NEW YORK -- With everybody talking about healthy eating, it is important to note that there is also such thing as eating too much. Such is the case for the natural foods, nuts, juicing and everything that involves ingesting too much protein.
Jonathan Wilson, a farmer, hates to say it but he warns health enthusiasts that nibbling on those berries, greens, flowers and mushrooms can be bad for your health too.
"Everything that you find in the wild comes with its own look alike that's basically the opposite of what they are. Some of these lookalikes can be poisonous," said the representative of the Heritage Farm at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens, Livingston.
He cultivates some of the day lilies that are bought by restaurants around New York City. However, despite its popularity, he notes that the Asian and Japanese variations of these edible lilies can give one a bellyache.
"It has been downplayed, but it's important to note how many people can get sick." Wilson said. So if one is unsure about the plant on the plate, then don't eat it. This is especially true for variants of mushrooms on the plate.
The fungi that's oblong with patterns similar to that of the honeycomb are usually sold for a high price in the gourmet market. They occasionally sprout on the Silver Lake Gold Course or in the Blue Belt looks a lot like morels. However, there could be a high chance that they look like morels but they are not. Some of them can be poisonous due to its monomethyl hydrazine (MMH) which when ingested could cause severe vomiting, diarrhea, vertigo and in some cases, death.
Some nuts are included in the list of healthy foods that could be unhealthy for the diet. With the prevalence of pignoli cookies and pestos in Italian bakeries as well as most of the restaurants in New York City, it is a must that you eat with careful attention this ingredient that is present in both dishes that people love to eat.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received about 500 complaints between the years 2008 and 2012 from consumers complaining of the lingering metallic taste following the consumption of pine nuts, more popularly known as pignoli. The sensation could last for a few days to up to a few weeks. The easiest solution they recommended is to not eat pignoli when raw.
Is there anything that is healthy and is perfectly safe to eat?
"You can guarantee that what people think is safe to eat now, won't be the same things next year," celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson said in an interview.
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Original Source from Pamela Silvestri, Food Editor of Staten Island Advance
