Poppy Seed Myths: How True Are They?
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Terrific New eBook On How To Broil Delicious Foods For those who simply love cooking, poppy seeds can be just an ordinary thing commonly found in the kitchen. These are directly harvested form its seedpods out of a plant called opium poppy taking the shape of a small kidney like structure. For many centuries, poppy seeds have been used by various civilizations mostly on medical purposes. Presently, poppy pods play a very significant role on various dishes of home cooked meals and even on commercially manufactured foods. Through the ages, there have been some theories that evolved out of the tricky minds of some people. They have been labeled as nothing more than legends and myths for no strong evidences were brought out in relation to such urban legends. One very strong speculation as regards poppies is the possibility of having a positive drug test result after ingesting poppy seeds. Such speculation was drawn out of the fact that the poppy seed resin is one of the basic components or ingredients in the massive production of illegal drugs like heroin, morphine, and codeine. Before, a lot of people were baffled of such myth, which made them refrain from eating commercial foods with poppy seeds as its main ingredient, and even stopped using them for their home cooked meals. The issue became more sensitive and discomforting when it was strongly insisted that ingestion of poppy seeds on any amount could lead to a positive drug result from Opiates. Nonetheless, this is a just mere urban legend. To clear out your mind, ingestion of poppy seeds is very far from leading to a positive drug test result. This was proved by drug testing laboratories that use Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. There are many types of drug testing processes and the previous one is mainly for confirming the Opiod class consisting of morphine, heroine, and codeine. A person who has been excessively ingesting poppy seeds turn out to expose 300 ng/ml cut off level. The Department of Health and Human Services set a cutoff level of 2,000 ng/ml for the Opiate class. Under this guideline, people who are fond of eating poppy seed based goods are safe from having a positive drug result and only those who are truly using opium based illegal drugs are confirmed. In most times, drug tests are needed to fill in a vacant slot for a job. This is one precautionary measure most employers do on any job openings. Out of the previously mentioned myth, a new yet directly related one came out of the open insisting poppy seeds to be the main cause of a job opportunity failure. By ingestion of poppy seeds on any amount, a good and stable job opportunity is simply lost due to a positive drug result. Even worse, having a positive drug test result gives you a shameful title of being a drug user. Such myth also generated in the previous years when the cutoff level for Opiates was still in its lowest at 300 ng/ml giving false positive results on some individuals. Such result was so alarming as ingestion of poppy seeds can also provide the same result making the Department of Health and Human Services raise the cutoff level to 2,000 ng/ml. These days, such myths are already just considered as a thing of the past, which have caused confusion on a lot of individuals. With a more efficient guideline, you can freely enjoy the health benefits of eating poppy seed based foods. They are just considered solely as a myth and nothing more. 
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