Apple has high nutritional value and contains a variety of nutrients, such as minerals and vitamins. In daily life, many people see partially rotten apples. Based on the principle of “no food waste”, they cut off the spoiled parts and continue to eat them, thinking that there is no risk.
“Actually, the apple at this time has become a ‘poison apple’.” Shaanxi CDC WeChat official account issued a post Reminder, “rotten apples” should be thrown away immediately, and the parts that are not rotten are not recommended for consumption. Don’t be greedy when buying fruit every day, buy on demand, and eat more fresh fruit.
The Shaanxi CDC stated that local corruption of apples will produce and accumulate a lot of mycotoxins, and these toxins will exist in the surrounding tissues of the decayed parts to varying degrees. A survey by the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine shows that the content of patulin in other normal-looking parts of the mildewed apple is 10% to 50% of the mildewed part, so even the pulp that looks normal in appearance already contains a lot of harmful substances.
The Shaanxi CDC indicated that patulin is the main polluting toxin on rotten apples. Patulin, also known as patulin and coral penicillin, was first found in rotten apples and apple juice. It is very harmful to the human body, causing damage to the nervous respiratory and urinary systems, causing nerve paralysis, pulmonary edema, and renal function. exhausted and carcinogenic.