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FOOD	SUBSTANCE/TOXIN	POTENTIAL HAZZARD
Peanuts, peanut products, corn, wheat, rice, that are grown or stored under conditions that favor mold growth	Aflatoxin	Liver damage, possibility of liver cancer

Cereals (rice, wheat, barley, etc.), peanuts, peas, lentils, soya beans, strawberries, bananas, mangoes, pineapples, sesame, poppy and caraway seeds, tea, chocolate, coffee, yeasts, alcoholic beverages, honev and other foods likely to contain pollen	Allergens	Eczema, hives, hay fever, asthma, headaches, abdominal distress, behavioural abnormalities

Apple seeds, pear seeds, apricot pits, peach pits	Amygdalin	Stomach ache, illness, death

Carrots	Aniline	Cancer

Mung beans, rice bran, beets, Brussels sprouts, buckwheat seeds, and some berries	Anti-thiamin compounds	Beriberi- weakness, loss of appetite, irritability, nervous tingling throughout the body, poor arm and leg coordination, and muscle pain deep in the calves

Raw egg whites	Avidin	Biotin deficiency- depression, lethargy, eczema, dermatitis, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, inflammation of the tongue, and muscle pain

Tea, coffee, cola-type soft drinks	Caffeine	Increased urination, nervousness, upset stomach: tremors, irritability, possibility of birth defects, possibility of behavioural change

Carrots	Carototoxin	Nerve poison

Zucchini	Cucurbitacins	Vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, collapse

Apricot kernels, peach kernels, apple seeds, tapioca, young bamboo shoots, bitter almonds, colored varieties of lima beans	Cyanide	Abdominal pain, vomiting, mental confusion, sensory loss, respiratory distress, spastic weakness

Broad beans	Favism	Anaemia due to an inborn error of metabolism; the disease has an ethnic distribution around the Mediterranean and some other areas

Parsnips	Furocoumarins	Stomach ache, painful skin reactions due to increased sensitivity to UV rays

Sweet potatoes	Furfural	Symptoms similar to intoxication- euphoria, headache, dizziness, nausea, and eventual unconsciousness and death due to respiratory failure

Potatoes, especially sprouts	Glycoalkaloids	Severe stomach ache and even death

Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, turnips, swedes, mustard seeds, horseradish	Goitrogens	Goitre, particularly in areas where the iodine content of food is low

Uncooked legumes (castor beans, kidney beans, lima beans, soya beans, lentils, peas)	Haemagglutinins	Retarded growth, diarrhea

Kumara, sweet potato	Ipomeamarone	Death

Legumes such as chickpeas and vetch, sweet pea, grass pea	Lathyrogens	Spastic paralysis of the legs, skeletal abnormalities

Mouldy rice, mouldy grain	Mycotoxins	Vomiting, damage to bone marrow, convulsions, psychotic behaviour

Spinach, rhubarb	Oxalic acid	Muscle twitching, cramps, decreased breathing and heart action, vomiting, pain, headache, convulsions and coma

Celery, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, cured meats	Nitrates and nitrites	Decreased oxygen-carrying ability of blood in infants with gastro-enteritis; possible risk of gastric cancer

Legumes, flax seeds, berries, nuts, clover	Phytoestrogens	Endocrine disrupter

Celery	Psoralens	Produces phototoxic dermatitis on exposure of skin to sunlight

Comfrey, some 'herbal' teas	Pyrrolizidine alkaloids	Possibility of liver disease and liver cancer

Sprouted and 'greening' potatoes	Solanine	Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, throat irritation

Tea, coffee, cocoa and sorghums	Tannins	Interfere with digestibility of proteins