In spring and March, bloom is warm in spring, and the vegetation on the mountain has also grown. Well, it's time to pick bracken again. Find a day with good weather, carry a backpack and pick up a sickle. Every household, regardless of men, women and children, has nothing to do to pick bracken.

Recently, however, I heard many people say that bracken is inedible and will cause cancer! ! ! I was shocked at once. Why not? I went from snacks to big ones! When I was a child, my family ate this, and I didn't hear anyone say it would cause cancer! You're kidding me! Or scare me?

Well, today we will talk about whether this bracken can be eaten or not!

Pteridium aquilinum is a kind of fern seedling that grows on the mountain. In a few places in China, its roots are used to make ferns, and the seedlings are used to stir-fry and eat.

The saying that eating bracken will cause cancer is something that has been discussed on the Internet recently. According to expert research, bracken contains a substance? Protofern glycoside Eating too much livestock will lead to poisoning death, and eating too much people will increase the incidence of cancer.

But even so, how can anyone still eat?

In fact, bracken is not inedible, but should be eaten in moderation. Of course, due to the seasonal factors of bracken, people can't eat it for a long time in a year, so don't worry about poisoning and dying! At this time, someone must have asked: author, you said that bracken can be eaten. Have you ever eaten it?

Of course, if I haven't eaten it, how can I have the confidence to refute rumors with you here? Growing up in my hometown, I have been eating bracken every season, almost every day for a month, until the bracken on the mountain gets old and can't be picked. Not only me, but people in my hometown are like this, but cancer, don't say, I haven't heard of anyone who has cancer in my hometown. Not for decades. There are many centenarians in my hometown, from snacks to adults, who eat them every year.

Why do animals die when they eat too much and people don't?

That's because people eat bracken cooked food, and bracken will remove most of the protofern glycoside after cooking, so there are not many protofern glycosides left. Moreover, bracken will be boiled once before frying, so as to remove its bitter taste and make it easier to fry.