unbelievable! Are these vegetables actually 'cancer-causing vegetables'? many people don't know
in everyday life
Vegetables are essential on the table
Not only the price is "friendly"
and nutritious
It is a daily necessities for every household
but recently
Vegetable cancer news
widely circulated on the Internet
attracted the attention of many people
Online article display
"Fresh broad beans
can induce allergic hemolytic syndrome”
"Fresh fungus" cannot be eaten,
Seriously, it can cause skin necrosis and induce skin cancer”
"Unripe tomatoes are poisonous when eaten
Long-term consumption may induce gastric cancer or intestinal cancer”
"Lentils are inedible and cause cancer"
……
So are the above statements true?
Let's find out together today
Fresh broad beans can induce allergic hemolytic syndrome?
Rumors on the Internet: Some people lack enzymes in their bodies. Eating fresh broad beans will induce allergic hemolytic syndrome. If they are not rescued in time, they may even lead to death.
Acute hemolytic anemia caused by certain special populations (people with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency) after eating broad beans (fresh, dried) or broad bean products (soy sauce, tofu, etc.), also known as "faba bean disease" ", this disease is one of red blood cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G-6-PD enzyme deficiency), which often occurs in early summer.
It is worth noting that not everyone who eats broad beans will have such a disease.
For glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, a disorder that affects red blood cells, "G-6-PD enzyme" is a red blood cell enzyme that is a key in the red blood cell glycolytic pathway Enzyme substance, its deficiency will lead to the phenomenon of reduced lifespan and structural destruction of red blood cells after being stimulated by certain foods, drugs or chemicals, that is, "hemolysis".
From a scientific point of view, only a small number of people suffering from "G-6-PD enzyme deficiency" will get sick after eating broad beans;
Therefore, not everyone will be poisoned after eating broad beans, only some people who lack "G-6-PD enzyme" may have related symptoms, so there is no need to panic.
It is daily recommended to do a good job of "newborn heel blood screening", which includes the content of "G-6-PD enzyme deficiency", timely determination, reliable prevention, and risk reduction.
Fresh fungus can induce skin cancer?
The reason why fresh fungus cannot be eaten is mainly because fresh fungus contains a light-sensitive substance porphyrin, which can cause skin itching, inflammation, edema, severe skin necrosis, and even induce skin cancer after being ingested by the human body. . When the fresh fungus is turned into dried fungus after being exposed to the sun, most of the porphyrin will be decomposed during the exposure process, and the safety will be higher.
In fact, not only fresh fungus, but also many common foods contain "photosensitive substances", such as celery, which is a well-known photosensitive vegetable, but this does not affect our normal consumption in life. Hemoglobin and chlorophyll actually contain porphyrin, which is not uncommon.
According to the current evidence, the direct cause of porphyria is too much porphyrin in the skin, and genetic factors lead to the abnormal metabolism of porphyrin in the body, which has no direct connection with food. You can eat it with confidence.
Therefore, judging from the current scientific information, this statement is not reliable, there are many doubts, and it cannot be believed.
Unripe tomatoes, can cause stomach cancer or bowel cancer?
An article circulated on the Internet said: immature tomatoes contain a lot of alkaloids, if you accidentally eat too much, or eat them mixed with other foods, it is easy to cause poisoning. Long-term consumption of immature tomatoes will cause great damage to the stomach and may induce gastric or intestinal cancer.
Raw tomatoes are indeed not recommended for everyone to eat.
Immature tomatoes contain "alkaloids", also known as tomatine (solanine). Once this substance is ingested in large quantities, it is easy to cause poisoning, and the body is prone to food poisoning such as dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness. symptom.
For solanine, normal people may induce food poisoning after ingesting 0.2g-0.4g, leading to vomiting, diarrhea, dyspnea, and even organ failure.
It is worth noting that the substance tomatine will decrease as tomatoes mature, so eating fully ripe tomatoes will not cause such problems, and the safety factor will be higher.
What needs to be emphasized is that although turning from green to red is a sign of tomato maturity, some new varieties of tomatoes are also blue or other colors even when they are ripe, so they must be treated differently. Moreover, cancer is caused by many factors, and it will not be directly caused by eating certain foods. Everyone must treat it scientifically.
Can't eat lentils, otherwise it will cause cancer?
Vegetables such as lentils and kidney beans do contain some lectins. If eaten raw, it will increase the risk of food poisoning, so it is not recommended for everyone to eat raw. However, there is no risk in eating it after it is completely heated, so you can rest assured.
Therefore, the statement that lentils cannot be eaten on the Internet is too exaggerated, please treat it rationally.
In addition to these, foods such as bean sprouts and ginger are often taken out by some people as the culprit of poisoning and cancer, but in fact, they are more of "eye-catching gimmicks", and everyone must pay attention to distinguishing them.
When eating vegetables, you must remember these:
Buy vegetables that are often sold in supermarkets and vegetable markets. It is not recommended to eat vegetables that have never been seen or eaten before to reduce safety risks.
Don't be greedy for petty gains and buy spoiled vegetables.
It is best to eat vegetables after being completely heated. Before mixing cold dishes, try to blanch the vegetables to avoid related safety issues.
Eat more different types of vegetables and reduce the intake of a certain type of vegetable, which not only takes in a variety of nutrients, but also reduces the food intake caused by excessive intake of a certain type of food (unsafe food). Poisoning risk.
In summary
Statements about vegetables causing cancer
Everyone must treat it scientifically
don't blindly believe
Expert of this article: Wang Silu, National Senior Food Inspector, Internal Auditor of HACCP Food System of the People's Republic of China
Reviewer for this paper: Liu Shaowei, deputy director and professor of the Food and Drug Regulatory Research Center, East China University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. in Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., Kansas State University, USA