Nowadays, everyone focuses on health preservation and is very concerned about the healthiness of their diet. We try to avoid unhealthy foods as much as possible and pay attention to incompatibilities between ordinary foods. However, the traps hidden in some healthy foods are hard to guard against. Come and see if you have any of these poison-like foods on your dining table.
Chicken and Duck Heads
Chicken and duck heads do not contain better nutritional value than other parts. Moreover, the brain marrow of chicken and duck brains contains more cholesterol. Secondly, in the process of pecking, chickens ingest many substances containing harmful heavy metals, and these heavy metals are mainly stored in the chicken's brain tissue. The older the chicken, the more it stores, and the stronger the toxicity. This is the origin of the saying "a ten-year-old chicken head is like arsenic." Of course, the chickens and ducks raised nowadays are not that old, but it is still best to be cautious when eating the heads.
Bitter Almonds
Almonds are one of the most useful and magical seeds. Their unique flavor and excellent cooking properties have made them the most popular ingredient in pies for centuries. The most flavorful almonds are bitter almonds. Almonds have the richest aroma and are very popular. However, there is a problem: almonds contain cyanide. Bitter almonds must be detoxified before consumption. Nevertheless, some countries still sell bitter almonds illegally. New Zealand is one of them. Additionally, the almonds inside apricot pits have similar taste and toxicity. Heating can remove the toxicity of almonds. In fact, you might not know that it is illegal to sell raw almonds in the United States now, so the almonds you eat now must be heated to remove toxins and bacteria.
Apple Cores
Apple seeds can be accidentally eaten, but you will only feel unwell if you eat a lot of them. The seeds of one apple will not poison a person to death, but it is entirely possible to die from poisoning if you eat enough. If you want to eat an apple and find a worm inside, hopefully not half a worm, you can put the apple in a bowl of salted water, and the worm will die.
Cherry Pits
Cherries are a very common fruit that can be used for cooking, winemaking, or eaten raw. They come from the same family as plums, apricots, and peaches. The leaves and seeds of all these fruits contain extremely high levels of toxic compounds. Almonds are also a member of this family, but they are the only fruit that is particularly harvested for its seeds. When cherry seeds are crushed, chewed, or even slightly broken, they produce hydrogen cyanide. So in the future, when you eat cherries, remember not to suck or chew the cherry pits.
Do you have any of these poison-like foods on your dining table? Never believe rumors about things you've never heard of, as it will often harm you.