that people learned you could actually eat them. General consensus was that a tomato would turn your blood into acid, so it was widely avoided by the puritan immigrants.
So don't eat tomato leaves, and also don't eat raw potatoes they have the same effect. Even though there is no reason to eat a raw potato or tomato it is still good to know the reasons not to.
Some foods you eat in spite of their dangerous level of toxicity. Puffer fish for example.
It may be considered a delicacy but that may be because of the adrenalin that comes with risking your life for a piece of fish. In Japan, puffer cutters, is a highly esteemed job that takes three years of practice.
During those three years of practice, the practitioner prepares for a written and oral exam, and finally a demonstration. For the final test the cutter must eat a piece of the puffer fish he just ate.
Only thirty percent of these people ever make it to being a professional puffer cutter. Most poisonous foods won't kill you, which is good.
But it is always nice to avoid being sick, so try to keep in mind not to eat things you are not aware of.
Destry Masterson
Destry Masterson is a health and nutrition expert. She publishes articles about health, nutrition, and Emergency Survival Food. Contact Info: Destry Masterson - MyOnlineArticleWriting@gmail.com - Twitter: @DestryMasterson
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