Have you heard a saying?
"Qingming cane, poisonous snake",
Sugar cane as a sweet and juicy fruit,
Always very popular.
But around Qingming,
Eat sugar cane with caution.
Remind everyone:
Prevent mold sugar cane poisoning!
Eating sugar cane can cause poisoning?!
Why, exactly? The truth is -
Sugarcane is generally harvested and marketed around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and will not be sold until around Qingming in the following year, and it is easy to mildew and produce toxins during transportation and storage. Therefore, food poisoning caused by eating moldy sugarcane is more common in early spring, and the peak period is from February to March.
Originally
It is not the sugar cane itself that "poisons the snake",
It is moldy and discolored
"Red heart" or "black heart" sugar cane.
So, Can sugarcane poisoning kill?
Can I still eat it after cutting off the moldy part?
Let's take a look at these questions together
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Can mold sugar cane poisoning kill?
Sugarcane mold produces a neurotoxin, which is a toxic metabolite 3-nitropropionic acid produced by a few species such as Penicillium and Aspergillus. After entering the human body, it is absorbed, and the onset is acute, generally ten minutes to more than ten hours.
Cause damage to the central nervous system in a short period of time, resulting in cerebral edema, headache, severe convulsions, stiff limbs and feet like chicken feet, and dilated pupils; Severe cases can lead to ischemia, respiratory failure and death. There are also some patients who are poisoned by sugarcane toxin and leave sequelae such as speech and movement disorders.
Only before and after Qingming Sugarcane poison than poisonous snakes?
If the relationship between the Qingming Festival and sugarcane poisoning is related, it is related to warming weather. The temperature in spring is rising, mold and other miscellaneous bacteria are suitable for growth and reproduction, and sugarcane is easy to mildew; Moldy sugarcane carries the risk of producing toxins, so most of the annual sugarcane poisoning incidents occur from February to April.
It is worth noting that as long as sugarcane mold, whether around the Qingming Festival or other seasons, it will also cause poisoning.
Which sugarcane cane should not be eaten?
Soft, discolored, wine-flavored, hairy, red heart sugar cane is not recommended to eat.
Many people think that it is no problem to cut off the moldy part of the sugar cane and eat the remaining sugar cane. In fact, this is a fatal misunderstanding. After the bacteria invade the sugar cane, the hyphae can be extended, and even if the moldy part is cut off, the remaining sugar cane has a large number of toxins that are invisible to the naked eye.
Can sugarcane juice still be drunk? If sugarcane mold, it is possible to produce toxins, and such sugarcane juice may contain higher amounts of toxins, and the risk of poisoning is greater. Therefore, the squeezed "finished sugarcane juice" is best not to drink. Of course, if it is fresh sugarcane without mold, it is no problem to buy freshly squeezed sugarcane juice.
How to choose good sugar cane?
✦ Look at the exterior and center part
The black skin is reddish, smooth, and the sugarcane with white frost is relatively fresh. If the color of the sugarcane is poor, flocculent or hairy white substance appears at the end, and if there are reddish yellow, tan, or blue-black spots and patches on the cut section, it means that it has mildew, such sugarcane do not buy!
✦Touch hardness
Fresh sugarcane has a hard texture and mildew sugarcane has a soft texture. If the texture is relatively soft sugar cane, then pay attention.
✦Identify whether there is a peculiar smell
The cane juice squeezed from normal sugarcane is sweet and refreshing, with the unique fragrance of sugarcane, if you smell a peculiar smell such as sour musty smell or lees smell, it means that it has deteriorated, and such sugarcane cannot be eaten.
In case you eat moldy sugar cane
How to deal with it?
Street visitors eating sugar cane,
Be sure to take a closer look.
Once it is found that it has deteriorated, it is necessary to decisively discard,
so as not to cause more harm,
That's not worth the loss.
Comprehensive: News Square, Jiangsu CDC, Guangzhou Daily, Healthy China, etc
Source: Xiaoqiang Hotline