Everyone should eat more fruits like bayberry, but careful friends discovered a problem, that is, they accidentally discovered that a small white insect crawled out of the bayberry. So these Have you ever eaten the little white bugs yourself? Can you eat these little white bugs in bayberries? Will eating them be harmful to the human body?
The bugs in bayberry are basically harmless
The white bugs in bayberry are actually fruit fly larvae and are not harmful to the human body. Fruit flies usually feed on honey, fruits, etc. and are relatively clean themselves. During the breeding season, it will be attracted by the scent of bayberry and lay eggs on the surface of bayberry. The fruit fly eggs hatch into larvae that burrow into the fruit pulp and feed on it. If grown naturally, the larvae will not fly away until they mature into fruit flies. From birth to growth, fruit fly larvae are almost always in a pollution-free environment, so there are almost no germs that are harmful to the human body, so eating bayberry will not upset your stomach.
Nong Shaozhuang, professor at the School of Food, Dalian University of Technology. Professor Nong said that the bugs in bayberries are fruit fly larvae that usually appear in fruits. Citizens should not panic because these bugs are the same as those found in apples and peaches and may be found in fruits with high sugar content. Even if a person accidentally eats this kind of bug, it will not parasitize the human body, because the host of each parasite is different. The bugs that live in fruits cannot survive in the human body. As long as the bayberry does not rot and deteriorate, people It can be eaten normally. If someone is psychologically uncomfortable with bugs, they can soak the fruit in alkaline water before eating.
Drosophila larvae are a high-quality protein containing antimicrobial peptides. Some people regard this insect as a treasure and think it can improve people's resistance. However, it would be too far-fetched to attribute "eating red bayberries to the stomach" is due to the bugs inside.
The shelf life of bayberry is very short, only 1-2 days at room temperature. If there are bugs inside, it will mature as the bayberry deteriorates. Fruit fly larvae are harmless to the human body in their white larval stage. Once they mature and turn black, they crawl out and are harmful to the human body if eaten. Therefore, bayberries should be eaten as soon as possible after buying them.
Although bayberry bugs are harmless to humans, most people still have psychological barriers to them. In fact, soaking in cold boiled water and salt for 20 minutes can force the bugs out of the bayberries. It should be noted that the bayberries must be soaked in salt water before putting them in the refrigerator, otherwise the bugs will freeze to death and cannot be forced out again by soaking them in salt water.
Yangmei contains bactericidal ingredients. Eating bayberry will not easily cause stomach upset. Although the bugs in bayberry are harmless to the human body, this does not seem to be the direct reason why eating bayberry does not cause stomach upset. "Actually, like most fruits, if you eat stale bayberries, you will get upset. But most bayberries grow in a relatively clean environment." Nutrition experts said that bayberries are usually not washed because they are not easy to clean. Drain. If you wash it with raw water, the remaining raw water will be harmful to the human body. In fact, the real secret of why bayberry is not easy to eat is that it contains an active ingredient, which has an inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae, can treat dysentery abdominal pain, and is effective for people with persistent diarrhea. Vitamin C and B contained in bayberry. It has a positive effect on preventing and fighting cancer. The cyanamide and fatty oils contained in bayberry kernels also have the effect of inhibiting cancer cells.