A 70-year-old man with underlying diseases ate overnight food that may have been contaminated by pathogenic bacteria that may not have been refrigerated. He "had vomiting and diarrhea for three days without seeking medical attention, and was severely dehydrated." Eventually leading to acute renal failure.

My family used to always have leftovers. I would eat them at the next meal, but I would say I couldn’t eat any more. After several cases of collective gastroenteritis, I adopted the simplest and crudest method: letting the elderly know that unfinished dishes would only be thrown away, which would be even more wasteful.

The first time: I poured it out secretly, and I got scolded~

The second time: I poured it out in front of him, and I got scolded again~

Chapter Three times: They hid it, and if I found it and threw it away, I would definitely get scolded~

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Fortunately, I am no longer at an age where I can get beaten, hahaha, finally I Victory, they no longer only prefer pickles. During the summer vacation, they have basically formed the habit of "eating as much as they can, cooking as much as they can, and eating as much as they cook." They no longer have a few bites left in every meal.

Why can’t we eat food that has been left overnight? Is overnight food necessarily harmful?

I can’t eat, not because the night is too dark, but because the night is too long.

Whether overnight food is harmful depends on how long the night is. Eating food cooked at 4 a.m. at dawn is not called staying overnight. It is called letting it cool and waiting for someone to eat. We often say that staying overnight means putting the leftover food from dinner (around 19 o'clock) to the next day to eat. Even if you eat it at 7 o'clock the next day, it is already 12 hours, and the bacteria may have been ancestral for eighteen generations. Definitely not. Likewise, leaving breakfast leftovers to eat at dinner is also a no-no.

How to preserve and eat vegetables and meat?

You can eat vegetables that have been left overnight, but you cannot eat them casually. The key is to preserve them. < /p>

2. Wash the unfinished fresh vegetables first to avoid excessive bacteria residue, and then pack them in crisper boxes;

3. If cooked vegetables are to be cooked overnight, they must be Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

As for overnight meat, judging from the previous experimental data, it produces much less nitrite than overnight vegetables, so there is basically no need to worry.

But whether raw or cooked meat, it is the favorite of bacteria. Therefore, the principles for storing meat are:

1. Make as much as you eat, and divide the uneaten portion into several meals and freeze it;

2. Overnight meat should also be wrapped in plastic wrap Well, only when it is "heated through" before eating can it be fully sterilized.