{"id":969,"date":"2025-03-07T19:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/?p=969"},"modified":"2025-03-07T19:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:33:21","slug":"the-worlds-deadliest-food-claims-over-200-lives-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018world\u2019s deadliest food\u2019 claims over 200 lives every year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\n\n\n<p>According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 200 people die due to consumption of cassava annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis often happens during times of famine and war. Cyanide in cassava is associated with acute cyanide poisoning and several diseases including konzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKonzo is an irreversible spastic paraparesis of sudden onset, associated with the consumption of bitter cassava 22, 23 and a low protein intake. It is a disease of extreme poverty. Konzo mostly occurs in epidemics, but sporadic cases are also reported.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If cooked and consumed properly and moderately \u2013 by soaking peeled cassava in water 24 hours before preparation, or by boiling it and drying it in the sun \u2013 cassava is a significant source of carbs, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}