7 Foods That Could Actually Kill You

Food is suppose to keep us healthy but some foods do not, even if they are called Food, they should not be consumed. It’s not like they will kill you as soon as you swallow them but it certainly works like slow poisoning. Following are the 7 foods that will certainly cut your life short depending on the intake charts.

Foie Gras

If you ever find yourself at a fancy French restaurant, you might see Foie Gras on the menu and might think as as a cool thing to have it but before you do, you must know how is it made. It comes from a process of sticking a massive tube down a goose or a duck’s throat and force feeding them. It causes their liver to swell with fat and apparently makes it taste better. Now as barbaric as the process sounds, it is unhealthy for human consumption. If you just look at the process of its making, it would surely be enough to turn your stomachs form it.

Microwaved Popcorn

Heated popcorn contains perfluorooctanoic which is a carcinogenic (causing cancer). One study even found a cancer causing acid in microwave popcorn. Some brands even contain a chemical called diacetyl which has caused the factory employes to develop a condition known as Popcorns Worker’s Lung which is as nasty as it sounds. These studies have caused many people to turn their backs on microwave popcorns and pop their own because once you pop, you really cannot stop!

Green Potatoes

Potatoes are generally safe if eaten correctly but when they turn green, you better stay away. Potatoes produce a glyco alkaloid called Solanine which is a natural Poison deterring animals so as well as humans. In 1899, fifty six German soldiers experienced the symptoms of solanine poisoning resulting in acute diarrhea, severe headache, coma and even eventual death. An average human male would just have to consume one pound of the toxic green potatoes to get poisoned.

Frosting

Sorry cake lovers, but that delicious frosting could kill you! Now everyone knows that how bad sugar affects the health but did you know that frosting contains more sugar than sugar itself? Similarly you will find 34 grams of sugar in a single Bran Muffin which is about four times the amount of sugar in a plain cake doughnut! As soon as you consume it, your blood sugar goes skyscraping and the cholesterol level goes off the charts. Last but not the least, it has the capability to make you obese. So before having another frosting or a bran muffin, try thinking that what you are intaking is obesity, maybe that could help the cravings!

Palm Oil

Even if you can’t see palm oil anywhere, it is present in so many eatables such as margarine, soups, cooking oils, crackers, baked items and even Nutella! Sorry to break this out but Nutella also has it, and aside for the palm oil to contain saturated fats which are really bad for the human body, its plantations are causing a huge environmental issues as they require plenty of space resulting in deforestation and near extinction of some species such as Orang Utan and the Sumatran Tiger. Palm oil not good for humans And animals in an indirect way though. Interesting.

Leftover Rice

Most people do not even realize that when they end up eating leftover rice from the night before or finish a Chinese take away, what will it do to them. If you leave cooked rice overnight at a room temperature, a bacteria called Bacillus Cereus multiplies and spread across the rice producing toxins which in worse cases could cause cramps, diarrhea, vomiting. The longer you leave the rice, the worse it gets. Try not to eat the rice with all those invisible tiny spores on them. Fresh rice is best rice!

Bitter Almonds

Did you know that due to their potential danger, they are illegal to sell or buy in New Zealand? Miniscule doses of bitter almonds can prove to be fatal, especially for children.The bitter almonds have cyanide in them while the sweet ones barely have any. Fortunately, it’s the sweet kind which is found in general consumption but cases of bitter almond poisoning has also been reported occasionally on those who happen to have weak immune systems.