How to avoid food poisoning

There was a report abroad that a German man died after eating bitter zucchini from his neighbor's house. This sounded a wake-up call for those of us who do not pay attention to diet. If you always eat bitter foods, it may cause poisoning to your body, and if the poisoning is severe, it may even be life-threatening.

Vegetables. If the vegetables we usually eat, such as zucchini, gourd, cucumber and pumpkin, taste obviously bitter, it may be that the vegetables are grafted with other plants, or the plants may "protect themselves" in a high temperature environment and form a large amount of bitter cucurbitacins (the alkali glycoside biotoxins in bitter gourds also belong to cucurbitacins). Eating them is very dangerous and may cause food poisoning or even shock. Moreover, the toxicity of biological toxins will not be reduced after cooking or heating. After buying vegetables, peeling and removing the pulp, you can lick them with your tongue first. If they are bitter, do not eat them. In addition, Shi Jun reminded that the bitter melon contained in bitter melon is also quite dangerous, and it is recommended not to eat it every day or at every meal.

Tangerine. Grapefruit and orange both belong to the citrus family. Their bitter taste is due to the special limonoids they contain, which are harmless to the human body when eaten. But some oranges may not look different from the outside, but they taste different or even bitter. This is because oranges stored at low temperatures for a long time have their protoplasm dehydrated, and their proteins and colloids coagulated, which reduces their resistance to microorganisms. Mold and other spoilage bacteria can easily invade the fruit and grow and multiply, making the bitterness of the oranges worse. Yun Wuxin reminded that if part of the orange is moldy, the rest should not be eaten, because the toxins produced by the mold can spread to other parts of the fruit and pose a threat to health.

sweet potato. Sweet potatoes can be infected with black spot disease under the influence of some molds, and brown or black spots will appear on the skin. Even heating and cooking cannot completely remove the spots, and the core of the potato will become hard and bitter. People will experience symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain within a few hours to a few days after eating it. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes with black spots raw or cooked may cause poisoning. It is recommended that sweet potatoes with broken skin should not be stored for too long. They should be checked regularly and those with brown or black spots should be picked out in time.

Many people like to eat the almonds inside when eating apricots, and many supermarkets also sell fresh almonds. Almonds also have a bitter taste after eating. Like the above foods, eating too much of them can cause poisoning. Therefore, it is better to eat less fresh almonds.