Vegetables eaten regularly can cause poisoning

Ha Le (According to the Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health ) - Monday, July 22, 2024 09:15 (GMT+7)

Sprouted potatoes can cause poisoning if eaten regularly. Photo: Xinhua

Green tomatoes

Although it contains many valuable nutrients, it contains a large amount of alkaloids, which can cause poisoning if consumed in excess. Symptoms of green tomato poisoning include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gastritis...

During tomato ripening, the amount of alkaloids gradually decreases and will disappear when the fruit turns red.

Therefore, you should not eat green tomatoes, and if you still use them, you should not use them too much and too often.

Pumpkin for long time

Pumpkin is not only delicious and nutritious but also has the effect of curing many diseases. However, pumpkin left for a long time can be dangerous to human health. Pumpkin has a high sugar content, if left for a long time, it will ferment and change.

People who eat this type of squash can be poisoned, with symptoms such as dizziness, drowsiness, general weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea.

If the pumpkin smells like alcohol, it has spoiled and should not be eaten.

Pumpkin has many health benefits, but you should not eat pumpkin that has been stored for a long time. Photo: Pham My

Fresh wood ear

Fresh wood ear contains Porphyrin, which is sensitive to light. If you consume too much of this substance, when exposed to sunlight, you may get dermatitis, itching, swelling, and pain.

Most of the porphyrin in wood ear will decompose when dried. Therefore, you should use dried wood ear, soak it in water and cook it to ensure safety. Soaking dried wood ear in water before cooking will help dissolve the remaining porphyrin. When soaking dried wood ear, you need to pay attention to changing the water many times, it is best not to soak for more than two hours because soaking for a long time will cause bacteria to grow.

Rotten, bruised ginger

If you see that the ginger root is rotten or bruised, you should throw it away and not eat it, because then the ginger root is no longer safe.

Rotten ginger contains a strong toxin called safrole. The intestines easily absorb this toxin and quickly transfer it to the liver, causing liver cell poisoning. Regularly eating rotten, crushed ginger increases the risk of liver cancer and esophageal cancer.

Do not use bruised or rotten ginger. Illustration: Thanh Ngoc

Uncooked cassava

Cassava can be a poisonous vegetable if you don’t know how to prepare it. Raw cassava contains cyanogenic glucosides, which stimulate the production of hydrogen cyanide, a highly toxic substance. This substance can cause acute poisoning, commonly known as cassava intoxication, and can even lead to paralysis and death.

Sprouted potatoes

Sprouted potatoes are actually a poisonous vegetable that many people still eat. Sprouted potatoes contain a large amount of solanine - a substance that can cause fatal poisoning at a dose of 0.2 - 0.4 grams per 1kg of body weight.

Symptoms of solanine poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, central nervous system paralysis, coma, and in rare cases, death. Although severe solanine poisoning from eating potatoes only occurs in exceptional cases (eating too many potatoes and eating potato sprouts), it is best to absolutely throw away potatoes that have sprouted or have turned green.

Unprocessed bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots contain the toxic substance cyanogen glucosides, which can cause mouth numbness, dizziness, vomiting, difficulty breathing, and even convulsions, coma, and cardiac arrest. Never eat fresh or undercooked bamboo shoots to avoid poisoning.

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