An Israeli woman was hospitalized with so-called “broken heart syndrome” after mistaking wasabi for avocado, according to a report recently detailed in a medical journal. The unusual story begins with ...

They’re both edible, green and delicious in dips and spreads — but that’s where their similarities end. That’s why it’s so hard to fathom how one 60-year-old woman could mistake the mellow, creamy ...

Someone once told me happiness equals reality minus expectations. For example, when you expect avocado and get wasabi instead, it can leave you very unhappy. But can it break your heart? Apparently so ...

Strangely, this does make a bit of sense: While attending a wedding, a woman in Israel accidentally ate a glob of wasabi — thinking it was smooth, not-spicy avocado — and ended up in the hospital with ...

"She was sure it was an avocado, that is why she took a full spoon of it," case report author Dr. Alona Finkel-Oron explained A 60-year-old Israeli woman was hospitalized after eating a spoonful of ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA)-- Wasabi and avocados are both green, but they taste completely different-- This unexpected contrast left a woman broken-hearted. In a recent report published in the British Medical ...

A 60-year-old Israeli woman went to an emergency room complaining of chest pain. Doctors found she was suffering from a wasabi-induced “broken heart syndrome” — a condition sometimes seen in people ...

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Mistaking wasabi for avocado can leave you broken-hearted — literally. That's what happened when a 60-year-old woman in Israel ate a spoonful of the spicy condiment at a wedding, thinking it was ...