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5 Food poisoning and eating until forbidden to sell

1.Fuko puff fish (Fugu) - 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide

In Japan, puff fuko is a luxury food that only requires a chef to have a special license to cook, because the tetrodotoxin poisoning in it can cause death in minutes without a solution!

📚 Source: "BBC News - Deadly delicacy: Japan's fugu fish" ()

2.Raw cassava poisoning - death from natural cyanide

Cassava contains natural cyanide, if not washed or well cooked, will cause the body to die of hypoxia in a few hours, especially the "bitter" species found in Africa and Southeast Asia.

📚 Source: "World Health Organization (WHO) - Cassava cyanide poisoning" ()

3.Amanita phalloides - Mushroom of Death

This is a delicious but poisonous mushroom that destroys the liver and kidneys directly. The person who eats it will not realize it at first before vomiting, abdominal pain, and visceral failure in a few days.

📚 Source: "National Geographic - Deadly mushroom facts" ()

4. Astropecten polyacanthus - beautiful but poisonous.

Although it looks like a beautiful sea decoration, some starfish are extremely toxic to the nervous system, and cannot be washed off by cooking; eating is really the "last word" of life.

📚 Source: "Smithsonian Ocean - Poisonous sea creatures" ()

5.African Puffer Fish - The Ultimate Poison of the Nile Basin

A distant relative of puff fuko in Japan, but often eaten in Africa, the fish poisoning has killed hundreds of people, and so far...No serum can heal yet.

📚 Source: "ScienceDirect - Tetrodotoxin and human intoxication" ()

"Some delicious stuff...Not to eat, but to remind us that craving may be the most serious human poison. "

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