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Food Poisoning: Beans And Fried Plantain

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It started as a joke when it was spreading that eating cooked beans and fried plantains is dangerous and poisonous to health. At first, I did not take it seriously. Later, I started to ponder as the news generated more controversy. Reading through the reason they claim the combination is dangerous made it important. Beans Eating Beans And Fried Plantain Is Poisonous Before I go ahead to explain, let's clarify the very important point. Eating beans alone is considered safe by the pioneers of these claims so also is eating fried plantains. The problem is the combination. So how true is this claim and theory? First of all, let us look at what they said. It was first posted by Kemi Lopsam, a natural health doctor and an acupuncturist based in Akure, in 2019 on a website called Newsroom. According to her, unripe plantain and beans are safe. The problem is the ripe plantain cooked or fried. The reason is that beans and ripe plantain are acid forming foods. They can cause heart problems, ...

Overview Of Drug Poisoning

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Drug poisoning is very common and can happen at any time. It also happen at home or in the hospital. It is due to errors from prescriber, dispenser and user. Drug is a substance that can change body physiological behaviour. The level of this change depends on the quantity that gets into the body and duration of exposure. There are different ways drugs can be used. From the skin and through injection and oral. Drug poison There is a general saying that says that all drugs are poison. This includes paracetamol. That is true to some extent. A poison is a substance that harms the body. Every drug becomes a poison at a certain dose. That is why drug poisoning is defined as the exposure to a dangerous amount of a drug that can cost harm. Read Also:   Treating head lice with sniper insecticide is dangerous The higher the quantity that gets into the body or the longer the exposure time coupled with the person's physical and medical history will determine how much of a poison it is. Poisoni...

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