Whether it is home cooking or barbecue, chicken wings are the favorite dishes of many people, such as coke chicken wings, fried chicken wings, roasted chicken wings, braised chicken wings and so on.

A chicken has only two wings, so when we make chicken wing dishes, most of us choose to go to the supermarket to buy frozen chicken wings. Xiao Huang often does this. He keeps many bags of frozen chicken wings in the refrigerator at home. But one day, he received a phone call from his mother's adult: "Don't buy that kind of frozen chicken wings to eat in the future. Those chicken wings are easy to breed Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin, which is carcinogenic!"

After careful questioning, Xiao Huang's mother saw someone saying that frozen chicken wings could not be eaten on a small video of her mobile phone. So, can frozen chicken wings really cause cancer?

What is aflatoxin?

Aflatoxin is a carcinogenic and mutagenic mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus, which is listed as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization. Studies have shown that aflatoxin can cause serious damage to liver cells, and it can cause cancer as long as it is ingested 1g, and its toxicity far exceeds that of arsenic and potassium cyanide.

Moldy peanuts, corn, cottonseed, eggs, meat, milk and dairy products are rich in aflatoxin. But don't panic too much. Toxicity can't be separated from dosage. As long as you don't take a large dose continuously, aflatoxin generally won't accumulate in your body. Besides, if you store food properly and pay attention to keeping it dry and ventilated, there will be few aflatoxins.

In addition, in daily life, we should pay attention not to eat moldy food, but to eat more dark green vegetables. These ingredients are cheap and can resist the damage of Aspergillus flavus to liver cells. We can completely fight aflatoxin by eating more fresh vegetables.

Frozen chicken wings can breed aflatoxin and can't be eaten?

But will the chicken wings really be contaminated with aflatoxin after freezing? This statement has no scientific basis.

First, the survival of Aspergillus flavus requires high temperature conditions. Under the temperature of about 4 to 8 degrees in the refrigerator, mold is not easy to survive and reproduce.

Second, because Aspergillus flavus is mainly easy to parasitize and reproduce on cereals and oil crops with high water content. Chicken wings are often not a favorite condition of Aspergillus flavus, unless the feed eaten by this chicken is contaminated by aflatoxin. Even so, it will mainly remain in the liver and meat, and the amount left on chicken wings will not be much, and the probability of eating such "poisoned" chicken wings is very low.

Precautions for eating chicken wings

Although the rumor that frozen chicken wings breed aflatoxin is unscientific, we still need to be careful not to eat a lot, because chicken wings are high in oil, which brings delicious food and high cholesterol, especially for friends with three highs. In addition, we should pay attention to the following two points:

1) Choose regular manufacturers and fresh-looking chicken wings when buying.

When buying in the supermarket, you should choose chicken wings with less frost, fresh color, slightly yellowed or beige skin, no odor and more elastic touch after thawing and pressing. Don't buy chicken wings if they are white, red and smelly.

2) Don't thaw it repeatedly.

Frozen meat should not be thawed repeatedly. Repeated thawing will not only affect the taste and flavor, but also lead to microbial reproduction and breeding due to rising temperature. So don't thaw it repeatedly, and then thaw it when you eat it.

conclusion

In short, eating frozen chicken wings properly in life will not cause cancer, but there will still be health risks if you choose stale frozen chicken wings or eat them after repeated thawing. In addition, eating chicken wings in large quantities is not recommended in daily life, because the fat content of chicken wings is high, and eating them in large quantities will easily lead to obesity and bring health risks.

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