A fair - eating Instagrammer posted a   photo that appears to show a luscious berry pud . It ’s   inedible , of form , because it ’s covered in flowers . You ’d be lucky to get a straw in there , let alone a   dessert spoon .

However , when a phytologist took a look at the post , he noticed something else about it that made the " tidy " pud uneatable . One of the ingredients is extremely vicious .

Gluten - free though .

Yes , whilst this " pudding " is free from gluten and the milk we ’ve drunk for century , any wellness benefits would be heavily offset by the painful diarrhea you   would probably get from lycorine , found in the deadlyNarcissusflowers sat prettily atop the glass . You might briefly feel in effect because you ’ve avoided sticky toffee pudding , but before long the convulsions could adjust in .

" think of , as a general principle : If you are not 100 percent sure something is edible , just do n’t consume it , "   Botanist James Wongexplained .

" If it ’s a staple eaten for centuries , which you do n’t have a name medical intolerance or allergy to , it ’s probably safe . "

At higher quantities , lycorine can be lethal if ingested . The works ’s perniciousness has beenknown for centuries , and has been used in various felo-de-se attack over the age . In 2009 , 12 children became ill andneeded infirmary treatmentafter a single bulb of a Narcissus pseudonarcissus ( a type ofNarcissus ) was put into their soup in a cooking class .

The bulbs can see similar to onions , which is why the fault was made . As some of the response to Wong ’s tweet demonstrate , it ’s much more common than you ’d hope .

Using deadly flowers on pud seems to be a fall back composition for wellness bloggers . Last yr Wong make out another Instagram post . This time , toxic peak were used to deck a wedding patty . Welp .

The patty was made for Ella Woodward , better known as Deliciously Ella , by " wellness blogger " Olivia Wollenberg , Cosmopolitan account . There were no report of anyone falling poorly after the nuptials , however , so we assume the bloom were void .

Shortly later , Wong posted four more example of pernicious peak on food he ’d found on Instagram .

It appears that there ’s nothing Instagrammers love more than eating poisonous plants and then documenting it on societal media .

You should plausibly all stop doing that .