- Stop eating these foods as they can not only make you sick, but if not prepared properly,
poison you to death. Stay tuned till the end of this video to also see what food you're not eating that you definitely should be. Appleseeds, no it's not
cause an apple a day keeps the doctor away. It's because apple
seeds contain amygdalin, a compound that's broken down
by your gut into cyanide. That's why they actually taste bitter. Cyanide is actually a poison
that hurts your blood's ability to carry oxygen leading to
hypoxemia and eventually death. Good news though, your body can actually break
down small amounts of cyanide and you'd have to eat hundreds
or even thousands of seeds to be at risk for poisoning. Fugu or puffer fish. As seen in movies, puffer
fish in the dish prepared can be extremely poisonous. The ovaries, intestines and liver of fugu contain tetrodotoxin,
which is a neurotoxin that's up to 1200 times
more deadly than cyanide. Fugu chefs must undergo years of training to obtain a proper preparing license. And despite these precautions, numerous people still die
every year from their fugu being improperly prepared. This puffer poisoning usually results from consumption
of incorrectly prepared puffer soup called fugu chiri, or occasionally from raw puffer meat known as sashimi fugu. If it's not correctly prepared, fugu can paralyze your nervous system and shut down your respiratory muscles, meaning this fish can cause you to drown when you're not even in the water. Rhubarb, rhubarb is a plant whose stock is often used in pies, muffins, cakes. And although rhubarb is
botanically a vegetable, it's classified as a fruit
here in the United States. Their leaves contain high
levels of oxalic acid, which is a corrosive and acidic substance that can lead to kidney
failure and even death. And I stress high levels
because other healthy vegetables like broccoli and spinach
also have oxalic acid and they're just fine for us. Don't use this as an excuse
to skip out on your veggies. It's surely the dose
that makes the poison. Actually a wild story is
that during World War I when vegetable stock was real low, the leaves were mistakenly
recommended as a food source in Britain, leading to
poisonings and even deaths. Elderberries, I admit
elderberries are delicious and actually not poisonous
if cooked and ripe, but the rest of the tree they grow on including its twigs,
leaves, roots and seeds contain bitter alkaloids that
produce hydrocyanic acid. If elderberries are fully
riped or strain properly when they're processed, they can cause nausea, vomiting, and severe, severe diarrhea. According to the CDC, there was actually an
instance where eight people attending a religious
ceremony in Monterey County were airlifted to the hospital after drinking a special
juice that had been made with, among other things, elderberry
leaves and branches. They all survive, but not before violently
violently vomiting, just 15 minutes after drinking the juice. Make sure you know who's making
your drinks and with what. Red kidney beans, actually a lot of legumes
can cause an upset stomach when under cooked, but red kidney beans certainly take the cake and that's because red kidney beans contain a natural protein called lectin. Within just a few hours of consuming PHA, symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain may appear. This PHA is the bean's
natural defense system like our immune system, but rest assured, as PHA is destroyed by proper preparation and legumes are most definitely
a healthy source of protein if properly prepared, but it's not just a
matter of cooking them. In fact, according to the FDA, cooking dried red kidney beans for less than 10 minutes at any temperature less than boiling can actually increase the toxicity five fold
making them far more toxic than if you just ate them raw. Castor oil seeds or beans. Castor oil is notoriously known
for being used as a laxative to help you poop, specifically
to stimulate laxative, meaning that increases the
movement of the muscles and the intestines helping
out with constipation. However, if you watch
the show Breaking Bad, or my reaction to the show, you know that the deadly
poison ricin shown on the show is made by crushing castor seeds. It is reassuring to know
that to make castor oil from the seeds, we use heat during the
oil extraction process to actually destroy the toxin. Lychee, lychee sangria, lychee martini, lychee ice cream, yum. Lychees are delicious
and are a hydrating fruit that have many health
benefits if eaten correctly and in moderation. But if you're eating raw,
green, unripened lychees on an empty stomach, that can prove to be extremely
dangerous to your health. For 20 years, doctors
observed an alarming trend in the Northern region of
India, where every spring, hundreds of children would
randomly have seizures, slip into comas, dying
in 40% of the cases. Failed test after failed test later, scientists finally determined
that the underfed children were eating unripened lychees
that fell to the ground and they contain high levels
of a naturally occurring amino acid derivative called hypoglycin. This caused the children to
wake screaming in the night before suffering convulsions
and losing consciousness as they suffered acute
swelling of their brains. Luckily since this discovery, incidents from unripened lychees in India have fallen to under 50 a year. Nutmeg, get this, the
delicious little bit of nutmeg that you add to your pasta,
eggnog and sauces may be yummy, but over ingesting the
spice can actually be fatal. Nutmeg contains a compound
called myristicin, a psychoactive substance
that in larger doses can actually poison your
system and cause organ failure. Myristicin is actually cytotoxic, meaning that it instructs your own cells to destroy themselves. In fact, just eating two,
three teaspoons of nutmeg can result in seizures, irregular heartbeat, nausea, dizziness, dry mouth, pain and hallucinations, similar to the ones people
get when taking peyote. I still remember my med
school toxicology professor sharing that nutmeg is
metabolized into MMDA in the body to produce hallucinogenic effects and as a result has
romantically and historically been linked as a
potential way to get high. Trust me though, this is
a horrible, horrible idea as the vomiting and toxicity make it a terrible recreational drug. There are also no known current antidotes for myristicin poisoning
and treatment focuses on symptom management and
airway protection only. Potatoes, potatoes are
not poisonous in the way that we usually consume them so relax, but if you consume a green potato or even one with a greenish tint, it likely means that a
glycol alkaloid poison named solanine is also present. This is an actual nerve toxin
that can result in vomiting, diarrhea, paralysis, and even death if ingested in very high amounts. Also, you know those
little sprouts and stems that we commonly refer to as
eyes that grow on potatoes? As they age, they contain
the same glycol alkaloid. So don't eat the stems,
don't eat green potatoes and remember just because
potatoes are technically a vegetable doesn't mean they can replace your broccoli
at dinner, I'm watching you. Cashews, did you know that unlike money, cashews do grow on trees and you probably have
seen me eat raw cashews on this channel as a
snack, but truth be told, they're not actually wrong. And thank God for that as cashews have to be
heat-treated to move urushiol, which is a poisonous chemical. It's actually the same chemical that causes a poison ivy rash. Consuming truly raw cashews
straight from the tree can cause skin rashes and extreme, sometimes fatal, allergic reactions. Now for the one that you're
supposed to eat, kiwi skin. Some of you may not like its texture, but health benefit
wise, it's really solid. The skin contains nutrients
like fiber, folate, vitamin C and E. Adding the skin of the kiwi boosts the fruit's fiber content by 50%. And as someone who's
struggling to get my fiber, the furry skin texture may
be worth the trade off. However, as a little word of warning, if you have a tendency
to develop kidney stones, you may want to look elsewhere
for your antioxidant. Which is healthier,
real meat or fake meat? Click here to find out and as always, stay happy and healthy.
