{"id":29812,"date":"2025-05-19T00:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/?p=29812"},"modified":"2025-05-19T00:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:38:30","slug":"the-worlds-deadliest-food-claims-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/?p=29812","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018world\u2019s deadliest food\u2019 claims over\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cassava, a root vegetable rich in Vitamin C and copper, is widely consumed in Central and South America and tropical regions. Nigeria, Thailand,<\/p>\n<p> and Indonesia are the top producers, with over 500 million people relying on it as a staple. However, cassava can be dangerous if eaten raw due <\/p>\n<p>to cyanogenic glucosides, which release cyanide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), improper processing causes around 200 deaths annually, <\/p>\n<p>earning it the title \u201cworld\u2019s deadliest food. \u201dWHO warns that high dietary cyanide exposure can lead to acute poisoning and diseases like konzo,<\/p>\n<p> a neurological disorder linked to poverty and malnutrition. To safely consume cassava, it must be soaked for<\/p>\n<p> 24 hours, then boiled or sun-dried to reduce toxicity while retaining its nutritional benefits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassava, a root vegetable rich in Vitamin C and copper, is widely consumed in Central and South America and tropical regions. Nigeria, Thailand, and Indonesia are the top producers, with over 500 million people relying on it as a staple. However, cassava can be dangerous if eaten raw due to cyanogenic glucosides, which release cyanide. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29814,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29812\/revisions\/29814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}