Poisonous Foods We Love

A lot of people have trouble getting their children to eat healthy foods. It is like, as soon as they find out it is good for them they decide they couldn't possibly eat another bite.

Maybe a good tactic for feeding children would to tell them how poisonous the foods they are ingesting really are. That might get your kids excited to eat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, so they say. But you eat some apple seeds, and you could have a nice doctor frantically trying to pump your stomach before you lose the ability to visit a doctor, or anyone for that matter, ever again.

Apple seed contain a toxic substance called glykoalkaloid, but because apple seeds are so small you would probably need an entire bowl of them to get really sick. Actually quite a few plants have this glykoalkaloid substance, and many of them cause fatal accidents.

Back in the fifties there was a pretty nice problem with people growing and eating their own food. Some people may think that is good, but problem is a lot of people don't know about the simple dangerous of common food.

Potato and tomato growers in particular would eat their crops or make funny tea drinks out of the leaves, which unfortunately led to an untimely and embarrassing death. Tomatoes and potatoes are not bad to eat, as long as they do not have too much glykoalkaloids in them.

You can tell if a plant has too much of the poison in it by how green it is; well if it is not supposed to be green and it is, then don't eat it. Usually people say something like, "that isn't ripe" instead of "that may kill you".

So next time you hear, "that isn't ripe" you will know what that person really is saying, whether they know it or not. Poisonous plants come in all shapes and sizes and some plants that are ripe are still very poisonous, and yet we still eat and grow them.

Rhubarb: the prime example of a terribly delicious plant. Have you ever had rhubarb pie...?
I haven't because I know that the leaves of rhubarb can cause stomach pains, severe diarrhea leading to dysentery (which would not be fun), nervous system convulsions, and cardio vascular collapse. Other side effects include death.

Back in world war one the soldiers were told to substitute rhubarb for the veggie intake, which unfortunately lead to some severe illnesses and in some cases even death. So before you start putting things in your mouth, think about whether or not it may kill you.

Destry Masterson is a health and nutrition expert. She publishes articles for http://www.foodinsurance.com and recommends them for food storage. Contact Info: Destry Masterson - MyOnlineArticleWriting@gmail.com - Twitter: @DestryMasterson