Family of three sent to hospital after eating watermelon overnight! How to eat leftover watermelon? These five points are very important!

[Source: Nanjing Zero Distance]

Sweet watermelon is an indispensable fruit in summer. Recently, a family in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province suffered from sudden nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after eating overnight watermelon. The parents at home were diagnosed with gastroenteritis. In addition to gastrointestinal problems, the child also developed anemia. Urine, renal failure, was rushed to the local children’s hospital nephrology department for hemodialysis, plasma exchange treatment.

Why is the overnight watermelon so “powerful”? According to Wang Guangming, the attending TCM physician in the Chronic Gastritis Clinic of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The temperature is high in summer, especially in the rainy season, bacteria are easy to multiply. Watermelon has high water and sugar content, and it is more likely to “provoke” bacteria if it is not stored properly.

Even if the watermelon is wrapped in Knives, plastic wrap and other links are also prone to hygienic leaks, so be sure to keep them clean when storing watermelons. As long as the overnight watermelon is stored properly, it will not affect the normal consumption.

How to properly store and eat leftover watermelon? Five points to pay attention to:

1. Before cutting the watermelon, wash the skin of the melon as a whole. It is best to use a knife and a chopping board specially designed for cutting watermelons, and do not mix it with a chopping knife.

2. After the watermelon is cut, it is estimated that the remaining part that cannot be eaten should be covered with a clean plastic wrap as soon as possible, and stored in the refrigerator. Pay attention to raw and cooked with other food. separate.

3. If the melon has been cut when you buy it, you should cut off a layer of the cut before eating, and then eat it in time.

4. Watermelons that are cut into cubes and pieces in supermarkets and fruit stores should not be purchased if they are not placed in a refrigerated and fresh-keeping area and are completely covered with plastic wrap.

5. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that watermelon has the functions of clearing heat, diuresis, and dispelling fire. It is a cold fruit, and it is not suitable for people with cold constitution and weak spleen and stomach. After taking out the watermelon overnight, you can first cut off the surface layer, and then put it at room temperature for a while, and then eat it when the temperature is suitable.

Source: Jiangsu Radio and Television Media Center

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