the marzipan and nutmeg
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Some products, in many countries, which is a part of the festive table, can be more dangerous to humans than is commonly believed. To account for this and be careful called Catherine Harcup, a chemist from the UK. She called some of the dishes and jewelry, which should be treated with caution in the first place.
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the Product poses the greatest potential danger chemist called marzipan — a mixture of ground almonds into the flour and sugar syrup or powdered sugar. As the expert explains, in the intestines the almonds turns into hydrogen cyanide, are rapidly suction the blood and in large quantities can harm health.
Also Harcup calls not to overeat of nutmeg because it contains substances called myristicin. Abuse of nutmeg can lead to hallucinations, nausea, tachycardia and loss of consciousness, writes The Guardian.
However, the researcher stresses that these products are not too unhealthy, if you eat them in moderation. Moreover, “dose”, which would be enough to seriously threaten to do dangerous consequences, in some cases so great that the man physically couldn’t eat as much at one time. Therefore, the chemist does not claim that from marzipan or nutmeg should be abandoned completely, however, calls to moderate their consumption.
in Addition, the number of potentially hazardous, the researcher identifies two plants, sometimes used as a decoration Christmas table — the mistletoe and the plant is beautiful. The first contains substances that are capable, in particular, to cause vasoconstriction of skin and skeletal muscle, and the second in case of damage releases the esters that cause skin irritation.
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