What poisonous foods are there in the world?

The top ten delicious and poisonous foods in the world, you must stay away from them when you see them!

Danjiang Xu Dawei

2015-09-11Creator in the field of quality fishing

potato

Although potatoes are the main food in the world, they have fatal secrets. If stored improperly or exposed to too much light, potatoes will produce a lot of harmful Solanum nigrum toxin. Intake of Solanum nigrum toxin will paralyze the central nervous system and lead to mental disorder. During the Korean War, the trapped Korean people were forced to eat rotten potatoes. According to records, 382 people in a community developed symptoms of poisoning, of which 22 died. But don't worry too much. The method of identifying potatoes containing solanine is simple. Fortunately, chlorophyll will turn the skin of potatoes green.

9.tuna

Due to waste discharge and water pollution, tuna contains a lot of mercury, which can damage the brain and lead to learning disabilities and mental problems. Mercury is very toxic. If ingested during pregnancy, mercury will damage the developing nervous system of the fetus through the placenta and delay the development of children. Children who eat a lot of tuna are often accompanied by forgetting basic skills, such as forgetting to tie their shoes.

8. horseshoe yellow

Horseshoe yellow leaves contain oxalic acid, a toxic substance, which is often used for bleaching. Eating horseshoe yellow leaves can cause burning sensation in mouth and throat, dyspnea, kidney calculi and convulsion. During the First World War, the British authorities provided horseshoe yellow leaves as a wartime vegetable supplement, which led to the poisoning and even death of countless soldiers.

7.nutmeg

Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what? A crisp and delicious biscuit may contain a hallucinogenic amount of myricetin. Because of the myristic ether found in nutmeg, the festive atmosphere will become crazier than expected. As long as two spoonfuls of nutmeg powder can support the sequelae for several days at a time, nutmeg ether is too irritating, so it is strictly forbidden to provide nutmeg powder in prison to prevent users from getting high. Nutmeg also has some terrible side effects. Besides causing anxiety and excessive tension, it can also cause symptoms of vomiting and dysentery, which may lead to a potential heart attack.

6.almonds

What grows on sweet apricot trees is healthy snacks, while what grows on bitter apricot trees may be deadly poison. The substances contained in bitter almonds can be converted into cyanide, and eating 20 bitter almonds can be fatal. Amygdalin contained in apricot soil is used for cooking Atelier (anticancer drug). This anticancer drug has been criticized in the medical field. Because this drug is banned in the United States, there are few examples to prove its effectiveness, but it has the opposite effect. Ingestion of cyanide or receiving this treatment is likely to lead to death. In addition to bitter almonds, there are other foods containing cyanide that need attention, including cherry stones, apple stones and carrots.

5. castor seeds

Compared with castor seeds, bitter almonds containing cyanide are simply not worth mentioning. The toxicity of ricin is 6000 times that of cyanide. For better comparison, ricin is 12000 times that of rattlesnake toxin. Although it is the most poisonous seed in the world, castor seeds not only provide toxins, but also the oil extracted from castor seeds is often used in candy and chocolate. Before coffee spices appeared, castor was simply a spice killer. 1979, a diplomat died because he was stabbed by the tip of an umbrella stained with castor oil.

4. Raw honey

As long as you eat a spoonful of raw honey, you will feel dizzy and sick all day. This is mainly caused by bees not filtering out spores and pollen. What is even more worrying is that the nectar collected from rhododendrons contains Aralia toxin, which can be used as a hallucinogen and is called "crazy honey poisoning". In 67 BC, the original honey was still used as a weapon in war. When Rome invaded Turkey, the local people put their hives on the road. Hungry soldiers lost consciousness and were weak after eating raw honey, which was easily destroyed by the rebels.

3. West African litchi fruit/Archie fruit

Although Archie fruit is a holiday fruit symbolized by Jamaica, Archie fruit is also a killing fruit. Eating immature pulp or eating stones can cause the following symptoms: convulsion, coma and even death. Even if it survives, glycine in Archie fruit can cause long-term muscle spasm, severe diarrhea and vomiting.

2. puffer fish

In order to provide this treasure to the public, Japanese chefs need to study for many years, and after a rigorous examination, the pass rate is only nearly 70%. Even so, more than 20 people were poisoned by eating puffer fish after 2000. This is because there is tetrodotoxin in puffer fish, which is a strong neurotoxin and exists in the kidneys and ovaries of fish. If you accidentally eat fish containing tetrodotoxin, your body will be paralyzed and your heart and lungs will freeze. Tetrodotoxin is so powerful that it can kill an adult with only one needle tip. Because puffer fish is too toxic, the Japanese emperor banned eating puffer fish for safety reasons.

1. Mushroom

The last meal of Emperor Buda Claudius and Pope Anaclet VII. Every year, 2-3 people die of mushroom poisoning, the most notorious of which is Amanita guibiensis, also known as Amanita toxin. It contains more than 20 kinds of toxins. If you eat the second half, your life will be in danger. If you eat one, you will have an 80% mortality rate, and there is no corresponding antidote. Symptoms do not appear until 24 hours after eating. When the symptoms appear, the toxin has spread to the whole body, leading to organ failure, coma and eventually death.