FIVE FUN FOOD FACTS – PART 2!

Hey people! We meet again! How are you guys doing? Well I am feeling very peachy today as this is the last day of the week that I am working, and long weekends simply excites me! I hope you guys enjoyed 5 fun food facts that I have shared yesterday, today, I will be sharing the remaining 5 facts!

 We will start with something tad more dangerous, did you know that apple seeds contain cyanide? Another name for apple seeds is pips, contains sugar/ cyanide compound called amygdalin which transforms into hydrogen cyanides once it’s metabolized in your body. It only takes 100-200 mg cyanides to be fatal to an adult within few minutes! Before you go panicking and hail a taxi to the emergency room, well hear me out first! By ingesting couple of seeds won’t kill you, because the human body is capable to handle few seeds.

Another reason why it’s not that dangerous is because swallowing the seeds accidentally without chewing would not be fatal. So fret not people!

The next fact is one of those that will blow your mind, ready? Here we go!

Consuming an excessive amount of carrots, your skin will turn an orange/ yellowish shade! How awesome is that? You don’t have to make special trips to the saloon and pay for your fake tan, all that you have to do, is just to eat large amount of orange carrots! Cool eh? This condition is known as carotenemia and apparently it’s a common condition. Carotene is a pigment and by consuming a large portion of it will turn your skin orange-yellowish. This condition will first be seen on your nose and palms showing the color first, which is why you will see babies with orange nose very often.

The third fact of the day is why are potatoes are called spud? Spud- based on a general definition, is a sharp narrow spade used to dig up large rooted plants. Over the years, this name was lent to the plant that it was often used to dig up- Potatoes. So, this caught on and everybody started to use this word as an alternative to potato. So, now you know why potatoes are also referred as spud!

As shocking as the fourth fact will be, you have no choice but to believe it. Apparently, certain almonds are highly poisonous. Almonds come in 2 varieties, which is sweet and the other is bitter. Thankfully the poisonous ones belong to bitter ones. Bitter almonds contain glycoside amygdalin, which once eaten will be converted into hydrogen cyanide that are very harmful to you, just as similar as apple seeds! So if you decide to take a stroll in the woods and happen to stumble across almonds, do not eat them! It can be poisonous. However processed bitter almonds are safe to consume and hence will be safe for eating then.

The final food fact of the day is about microwaves. Microwaves tend to convert Vitamin B12 to an inactive form unusable by humans. This means, approximately, 30-40% of vitamins are being converted during the time it’s being heated or re-heated in the microwave. On the other note, spinach loses about 77% of its Vitamin B9 when cooked in normal stove but retains nearly all of it when cooked in a microwave.

Okay guys, we have come to the end of five fun food facts, and hope all these facts have helped you guys in one way or another. Take care and catch you guys soon!