IN THIS ARTICLE: Sashimi is especially popular in Japan. Many people think that eating sashimi can keep the original flavor of sashimi and absorb all the nutrients, but they often ignore the health risks involved. So, what are the hazards of eating sashimi? How to eat sashimi is healthy?

Harm of eating sashimi

Many people like the freshness and delicacy of sashimi, but they don't know that eating raw sashimi is bad for the liver, and it is easy to infect liver fluke disease and even induce liver cancer.

According to experts in nutrition and health, liver fluke disease is a parasitic disease with hepatobiliary lesions as the main factor. People who eat raw or semi-cooked freshwater fish, shrimp and freshwater snails containing live metacercaria of Clonorchis sinensis are very likely to be infected. At present, there are millions of patients with clonorchiasis in Guangdong Province, many of whom are infected by eating raw fish and shrimp.

Its clinical symptoms include fatigue, epigastric discomfort, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dull pain in liver area, hepatomegaly, dizziness and so on. Severe infection can cause ascites due to cirrhosis and even late death.

How to eat sashimi is healthy?

1. Dip in mustard

Mustard contains bactericidal ingredients, which can kill bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, and inhibit the growth of toxic bacteria such as mold in food. In addition, according to the data of Japan Food Nutrition Research Institute, mustard can also inhibit the activity of carcinogens and acidifying enzymes in the liver. So when eating sashimi, it's best to dip it in mustard and eat it together. However, experts warn that mustard is highly irritating, and pregnant women and people with stomach diseases and eye diseases should eat less.

Soak sashimi in vinegar

According to the investigation of relevant institutions, nearly half of raw aquatic products and fresh frozen aquatic products were found to contain Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which is easy to cause food poisoning after being absorbed by human body. However, studies have shown that Vibrio parahaemolyticus is sensitive to acid and will die within 1-3 minutes in common vinegar. Therefore, eating sashimi can be soaked in vinegar first, or adding vinegar in the process of cooking seafood can also effectively kill Vibrio parahaemolyticus. In addition, Vibrio parahaemolyticus is also very sensitive to temperature. When heated to 56 degrees Celsius, it can die within 5- 10 minutes, so it is suggested that the cooking time of seafood should not be too short.