Will I DIE ??? | Eating 27 TOXIC Mayapples! | Wild Edible Experiment

MOST sources say that mayapple are TOXIC. Let’s push the boundaries of wild foods and really test their edibility. Sources claim that MAYAPPLE are toxic in large quantity and will send you to the hospital, especially if you eat the seeds. I put myself through a series of experiments to test this ubiquitous wild food claim.

Why is this important? Because no one else is doing this! No one, that I know, has ever eaten 27 mayapple in one sitting to see just how toxic mayapple really are. What is too many mayapple to eat all at once? Are mayapple really toxic at all, or is this just a case of bad information feeding into bad information in a never ending chain. Are the sources misinformed, has anyone really confirmed or denied mayapples toxicity?

Let’s myth-bust mayapple!

Thanks for Sam Thayer for sending me an advanced copy of “Incredible Wild Edibles.”

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Sam has also written “The Foragers Harvest: A Guide To Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Wild Plants” as well as “Nature’s Garden: A Guide To Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Wild Plants.”

Are mayapple poisonous?
Can you eat mayapple?
How many mayapple can you eat?
Are mayapple toxic?
Are mayapple good to eat?

From Wiki:

“Podophyllum is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][4] In the past, several species were included in the genus, but all but one have been transferred to other genera (Dysosma, Pilea, and Sinopodophyllum). The one remaining species is Podophyllum peltatum, with common names mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake,[6] and ground lemon. It is widespread across most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.”

The claim made in Wiki:

“The unripe green fruit is toxic. The ripened yellow fruit is edible in small amounts, though when consumed in large amounts the fruit is poisonous. The rhizome, foliage and roots are also poisonous. Mayapple contains podophyllotoxin, which is highly toxic if consumed, but can be used as a topical medicine.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podophyllum
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