1. Can you eat the rotten ginger?
You can't eat the rotten ginger.
Many people think that rotten ginger doesn't taste bad. Although it is bad, it has no loss of taste, and it is eaten like this at ordinary times. Without any unwell reaction, it is thought that rotten ginger can still be eaten. In fact, it is not. When it is rotten, it will produce a lot of toxins, which is harmful to human health.
2. Harm of eating rotten ginger
When ginger begins to rot, it will produce a large amount of safrole, which will be toxic at a low dose. However, in our daily life, ginger is mostly used as a condiment, and the consumption amount is very small. Although it has a toxic effect, it has been detoxified by the liver in our body, and there is no obvious performance, but the damage to the liver caused by this detoxification is difficult to repair. Regular consumption of rotten ginger includes
3. Toxicity of safrole
Safrole is not only contained in rotten ginger, but also in many essential oils, such as natural safrole oil and star anise oil, which are very toxic. According to the research of American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), safrole is a carcinogen of mice and mice. The feed of mice is supplemented with .4 ~ 1% safrole, 15d% safrole. In the United States, safrole is no longer allowed as a food additive, and β-asarone, an analogue of safrole, is also banned, because it is found that it can cause colon cancer in mice in the experiment of feeding high doses.
4. Precautions for eating ginger
1. Rotten ginger is inedible and contains toxic substances, which may cause liver cancer and intestinal cancer.
2. Ginger is a spicy and positive food, so it can't be eaten at night, so as not to cause excessive internal heat and oral ulcer.
3. Ginger is a hot food, and it is not suitable for people with hot constitution to eat a lot of ginger to avoid internal fire.
5. Is it edible to germinate ginger?
1. It is edible to germinate ginger, and it is edible to germinate garlic, which is similar to ginger. Ginger germination will not produce harmful substances, so don't worry too much. In fact, sometimes the ginger we buy home may have sprouted, but others have removed the buds. When you find that ginger has sprouted at home, just remove the buds.
2, the nutrition will be reduced
Although it is said that ginger can be eaten after germination, the nutritional value of ginger will be reduced after germination, because part of the nutrition of ginger is distributed to the buds, so the germinated ginger is not as nutritious as it used to be. In fact, ginger itself has high nutritional value, which can not only flavor and remove the peculiar smell in many foods, but also help to remove the cold in the human body. Generally, it is very good for people with cold constitution to eat ginger. Men can tonify kidney and strengthen yang, and women can drive away the cold and relieve dysmenorrhea.
3. Warm reminder
If you want to prevent the nutrient loss of ginger, you should keep it well. However, ginger is easy to germinate, so it should be kept in a dry and ventilated place. If it is kept in a damp and dark place, it may germinate or even mildew. However, it should be reminded that ginger can be eaten after germination, but it cannot be eaten after mildew. Rotten ginger will produce toxic substances, which is very harmful to human body.