{"id":13875,"date":"2025-03-08T19:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diigital.press\/?p=13875"},"modified":"2025-03-08T19:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:32:15","slug":"the-worlds-deadliest-food-claims-over-200-lives-every-year-yet-nearly-500-million-people-still-eat-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/the-worlds-deadliest-food-claims-over-200-lives-every-year-yet-nearly-500-million-people-still-eat-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018world\u2019s deadliest food\u2019 claims over 200 lives every year, yet nearly 500 million people still eat it"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to our diet, we should be mindful that the food we choose to consume affects our health and overall well-being. Opting for\u00a0a balanced diet\u00a0helps ensure our body gets all the necessary nutrients. Some foods, however, can be dangerous, such as cassava, which is labeled \u201cworld\u2019s deadliest food.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassava is a root vegetable rich in Vitamin C and copper. It is native to Central and South America, and is highly popular throughout the tropics. In fact, it is used the same way as the potato.<\/p>\n

The top producing countries of this highly consumed vegetable are Nigeria, Thailand, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

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It is believed that cassava is consumed by over 500 million people worldwide. However, if eaten raw, it can pose risks due to the harmful compounds it contains.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 200 people die due to consumption of cassava annually.<\/p>\n

This led cassava to be dubbed \u201cthe world\u2019s deadliest food.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cCassava tubers contain a varying quantity of cyanogenic glucosides which protect the root against attack by animals and insects. Appropriate processing before consumption can reduce cyanogenic glucoside content of cassava. When high cyanogenic cassava is not processed correctly, high dietary cyanide exposure occurs,\u201d a\u00a0research published by WHO\u00a0states.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When it comes to our diet, we should be mindful that the food we choose to consume affects our health and overall well-being. Opting for\u00a0a balanced diet\u00a0helps ensure our body gets all the necessary nutrients. Some foods, however, can be dangerous, such as cassava, which is labeled \u201cworld\u2019s deadliest food.\u201d Cassava is a root vegetable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}