Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and eating zongzi should be something many people expect! However, the calorie of an egg yolk meat dumpling is close to 700 calories, and the weather is hot and there is no appetite, so many people will choose to eat ice-cold alkaline dumplings, which are low in calories, delicious and suitable for the occasion, but do you know that alkaline dumplings hide many amazing risks?
Drinking a mouthful of colorless and odorless alkaline water is enough to burn the child's esophagus.
Doctor Lai Junwei wrote an article in his own powder school to remind parents of the danger of alkaline zongshui! Every time before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, you will definitely see the news that children drink alkaline zongshui by mistake. Older people in the family often store it in used plastic cans and put it in the refrigerator or a place where it is easy to take it, which leads children to open it curiously and drink it, but the consequences are very serious!
Alkaline zongshui is a kind of strong alkali, colorless and tasteless. If you drink a little, it will cause esophageal burns, even direct esophageal ulcers, perforation and vomiting blood. Even if you are lucky enough to get your life back after being sent to the hospital, the severely burned esophagus will contract and narrow. You will have to undergo endoscopic balloon dilatation or surgery to rebuild the esophagus all your life, and the risk of esophageal cancer will increase in the future.
Dr. Lai Junwei also recalled an example he had seen when he was a resident. At that time, a child who drank alkaline zongshui by mistake went back to the hospital every few months for endoscopic balloon dilatation of esophagus, but he died unfortunately a few years later.
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What if the child accidentally drinks it? The only thing you can do is to send your child to a doctor immediately. Vomiting, drinking water and milk will cause secondary injuries! The doctor stressed that there is no way to clean the esophagus or neutralize the acid and alkali, and the liquid entering the esophagus will cause high temperature secondary injury. What the hospital can do is to put a nasogastric tube and drip, and wait for a few weeks for the alkali to burn slowly and the tissue to proliferate.
However, the most important thing is to remind grandfathers and grandmothers that it is safer to throw away the alkaline zongzi directly after finishing it. Never let children touch the alkaline zongzi water, and don't put it where children can get it for a moment's convenience. Remember that "a mouthful of colorless and tasteless alkaline water can ruin a child's health and future life. 」
Unscrupulous workers illegally add borax, which is seriously fatal.
Recently, the Health Bureau of * * * in New Taipei City randomly checked the rice dumpling vendors and found that some unscrupulous operators actually added the illegal ingredient "borax"! General merchants use borax to increase toughness and crispness, and improve the water retention and antiseptic degree of food. Adding borax to zongzi can increase the taste and prevent zongzi leaves from sticking.
Taiwan Province has banned borax as a food additive for a long time. Although it is not toxic, if it is ingested for a long time, borax will be converted into boric acid and accumulate in the body, which may damage the central and digestive systems, lead to loss of appetite, inhibition of nutrient absorption, promotion of fat decomposition and weight loss.
At present, the research shows that borax does harm to the body, which may slightly cause skin, eyes and respiratory tract, or cause digestive problems. If it is serious, it will cause infertility or affect the development of the fetus in the abdomen, renal failure, and even shock and death. The Wisconsin Children's Hospital in the United States even pointed out that children can be fatal if they ingest 5 grams of borax!
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Most manufacturers will use sodium trimetaphosphate as a substitute, which is a legal food additive announced by the Ministry of Health, and can effectively prevent the sticky leaves of rice dumplings like borax. Although this is a safe additive, if you eat too much, you will ingest too many chemical components, and the main raw material of alkaline zongzi is glutinous rice, which is not conducive to digestion. Therefore, no matter what kind of zongzi you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival, just eat it in moderation.