5 Top Foods That Can Actually Kill You

Puffer fish

Puffer fish,balloon fish,globe fish, sea squab those are the names given to most dangerous venomous fish in the world.looks funny and harmless but terribly poisonous.

Puffer fish carry's water in their elastic stomach turning themselfs into an inedible ball.

They contain a highly venomous substance called Tetrodotoxin which can be up to 1200 times more poisonous than cyanide.

The poison tetrodotoxin paralyzes muscular system and diaphragm muscle and stops breathing,ultimately resulting in death.

Today puffer fish is acknowledged delicacy in Japan.it can be prepared only by a licensed specialist.each steps have its own regulation.however Japan loves puffer fish it becomes their most favourite meat.

Taro

The biological name of this plant is colocasia esculenta.The root vegetables most commonly known as taro.
Q)Eating taro roots and vegetables are hazardous to health?

Yes its hazardous to health only if you eaten raw.
Yes taro contains toxic chemical compound called calcium oxalate.consumption raw taro leads to kidney stone also all burns and itching problems occur right through your mouth and throat that it is curable if you drink glass of milk you can get rid of it.
 if you don't want to get kidney stone then You should soak them overnight with bit of baking soda in it and boil them atleast 15 - 20 min(next day).even you can try baked and roasted also.but always make sure it is cooked well.

Eggs

Only few people love eating uncooked egg especially egg yolk.cause it has much amount of protein to build up the muscles.
But we only do recommend to eat cooked eggs cause certain eggs have bacteria called salmonella.if you eaten a egg contains salmonella it would not be a nice experience.
Consumption of uncooked eggs can be resultant in severe diarrhea and vomiting which can quickly leads to dehydration and death if you wouldn't treat well.
So we are not saying all eggs contain the bacteria called salmonella.
according to the AEB(american egg board) only one in every 20,000 eggs carry salmonella bacteria.
So better cook well.you don't have to take risk.

Mushroom

Now a days we can see wide variety of coloured mushrooms.some are really delicious,some are dangerously poisonous.
Poisonous mushrooms might take time to take effect against the human body.generally consumption leads to liver, kidney,respiratory failure depending on what kind of fungus consume.So Always make sure they are edible cause some of them are similar to edible one.

Potato

People might be confused if they hear
' is potato hazardous to health?'

GREEN POTATOES

The fact is if they stored improperly or expose too much sunlight they produce toxin called solanine which is highly concentrated.solanine can paralyze the central nerve system.so just throw it away the green potatoes when you are buying it.always remember.