22 Foods You Should Never Eat Raw

Cassava

You may know cassava by one of its aliases; this popular vegetable also goes by the name arrowroot, manioc, tapioca, kassave, mandioca, and yuca (though it’s not the same as yucca, which you can’t eat). But no matter what you call it, don’t eat this veggie raw.This South American plant grows in humid climates and provides tons of essential nutrients. But uncooked cassava also has compounds that turn into hydrogen cyanide inside your body. Frighteningly, this interferes with your body’s ability to use oxygen and can cause you to literally drown on dry land.