6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
Toxicology: capsaicin
Toxic parts: red pepper
Eaten in your life, more or less red pepper, whatever food is particularly spicy or not too hot, you eat red peppers contain each of a chemical called capsaicin. In red pepper, the capsaicin is the initiator of spicy. Of course, no problem eating a red pepper, but if you eat too much to a certain amount, it may be fatal. This chemical is a powerful, people even use them as a paint remover to do the police use of pepper spray. Such as red pepper in spicy Havana, where the content of capsaicin amazing, so that if you cut the peppers, the skin will immediately feel a burning pain.
Tips: Red Hot Chili Peppers especially rich in vitamin C, and green pepper in a pod-dimensional C content is said to have its six times.
7. Cashews
Toxicology: urushiol
Toxic parts: raw cashew nuts
Although not a plant but the seeds of nuts, but cashews have a similar shell structure and growth of the fruit. When you buy in the store "raw cashews", they must buy steamed, not completely raw. This is because the raw cashew contains urushiol, which is poison ivy in the can find the same kind of toxic chemical substance that enables the body to exposure to poison ivy and poison oak the same response. Intake of urushiol can be fatal. Although relatively rare cases of poisoning cashew nuts, shelled them, but the close contact with production workers, and sometimes have hidden side effects.
Tips: cashew nuts in a fruit came from this fruit native to South American countries. People used to eat the fruit, put the seeds (cashews) to throw it away.
8. Mushrooms
Toxicology: muscimol and other factors
Toxic parts: 5% of the mushrooms
In the United States about five thousand kinds of mushrooms, of which about a hundred reportedly toxic, and can be fatal in less than ten. However, mushrooms or may cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Because of the nature of fungi and mushrooms have so many species, it is difficult to determine which toxic drugs that do not. See rule of thumb, we usually say that the wild mushrooms are potentially toxic. Muscimol prime mushroom toxin is one of the most deadly, it can cause serious liver damage. We are talking about one of mushroom is poisonous mushrooms.
Tips: The existing 38,000 kinds of known mushroom species, of which 5% of the toxic.
9. Puffer fish
Toxicology: tetrodotoxin
Toxic parts: some organs
Puffer fish is the second drug in vertebrates. Although you can not eat in the United States, but many Koreans and Japanese think that some of the fish meat is very delicious. However, some organs such as liver, is highly toxic fatal. The scientific name of fish toxins tetrodotoxin, which can cause high blood pressure, muscle paralysis and other symptoms, and lead poisoning because the diaphragm muscle paralysis, apnea and death. For many Asians, this dangerous delicacy fugu, or could not refuse.
Tips: Emperor of Japan is now eating puffer fish is illegal.
10. Cassava (manioc)
Poison: Cyanide
Toxic parts: cassava
Although not common in the United States, but like the cassava shrub widely distributed in the Caribbean and South America. The use of cassava for food when it can be made of bitter sweet. It all depends on taste and odor of cyanide in the amount of students, this substance is highly toxic. Most people who are willing to eat like the bitter cassava because the smell will drive away insects and even animals. If you eat cassava did not do the preparatory work before, it is likely to kick in. After the. Because the rich in cyanide toxicity of cassava diseases may lead to nerve palsy, can cause permanent paralysis.
Tips: the composition of cassava roots and flour are similar can then be extracted from the production of manioc flour. Cassava leaves contain cyanide, but if it mashed together with flour and put in the shade for five hours ahead, cyanide will break down
2011-01-14
Ten common food poisoning is easy to eat the wrong position part 1
1. Tomato
Toxicology: alkaloids
Toxic parts: stem and leaf
Although touted in many countries of tomato, but they are poisonous. Although the flesh itself is non-toxic, but its stems and leaves are full of something called glycoalkaloids chemicals. In the wild tomatoes contain higher concentrations of this substance, but the number of planted tomatoes, or have some impact. This kind of thing can cause stomach disorders and anxiety tension. Stems and leaves can be used as cooking spices, but must be removed before consumption. Great utility of this chemical substance, in fact, it is often used to de-worming.
Tips: In 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court case of Nix v. Hedden, the argument is to define whether it is vegetables or fruits of tomato, as related to fruit and vegetables instead of against the tax. Finally, according to the tax court, tomato is a vegetable, from the botanical point of view, it is a fruit.
2. Apple
Poison: Cyanide
Toxic parts: stone
And wherever, Apple certainly is a popular fruit. And other foods in this form is similar to Apple also contain cyanide, but the content is not high. And excluding any flesh of toxic chemicals, but in the apple core you will find cyanide. To eat an apple core and although not fatal, but definitely bad for your health. Of course, if you eat too much apple cores, (the premise is to chew and swallow) are likely to have complications.
Tips: Apple can float on water because 25% of their volume is air.
3. Cherry
Toxicology: hydrogen cyanide
Toxic parts: stone
Cherry fruit is definitely one of the most eaten, eaten raw, cooked, grilled, or candy can be made jam, cherry and even with some of the Jiuchi. Despite the benefits, but the cherries are poisonous. If you eat the cherry bite without hesitation when opening the mouth did not remain in the nucleus and then spit it out, you'll probably swallow the hydrocyanic acid. Once the cherry is chewing or chew it, he will automatically generate hydrogen cyanide. Mild symptoms include headache, dizziness, confusion, anxiety, palpitation and vomiting. A large number of hydrocyanic acid can lead to breathing difficulties, high blood pressure, heart beat too fast, and renal failure. Other effects include coma, seizures, the most serious cause fatal respiratory failure.
Tips: Cherries are rich in a large number of melatonin, to help maintain and regulate bodily state.
4. Almond
Poison: Cyanide
Toxic parts: raw almonds
Most people always think that almond is a nut, but in fact it is the seed, but also in the culinary world especially popular. And cashew nuts similar, if not through some form of heating it, almond is a highly toxic, but toxicity is mainly to remove bitter almonds, which are rich in cyanide, in many countries, the sale has not been processed to remove the toxins almonds is illegal.
Tips: mentioned in the Old Testament, almonds are one of the earliest human grown foods.
5. Potatoes
Toxicology: alkaloids
Toxic parts: stem and leaf potatoes
We heard more or less the story about potatoes. Whether the Irish potato famine, or other related historical events, have been familiar with, but you may not have heard of potatoes is also toxic. Potato plant stems and leaves are toxic, and even potato itself is toxic. If you look over potatoes, then you may find some potatoes was slightly green, which is due to the toxicity of glycoalkaloids. Because the past there have been cases of fatal attacks potato toxicity, although very rare, but mostly because of drinking tea or eating fat potato leaf green potatoes. Sudden death is not an event, the parties after the food is often weak at first, and then into a coma. Do not worry about the occasional green potato chips to eat, but must take a long green shoot or throw away potato skin turn green, do not go to cooking food, especially for children to be careful not to eat.
Tips: Potatoes are good food for the astronauts! In fact, in 1995, potato plants with the Columbia flight around the Earth's orbit is also growing.
Toxicology: alkaloids
Toxic parts: stem and leaf
Although touted in many countries of tomato, but they are poisonous. Although the flesh itself is non-toxic, but its stems and leaves are full of something called glycoalkaloids chemicals. In the wild tomatoes contain higher concentrations of this substance, but the number of planted tomatoes, or have some impact. This kind of thing can cause stomach disorders and anxiety tension. Stems and leaves can be used as cooking spices, but must be removed before consumption. Great utility of this chemical substance, in fact, it is often used to de-worming.
Tips: In 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court case of Nix v. Hedden, the argument is to define whether it is vegetables or fruits of tomato, as related to fruit and vegetables instead of against the tax. Finally, according to the tax court, tomato is a vegetable, from the botanical point of view, it is a fruit.
2. Apple
Poison: Cyanide
Toxic parts: stone
And wherever, Apple certainly is a popular fruit. And other foods in this form is similar to Apple also contain cyanide, but the content is not high. And excluding any flesh of toxic chemicals, but in the apple core you will find cyanide. To eat an apple core and although not fatal, but definitely bad for your health. Of course, if you eat too much apple cores, (the premise is to chew and swallow) are likely to have complications.
Tips: Apple can float on water because 25% of their volume is air.
3. Cherry
Toxicology: hydrogen cyanide
Toxic parts: stone
Cherry fruit is definitely one of the most eaten, eaten raw, cooked, grilled, or candy can be made jam, cherry and even with some of the Jiuchi. Despite the benefits, but the cherries are poisonous. If you eat the cherry bite without hesitation when opening the mouth did not remain in the nucleus and then spit it out, you'll probably swallow the hydrocyanic acid. Once the cherry is chewing or chew it, he will automatically generate hydrogen cyanide. Mild symptoms include headache, dizziness, confusion, anxiety, palpitation and vomiting. A large number of hydrocyanic acid can lead to breathing difficulties, high blood pressure, heart beat too fast, and renal failure. Other effects include coma, seizures, the most serious cause fatal respiratory failure.
Tips: Cherries are rich in a large number of melatonin, to help maintain and regulate bodily state.
4. Almond
Poison: Cyanide
Toxic parts: raw almonds
Most people always think that almond is a nut, but in fact it is the seed, but also in the culinary world especially popular. And cashew nuts similar, if not through some form of heating it, almond is a highly toxic, but toxicity is mainly to remove bitter almonds, which are rich in cyanide, in many countries, the sale has not been processed to remove the toxins almonds is illegal.
Tips: mentioned in the Old Testament, almonds are one of the earliest human grown foods.
5. Potatoes
Toxicology: alkaloids
Toxic parts: stem and leaf potatoes
We heard more or less the story about potatoes. Whether the Irish potato famine, or other related historical events, have been familiar with, but you may not have heard of potatoes is also toxic. Potato plant stems and leaves are toxic, and even potato itself is toxic. If you look over potatoes, then you may find some potatoes was slightly green, which is due to the toxicity of glycoalkaloids. Because the past there have been cases of fatal attacks potato toxicity, although very rare, but mostly because of drinking tea or eating fat potato leaf green potatoes. Sudden death is not an event, the parties after the food is often weak at first, and then into a coma. Do not worry about the occasional green potato chips to eat, but must take a long green shoot or throw away potato skin turn green, do not go to cooking food, especially for children to be careful not to eat.
Tips: Potatoes are good food for the astronauts! In fact, in 1995, potato plants with the Columbia flight around the Earth's orbit is also growing.
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