1. Fresh cassava is poisonous, but it can be eaten if sliced, cooked or roasted. Don't think cassava is poisonous. In fact, 65% of the world's total cassava production is used for human food, and cassava flour plays an important role in the fermentation industry, whether in the food industry, or in beverages, medicine, cloth dyeing, paper making and so on.

2. Are you worried that cassava flour is poisonous? In fact, experts suggest that as long as cassava is peeled and sliced and processed by baking or cooking, the toxicity of cassava can be eliminated, and cassava treated in this way can be safely eaten. In particular, other processed cassava products, such as cassava powder, will hardly cause harm to human health, because toxic substances have been removed during processing.

3. The symptoms of cassava poisoning are mild, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness. In severe cases, dyspnea, rapid heartbeat, dilated pupils and even coma will occur, and finally convulsions will occur, and finally death will occur due to respiratory failure. In addition, if you eat cassava poisoning, it will also cause goiter, fatty liver and damage to the optic nerve and motor nerve.