7 Foods That You Should Avoid Eating Raw

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Cassava

The toxic culprit in uncooked cassava is a group of compounds that turn into hydrogen cyanide in your body. Hydrogen cyanide interferes with your body’s use of oxygen, basically causing you to drown without the trouble of being submerged.

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