1 Why broad beans must be cooked before eating

Broad beans are legume vegetables. Due to the influence of the growing environment, harmful pathogenic bacteria or other pollutants may exist. Cooking them at high temperature can be sterilized. ; In addition, high temperature can also destroy nestine glycosides and reduce the incidence of favismosis patients after eating broad beans.

2 What are the disadvantages of eating raw broad beans?

1. Raw broad beans have not been sterilized by high temperature and may contain pathogenic bacteria. Human consumption of raw broad beans may cause symptoms such as indigestion and diarrhea.

2. Raw broad beans contain nestine glycosides. If people with favismosis or a family history of favismosis eat raw fava beans, they are likely to cause acute hemolytic anemia and broad bean poisoning.

3 What to do if you accidentally eat raw broad beans

There are certain risks in eating raw broad beans. If it is just mild diarrhea caused by simple food contamination, you can drink light salt water and take a rest. If you suffer from broad bean disease, broad bean poisoning or severe diarrhea, you should seek medical treatment in time.

4. Can patients with broad bean disease eat cooked broad beans?

It is best not to eat them.

The nestine glycoside substance in cooked broad beans will be destroyed, but there is still a risk of this substance. For the sake of safety, patients with broad bean disease are advised not to eat broad beans and their products, and not to come into contact with broad bean pollen.