Sentences with phrase «cyanide in cassava»
This ensures the potentially toxic cyanide in cassava is totally neutralized.
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Q ● I heard there is cyanide in cassava.
Is that true?!? A ● Yes, there is naturally occurring cyanide in cassava root, (and apples!)
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Low - level cyanide poisoning is a problem in some regions, like Africa, where cassava is often poorly processed, agrees plant geneticist Wilhelm Gruissem of the Institute of Plant Sciences in Zurich, Switzerland.
With a balanced diet, the body can detoxify small amounts of cyanide; but when certain proteins are lacking, cassava consumption in particular causes health problems, such as goitres and blindness.
Certain varieties of another starchy staple, cassava - widely eaten in tropical South America, Africa and Asia, must be fermented to remove cyanide and render the starch edible.
It is the bitter variety of cassava which has been implicated as the cause of what is known as cyanide intoxication due to improper preparation and overconsumption in some countries in Africa.