Throughout your daily life, your body is exposed to
all kinds of harmful toxins, both from your diet and from your environmental surroundings.
Not exact matches
Some
kinds of raw beans and especially red and kidney beans, contain a
harmful toxin (the lectin Phytohaemagglutinin) that must be destroyed by cooking.
As a result, this reduces the possibility
of getting sick or developing some
kind of disease from the
harmful toxins building up.
It's claimed that these
kinds of side effects are normal, as it's the body flushing out
harmful toxins.