People eat for heaven, but the Internet is a sea of information, there are always some people to confuse and spread food rumors, leading to panic. We have taken stock of some of the more widely circulated false information in the food sector, so don't be fooled again!

Is cabbage the "king of poisons"?

It's that time of year again. Recently, a video claiming that "cabbage is the king of poison" has been circulating on the Internet. According to a nutritionist, "hollow cabbage is the vegetable that absorbs the most pesticides and heavy metals, and excessive heavy metals can be fatal to the human body." "Foreign countries are taking the hollow cabbage to purify the soil with, no one eat." The post makes many people panic, hollow cabbage really can not eat?

Truth:

Any kind of vegetables can not be separated from the environment, the emergence of heavy metals and pesticide residues is sometimes unavoidable. Some studies have found that hollow cabbage does have a strong enrichment capacity for certain heavy metals. However, the state of lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, chromium and other heavy metals in vegetables have strict limited standards. Previously, the Jiangsu media on five kinds of vegetables for testing, the results show that its heavy metal content is far below the national safety standards, the hollow cabbage is by no means "the most toxic and can not eat".

Heavy metal content is high or low, whether or not the standard, but also depends on the origin of the environment, as long as the soil, water and other heavy metals do not exceed the standard, do not have to worry about. And pesticides, as long as the standardized production, do not abuse, usually will not exceed the standard .

Additionally, the study of using cabbages to purify water and soil is still in its infancy, and even if it is actually applied in the future, it means that the place is seriously polluted and will never be allowed to plant vegetables for human consumption. The West does not eat a lot of hollow cabbage, it is completely different eating habits only. Therefore, generally in the formal channels to buy the hollow cabbage, after careful cleaning can be safely eaten.