The Silent Killer on Your Dinner Plate: Why Millions Are Eating the World’s Deadliest Food

its dusty, unassuming brown skin, cassava harbors a dark and deadly defense mechanism. It is a biological booby trap designed by nature to deter insects and animals, but one that can prove fatal to humans if the proper, rigorous preparation steps are skipped or misunderstood.

The culprit is the plant’s ability to produce cyanogenic glucosides. When continue reading …