Can you eat garlic when you have teeth?

Garlic is an indispensable condiment in every household kitchen. Since garlic plays an indispensable role in making dishes, many families like to buy a lot of garlic and keep it at home. When storing garlic, be sure to place it in a dry environment, otherwise the garlic will easily sprout. Can garlic still be eaten after it sprouts?

You should throw away these two foods directly after they sprout:

1. Potatoes

Potatoes are also called potatoes. Many older generations have taught us since childhood that potatoes cannot be eaten after they sprout, because sprouted potatoes will contain toxins and eating them may cause food poisoning. Is this really the case? Indeed, after potatoes sprout, a large amount of solanine will be generated in the sprouting part. This substance is indeed a toxic substance. After consumption, it is likely to cause physical poisoning and symptoms, and in severe cases, it may even cause death. Moreover, solanine is very heat-resistant and cannot be killed by normal cooking, so it is best to discard the potatoes after they sprout and not eat them.

2. Peanuts

In many places, sprouted peanut sprouts may be used to cook dishes, which are fresh and delicious and indeed taste very good. In fact, this kind of peanut sprout is cultivated, and does not grow from the peanuts themselves. Therefore, if the peanuts at home sprout and become moldy, do not eat them, because the sprouted part of the peanuts will be infected with aflatoxin, which is a carcinogen and is very harmful to the human body. Therefore, if peanuts that have been stored at home for a long time have sprouted, try not to eat them.

Don’t throw away these two kinds of food after they sprout, you can eat them with confidence:

1. Garlic

In life, many families will plant garlic in pots and let it grow into garlic sprouts, or some families buy more garlic, and after a long time, the garlic will sprout. At this time, they will ask such questions, can the garlic after sprouting still be eaten? In fact, after the garlic sprouts, the green plant that grows is called green garlic. Green garlic is non-toxic, and the garlic after sprouting is also non-toxic, so the sprouted garlic and garlic sprouts are safe to eat.

2. Sweet potatoes

The potatoes and sweet potatoes we talked about above are both potatoes, but sweet potatoes and potatoes are not the same thing after they sprout. Sweet potatoes will not produce toxic substances after sprouting, so many people in our lives often eat sweet potato leaves, which are what grow after sweet potatoes sprout.

Moreover, the sweet potato itself is edible after sprouting, but the nutrients and water will be lost, and the taste will not be as good as before. However, if you find black spots on the surface of the sweet potato, that is, the sweet potato is moldy, this sweet potato cannot be eaten.