1. Developmental children and patients with urethral stones.

Bamboo shoots contain a large amount of indigestible cellulose and oxalic acid. Oxalic acid forms complexes with calcium, iron, zinc and other minerals that are difficult to dissolve and absorb. If you eat too many bamboo shoots, you are prone to calcium deficiency and rickets; zinc deficiency may cause slow growth and development. Oxalic acid can easily combine with calcium in the human body to form stones, so patients with urinary system stones should not eat bamboo shoots.

2. Patients with gastrointestinal diseases, liver cirrhosis and digestive tract diseases.

Bamboo shoots are a relatively difficult to digest food. Eating them will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and may cause gastric bleeding and esophageal variceal bleeding. This is especially true for patients with liver cirrhosis. Patients with digestive tract diseases are prone to indigestion, gastric bloating, acid reflux and belching after eating bamboo shoots. Excessive consumption may cause complications such as vomiting blood and melena. In addition, the digestive ability of the elderly is relatively fragile and they should eat as little bamboo shoots as possible.

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Most bamboo shoots contain cyanogenic glycosides, and excessive consumption can be harmful to health. Harmful substances contained in bamboo shoots can be eliminated through methods such as boiling, canning, soaking, drying and fermentation. Therefore, dried or canned bamboo shoots are relatively safe. When cutting bamboo shoots, you can tap it hard with your fingers. Only the parts that can be knocked can be broken by your teeth. It is best not to eat the parts that cannot be knocked.

When cooking, bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots should be cut smaller and thinner, and simmered, boiled, steamed, or stewed for a longer time. It is best to blanch the bamboo shoots in boiling water before burning them to remove part of the oxalic acid; when eating the bamboo shoots, be sure to chew them carefully and slowly. If you feel that the bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots are too old to chew, it is best not to swallow them. People with bad teeth should eat bamboo shoots. Be careful.

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