Day 64, 6th July 2010. Sunny.
Day 63, 18th May 2010. Sunny.
It’s a dangerous world out there and chances are, you probably consume something on a daily basis that could end your life.
A lot of us have experienced that bloated feeling when we have eaten too much. So much, that our tummy felt like it would burst.
However, give it a few hours and a full recovery will be made to the extent that we'll be able to head to the refrigerator for a 'light snack'. But have you ever wondered about foods that could kill you? If no, you should read on and look at our photo gallery below, because it could save your life.
The good news is that too much chicken probably won't kill you, but if you were to gobble down one too many apricots, there's a definite chance it could kill you. Fatalities in large apricot-growing areas such as
These are everyday common foods that we eat that could be fatal.
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Alcohol is widely used around the world as a recreational drug. Your blood alcohol concentration is responsible for how you feel and if you will survive. What most people don't know is, more people die from vomiting while they are unconscious and choking on their own puke, than die from having a
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Not technically a nut (much like how tomatoes are not technically a vegetable), bitter almonds require a good deal of preparation to remove the 4-9 mg of hydrogen cyanide contained in each one. Heat them to remove the bad stuff, and if you're desperate for a bitter almond fix, don't go to
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While there normally would be minimal risk of caffeine poisoning since you need 5-10 grams of caffeine to actually overdose, the potent energy drinks on the market these days are making it much easier to O.D. If you've ever felt really jittery and anxious from drinking caffeine, chances are you experienced caffeine intoxication (not poisoning), which generally happens after consuming roughly 300mg of caffeine.
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When commercial honey is processed, the toxins are greatly diluted due to many types of honey blending together. This results in risk free honey, however unprocessed/unpasteurized honey is not quite so risk free. Unprocessed honey can contain Grayanotoxin which can be found in the honey produced from the nectar of rhododendrons. Even though honey intoxication is rarely fatal, if you eat enough of it, this honey could cause quite the fatal sting. One tablespoon of Grayanotoxin rich honey is enough to give you at least minor honey intoxication. Typically honey intoxication lasts 24 hours and results in dizziness, weakness, excessive sweating, nausea, and vomiting soon after you have consumed the honey.
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As if its susceptibility to crop-destroying potato blight (responsible for great famines worldwide) weren't enough, potatoes can also kill you in other, more ingenious ways. Their poisonous stems and leaves aside, once the 'tater goes green, it's full of glycoalkaloid poison.
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Rhubarb, an often-overlooked vegetable, is never served with its impressively large leaves. The reason? Poison. They contain kidney-killing oxalic acid, the stuff that makes kidney stones. And if you've met anyone who's had them, you'll know it's no laughing matter. Think of the most painful sensation you've ever had, add some more pain, and then much more pain, and you're not even close.
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Some chefs add tomato stems and leaves to their dishes to improve the flavor, but if left in the mix, they can cause agitation and stomach pain. The same goes for the green, unripened ones. Again, tomato tea is also to be avoided.
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While eating Tuna isn't going to kill you directly, the mercury that the bottom feeder fish sucks up off the ocean floor eventually will. Long before you actually die from consuming excessive mercury, you will go insane. Mercury can either travel to your kidneys where it will be processed, or it will go to your brain where it will slowly cause damage. It is probably not possible for you to die in one day from eating massive amounts of tuna, but watching your weekly intake is probably a pretty damn good idea.
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Water is the essence of life and is without it, we will all die. Funny thing is, if you drink too much of it, you will die too! The exact amount of water to kill a person varies from person to person, but if you were to go ahead and drink about 10 liters of water in a very short period of time, you will most likely fall victim to what is called Water Intoxication, hyper hydration or water poisoning.
Courtesy of Mon, 17 May 2010 09:20:11 GMT, quoted on 18th May 2010, 9:41am (Malaysia Time Zone).
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