The weather is hot and hard, which is better than tonic
In summer, people tend to be irritable and angry
Many people will choose to eat
Some bitter foods
Clearing away heat and heat
But there are some melons and fruits with a bitter taste
It is easy to have diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms after eating
Even convulsions, difficulty breathing
Someone gets hit every summer!
"Bitter" melon belly
Causes vomiting and diarrhea
Ms. Shen especially likes to eat gourd melon, and on this day, she deliberately picked a large one to make a plate of stir-fried zucchini. But after taking a bite, this zucchini has a bit of a bitter taste. Ms. Shen's first reaction was that it was not fried, but because she didn't want to waste it, she ate more than half of it.
Soon after, Ms. Shen began to experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms, and her family immediately rushed her to the hospital. Upon examination, Ms. Shen was diagnosed with bitter gourd gourd food poisoning.
Bitter gourd gourd is poisonous?
Every summer, someone gets hit
Doctors said that at this time of year, there are incidents of bitter gourd gourd poisoning.
The bitter substance in bitter gourd is cucurbitacin-alkali glycosidoxin, which is stable in nature and will not be destroyed by cooking. Generally, about 30 minutes after consumption, poisoning symptoms will appear.
Mild cases will have nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, severe cases will have liver and kidney damage, and may even have convulsions, dyspnea and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Cucurbita and bitter gourd
How to tell?
Bitter gourd gourd and normal gourd gourd are difficult to distinguish in appearance. We can first try to lick the peeled flesh with the tip of our tongue, and if it has a bitter taste, discard it immediately.
If you find a bitter taste after cooking, you should spit it out immediately, and do not continue to eat the food with it. Kitchen knives, cutting boards, chopsticks, pots and other appropriate utensils should also be cleaned.
In addition to bitter gourd melon can not be eaten
Encounter these bitter melon vegetables
Don't eat it either!
01. Bitter loofah
Normal loofah, with a little bit of sweetness, if you find that the loofah has a bitter taste, it is best not to continue to eat, otherwise you will be poisoned.
02, bitter gourd
Bitter gourd is not edible, and once consumed, usually within half an hour to a few hours, symptoms of poisoning appear.
03. Melon with a bitter taste
There are two conditions that can cause melons to become bitter, one is not fully ripe melons, and the other is melons with pesticide residues. In addition, the melon's guati is cold and bitter in taste, and can be poisoned if eaten in excess.
Of course, not really
All melons with a bitter taste are poisonous
The following fruits and vegetables have a bitter taste
Eating it is good for the body
It's definitely a must-eat on a summer day
01, bitter gourd
The bitter taste of bitter gourd mainly comes from the unique phytochemical "bitter gourd" of bitter gourd, and there is no need to worry about poisoning when eating it normally.
Moreover, bitter gourd fruit is rich in protein, minerals and vitamins, especially vitamin C content, which is 14 times that of cucumber.
※ Note: The greener, longer and straighter the bitter gourd, the more bitter the taste, if you can't accept the bitter taste, you can choose the light color and short bitter gourd when purchasing; Scrape the bitter gourd core and white film, and the bitterness will be much lighter.
02. Celery
The flavonoids in celery have high biological activities, including antioxidant activity, anticancer activity, etc. Studies have confirmed that people who regularly consume celery have a significant decrease in cholesterol levels in their bodies.
※ Note: Celery leaves are rich in nutrients, with niacin, vitamin B2, and vitamin C all more than twice that of stems, and carotene more than 8.6 times that of stems.
Source: Food safety Xiamen, Fujian market supervision