Aflatoxin is listed as a kind of carcinogen by the Cancer Agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), which has strong toxicity and carcinogenicity. Its toxicity is 68 times greater than that of arsenic, causing serious damage to liver organs and easily polluting food, thus endangering human health. Aflatoxin mainly exists in moldy grains, corn and peanuts, and is easy to grow and reproduce in warm and humid environment, which is an important reason for the high incidence of cancer in parts of Asia and Africa.
Not all molds can produce toxins, and many foods we eat every day are fermented foods, such as soy sauce and fermented bean curd. Because they are all nontoxic strains, they are harmless to human body. However, it is very important to prevent mildew and detoxify grain, oil and food, so we must pay attention to avoid eating moldy food in family life.
Eating unclean and moldy food is easy to cause food poisoning. Food poisoning refers to a non-infectious acute or subacute disease that occurs after people eat biological and chemical toxic and harmful substances by mistake or take toxic and harmful substances as food, and belongs to the category of food-borne diseases. The most common symptoms of food poisoning are severe vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by upper and middle abdominal pain. People eat peanuts, rice, edible oil sauce, flour, corn and so on. Being infected by mold often causes damage to important organs in the body and can induce cancer.
Why can't moldy things be eaten? What if I eat moldy food?
If it is the moldy thing of an accidental assassin, there is no discomfort in your body, and you don't have to worry too much. Everyone has different physical qualities and immunity. If you accidentally eat moldy food, the mold you eat will not harm your health if it does not cause physical discomfort, but you should pay attention to avoid eating moldy food as much as possible, which will cause harm to your body over time.
1. Accidentally eat moldy things and have a light diet.
If you are not careful, it will be too late for moldy things, which will easily make your body suffer from gastroenteritis and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. At this time, we must pay attention to a light diet to avoid aggravating gastrointestinal discomfort.
If you don't feel well, go to see a doctor.
If you accidentally eat moldy things and then feel unwell, such as a big belly, abdominal pain and vomiting, you must seek medical advice in time. This may be gastroenteritis caused by accidentally eating moldy things.
If you accidentally eat moldy things, you should replenish water.
If you accidentally eat moldy things, you can drink more water to help replenish body electrolytes. In addition, water can also promote internal circulation and promote defecation. Supplementing water can promote intestinal cleaning and reduce the residence time of moldy food in the body.
You can drink milk if you accidentally eat moldy things.
If you accidentally eat moldy things, you can drink some milk in moderation. Milk can help protect the gastric mucosa and reduce the irritation of mold to the stomach. If you have other discomfort, you must seek medical advice in time.
What should I do with moldy food?
1. peanuts, beans, etc. Those with mildew and long hair should be picked out in time to prevent the mildew seeds from spreading further. A large number of peanuts and beans are moldy, which can be soaked in 1% sodium bicarbonate solution to remove more than 98% toxins.
2. When the oil is mildewed, it should be boiled first, and then the white film foam is filtered out with multi-layer gauze.
3. The mildew of rice mainly occurs in the rice bran layer. If rice bran can be removed from rice grains as much as possible, the harm of toxins to human body can be greatly reduced. According to the experiment, 67% mycotoxin can be removed by forcibly scrubbing rice twice. When rice is cooked into porridge or rice, about 1/5 aflatoxin can be removed. If you add a small amount of alkali when cooking porridge and cooking, the detoxification effect will be better.
4. If the rice cakes and moon cakes are moldy, because the mold mainly infects the surface, it is generally only necessary to cut off or wash the moldy part before eating.