After entering the vernal equinox, the vernal equinox is warm and everything revives. Many plants begin to take root and sprout, ready to move. The food at home is also "fighting to bloom", and as the storage time becomes longer and longer, it also begins to sprout. Faced with such food, should you throw it away or continue to eat it?

Can sprouted food be eaten?

In daily life, many foods will sprout, such as potatoes (potatoes), carrots, yams, peanuts, onions, and garlic. For the elderly, there was a lot of poverty in the past. In that era of food scarcity, as long as they could eat food, it was good.

Now that we adhere to this habit, we naturally think that sprouted food can also be eaten. Even if they know that sprouted potatoes may contain biological toxins such as solanine, they will cut off the sprouted parts and cook them before eating them.

From a health and safety perspective, it is not recommended that you eat sprouted potatoes. Compared with potatoes without safety hazards, sprouted and green potatoes have a higher solanine content. Once a person ingests 200~400mg of this toxin cumulatively, they may suffer from stomach pain, throat itching, dizziness, tinnitus and other discomforts.

Let’s take a look at which foods can and cannot be eaten after other foods have sprouted:

Sprouted onions - onions are an indispensable vegetable on foreigners’ tables. Vegetable salads, onion rings, eating them raw, etc. If too much is stored at once and the time is relatively long, green sprouts will slowly form on the top of the onions.

At this time, the onions not only lose water, but also the nutrients, especially the antioxidant components, including anthocyanins, quercetin, vitamin C, and vitamin E, are reduced. However, what you don’t have to worry about is that even after the onions sprout, they will not produce toxic and harmful substances. The most will affect the nutritional value and taste.

Germinated ginger - Ginger after germination is also free of toxins. After the continuous consumption of its own nutrients, the efficacy of removing fishy smell, relieving cold, nourishing the lungs and moisturizing cough will be reduced. What should really no longer be eaten is ginger that shows signs of decay or has become rotten. Excessive consumption can induce food poisoning.

Germinated carrots - Germinated carrots are very cute. Although they will not cause poisoning, the health effects of eating them are greatly reduced. It is recommended that you do not eat them.

Sprouted yam - There are no toxins in yam after germination. What you really need to pay attention to is that the yam turns black or grows mold, which means that it actually produces toxins.

Sprouted garlic - It is said that sprouted garlic not only does not reduce its nutritional value, but also increases the concentration of antioxidants, so you can enjoy it happily.

Germinated peanuts - If you buy peanuts that will sprout over time and may breed aflatoxins that can cause liver cancer, then don’t eat them. If you buy peanut sprouts directly, they are a good vegetable and can be eaten in moderation.