Ten of the most popular of toxic food

According to foreign media recently reported that the Spring Festival period, we have another release magnanimous Hu eat Hesse yet another warning on the side of a healthy diet, what to eat what is novel, and even poisonous things to try







What is a toxic food? In fact, we eat almost every day to carry lethal toxins in plants and animals, food poisoning do occur from time to time. In order to ensure such things never happen to us, it is necessary to understand what we have in the kitchen of the most common toxic food.






　Mushroom

We have all heard toxin, also known poisonous toadstool. Toadstool is "poisonous mushroom." Although relatively easy to identify poisonous mushrooms, but not entirely so, from all sources unknown We should all be careful to eat mushrooms. You can double-check something in order to determine whether the toxic mushrooms: toxic mushroom strains should be a flat cap is not protruding, there should be pink or black Junzhe (poisonous mushrooms often white Junzhe), but should be long in Junzhe bacteria cap, rather than stems. You have to remember that while it is usually applied to the identification of knowledge are many mushrooms, but not the truth. Of course, if you do not have full grasp of, or better to eat first.








Puffer

Highly toxic puffer fish, 1 g of tetrodotoxin can 500 people were killed. In Japan, puffer fish chef to be trained to go through some certificates after the examination to get engaged. Training has to go through two to three years. In order to pass the exam, chefs must first undergo a written test, and then show the level of his cutting. Final examination consists of a cut under his chef eating puffer fish. Only 30% of people pass their examinations, this does not mean that others were eating fish and they are cutting has been poisoned, but they did not pass the first two exams. Puffer fish to eat only meat, because of the toxic puffer fish meat in small tetrodotoxin may make lips have tingle. In view of the toxicity of puffer fish, puffer fish is the Emperor of Japan can not eat only legitimate food.



Elderberry

Elder tree is very beautiful, quite large. Distributed tree full of fragrance of the flowers. These flowers can be used to make elderberry Huajiu and soda. It is sometimes the flower will get flat, eating deep-fried. However, it is risky. Elder tree roots and some other parts of the highly toxic, can cause serious stomach problems. So the next time to eat Ni Zhai Elderflower time to ensure that the food is just flowers.



　Castor

Castor oil is our child, "headache," one of the many food products, castor oil is often added to the sweets, chocolate and other foods. Many people are still eating castor oil. Fortunately, we buy the safety of castor oil is processed food, castor beans is lethal, a castor will be able to poison a horse, which comes from the toxicity of ricin, which is a very toxic the material, resulting in castor beans in the collection of workers must comply with strict specifications in order to avoid accidental death. Nonetheless, many workers will still be inadvertently collected castor poisoning.




Almond

Almonds are the most useful and one of the most magical seeds. A unique taste and good cooking make the applicability of almonds into a few centuries of the most popular pie kitchen ingredients. The almond is the most bitter almond flavor. The fragrance of almonds with the most deeply welcomed by many centuries. However, there is a problem is that almonds contain cyanide. Bitter almonds must be processed before eating to the poison. Nevertheless, some countries are still illegal sale of bitter almonds. New Zealand among them. In addition, you can also use the almond in the almonds, and their similar taste and toxicity. Heated to remove almonds toxic, in fact, you may not know, and now the United States sold raw almonds is illegal, so now you buy almonds are heated to remove toxicity and bacteria.



　　Cherry

Cherry is a very common fruit can be used for cooking, wine, or eaten raw. Them with plums, apricots and peaches from the same family. All of these fruits, leaves and seeds contain highly toxic compounds. Almond is also a member of this family, but it is the only seed in particular, in order to harvest the fruits of the main. Cherry seeds are crushed, chewed, or only slightly damaged, they will produce hydrocyanic acid. After eating cherries must remember not to suck or chew cherry seeds.





Apple

Like with the cherries and almonds, apple seeds contain cyanide, however, much less volume than the first two. Apple's not careful, others will eat the seeds, but only eating a lot of you will feel uncomfortable. An apple seed will not poison people, but as long as entirely possible to eat a lot of poisoning. What I would suggest try not to eat apples contest was held. By the way, if you want to eat apples, unexpectedly was found inside a bug, hope it was not half a worm, you can put apples into a salt water bowl, insects will die.


　　Rhubarb

Rhubarb is an inconspicuous plant, it can be the best puddings are made in several flavors, very easily in the indoor cultivation. Rhubarb is also a magical plant - In addition to its known toxicity of the leaves on the outside, they are there is a corrosive acid. The rhubarb leaves and water and its corrosive soda mixed together has become even stronger. Rhubarb stems edible, taste great, rhubarb root can be used to make laxatives reconciliation poison.







　No.茄

On tomato fruits, or vegetables, whether the controversy had also been resolved in court, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tomatoes are vegetables. In the rest of the world, tomatoes are considered fruits, or, more accurately, berries. Taken to court because the tax fruits and vegetables are not taxed. Perhaps more interesting is that, technically speaking, the tomato plants ovary. The leaves and stems of tomato plants with something called "glycoside alkaloid" compound, this compound can cause extreme nervousness and stomach discomfort. Tomato leaves and stems can be used to cooking to increase flavor, but they must be removed before eating. Cooking in this way does not cause intoxication, and the taste is absolutely first class. Finally, in order to enhance the taste of tomatoes, you can sprinkle a little sugar on top.







　　Potatoes

Since the 16th century, was introduced to Europe, potatoes will appear in our history books. Unfortunately, they seem to always be there, as well as famine and crop failures related to the Year, but the potatoes will always be the majority of the West family recipes in the main vegetables daily. And tomato, like potato stems and leaves contain toxic compounds, when the green potato itself is also toxic, the reason why green is because the high concentration of alkaloid glycosides. Potato poisoning rare, but also occur. Potato poisoning is usually due to physical weakness and confusion, he collapsed and later died. Nearly 50 years, the United States because of death is often the case potatoes, eating potatoes and drinking green tea leaves of the potato.