Recently, the epidemic has rebounded, and many friends have stocked up a lot of food. When the weather is warm, some foods will germinate, and some are poisonous and must not be eaten after germination. Before reading the main text, you can take a screenshot of the following paragraph, and type after the one you think you can’t eat. After reading it, you can compare how many you are right, which can deepen your impression.
Potato
Sweet potato
Scallions
Ginger
Garlic
Peanuts
Taro
Onion
Carrots
Beans
Potato
Do not eat after germination
The content of solanine will be greatly increased after potatoes germinate. This heat-resistant (high temperature cooking cannot be decomposed) phytotoxin will inhibit the secretion of cholinesterase, intake Too much can even be fatal, so sprouted potatoes should not be eaten.
Sweet potato
You can eat it if there is no abnormality after germination
Sweet potato stems and leaves are edible, and sprouting will not cause harmful substances to appear in sweet potato roots.
Even the dietary fiber and vitamin content of sweet potato leaves, which are highly advantageous among leafy greens, can be a great dish.
Note: Sprouted sweet potatoes should be checked carefully and should not be eaten if they have brown skin, black spots, or any signs of mildew.
Onion, ginger, garlic
You can eat after germination
For onions, ginger and garlic, sprouting may affect the taste and nutritional value, but generally no toxins are produced, so it is relatively safe.
Note: If you find signs of rot inside the ginger after cutting it, don’t eat it, rotten ginger is highly toxic.
Peanuts
Non-artificially sprouted ones are best not to eat
Sprouted but not moldy peanuts are edible, especially sprouted peanuts that have been cultivated.
It is not recommended that you eat non-artificially sprouted peanuts, because sprouted peanuts and their environment are likely to be suitable breeding grounds for mold and aflatoxin production, and are susceptible to their Pollution. Aflatoxins have severe liver toxicity and are carcinogenic.
The kind of peanuts that germinate after being placed in a humid environment for a long time are more prone to mildew, so Once you smell a little musty or other “not so good” smell, resolutely throw away.
Taro, Onion, Carrot
You can eat after germination
The taste and nutritional value of these three ingredients may be affected after germination, but generally do not produce toxic substances, so they are generally edible in terms of safety of.
From the text, we can see that even if some ingredients can be eaten after germination, they have missed the best time to eat, so the best way is to buy as much as you eat. , the ingredients are still fresh.
Beans
Double nutrition after germination
During the germination process of beans, the fat content is greatly reduced, and the starch also becomes a soluble sugar that is more easily absorbed by the body. [1]
Although the total amount of protein in bean sprouts is lower than that of bean seeds, anti-nutrients such as phytic acid and trypsin inhibitors are also reduced during the germination process, and the protein that can be used by the human body is also reduced. Instead, it will increase. So bean sprouts are an ideal source of protein. [1] [2]
In the process of changing from grain to vegetable, the content of dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins (especially vitamin C) in bean sprouts has been increased.
10 kinds of food can be eaten after germination, how many did you answer correctly?
Editor: Wan Wan Jin Jin
References
[1] Yin Tao, Ding Junxu, Chen Yun, Xie Wenwen, Xiong Shanbai, Zhao Siming. Effects of germination conditions on growth characteristics and nutritional quality of mung bean sprouts [J]. Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University, 2015,34(04):120-124.
[2] Sun Yue, Li Guanxi, Peng Xiangyong. Study on the changes of main nutrients in the process of soybean sprouts soaking[J]. Journal of Qufu Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2019,45(01 ):82-85.
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