When it comes to aflatoxin, everyone should know something about it, but when you ask people around you, most of them still have an indifferent attitude and think that they will not be poisoned by aflatoxin. What you don't know is that it is lurking around you, especially there are many such foods in the kitchen, so be careful.

Is aflatoxin a carcinogen?

Aflatoxin generally refers to aflatoxin. If you still doubt whether aflatoxin causes cancer, in fact, the United Nations World Health Organization has updated the list of carcinogens. Aflatoxin is one of them, which belongs to the strongest category of carcinogens, has a clear carcinogenic risk to human body and will lead to the occurrence probability of liver cancer.

Aflatoxin is essentially Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, and there are also difurancyclotoxins produced by specific strains. Among many derivatives, aflatoxin B 1 is the most toxic and can be regarded as a highly toxic substance.

It is found from relevant epidemiological studies that some people are positively related to the incidence of liver cancer because of aflatoxin in their diet. Moreover, it is also found in clinic that there are people who suffer from liver cancer because of ingesting a large amount of aflatoxin.

When the liver is sick, the early symptoms are not obvious, but it can also induce diarrhea, vomiting and fever. With the increasing influence of aflatoxin on the liver, jaundice, ascites and hepatocyte necrosis may occur.

Therefore, for aflatoxin, the strongest carcinogen, especially in these five foods, the content is relatively high, so throw it away when you see it.

1, corn mildew: Not only in China, but also abroad, many people are poisoned by eating moldy corn. Forensic examination found that the cause of poisoning was probably aflatoxin B 1, which was the strongest derivative of aflatoxin.

2. Peanuts are moldy: It is also easy to find aflatoxin in nuts, especially in tropical areas. If you have the habit of eating nuts, especially when peanuts germinate or mildew collectively, don't eat them again.

3. Walnut is moldy: In a variety of nuts, besides peanuts, walnuts are also foods susceptible to aflatoxin. People who are used to eating walnuts every day, especially the broken walnuts, should stop eating if they have bitter taste and rinse off the residue that may contain aflatoxin.

4. Foods rich in carbohydrates: The most common ones are staple foods that we often eat, such as rice, steamed bread, corn, bean products and macaroni made of flour. Aflatoxin was also found in related inspections.

When you eat, if you find something green or smelly, you'd better throw it away to avoid food poisoning.