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Recently, a heart-wrenching incident occurred in Dongguan, Guangdong Province - the child's grandmother used the winter melon water that she had "treasured" for 4 years to cool off her granddaughter, and as a result, the summer did not subside, and the 4-year-old granddaughter was poisoned into the icu!
How exactly does a mouthful of winter melon water cause poisoning? How can we prevent it in our daily lives? Hurry up and take a look at today's sharing.
In the past two days, the topic of #Grandma feeding her granddaughter poisoning with 4 years of winter melon water on Weibo hot search has not decreased, and the current Weibo reading volume has exceeded 320 million, which has attracted the attention of many parents.
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No, some netizens in the comment area said that they had almost drunk this winter melon water...
More netizens said that they not only have winter melon water, but also that winter melon water is older than their own age...
So what is this "winter melon water"? Is it necessary to cool off the heat in summer and reduce fires, "winter melon water"?
Today, the little helper will come to talk about this "divine water" to cool off!
Drinking winter melon water will be poisoned?
First of all, this "winter melon water" is not the other "winter melon water", but the parents in these cases have brewed winter melon water for 3-4 years using soil methods... It is believed to have effects such as cooling down and reducing fire.
So why is drinking winter melon water poisoned?
This is because in the process of pickling, the nitrate in winter melon is reduced to nitrite, and after ingestion of nitrite, the low blood hemoglobin in our body will be attacked, thus losing the ability to carry oxygen and causing hypoxia and poisoning.
Moreover, nitrite is very toxic and belongs to highly toxic substances, and adults can cause poisoning by ingesting 0.2 to 0.5 grams, and 3 grams can cause death.
After poisoning, symptoms in children can be more severe than in adults.
How can nitrite poisoning be prevented?
Nitrite poisoning is indeed more common, so how do we prevent or avoid the harm of nitrite? The little gang leader summed up three "don'ts.".
1. Do not eat vegetables that have been stored for too long
Some dark vegetables will have the risk of excessive nitrite after a long time of storage, usually cook at home, the small helper recommends that you still try to buy and eat as much as possible, and eat as much as you want, do not over-buy and pile in the refrigerator.
Note that the refrigerator is not a safe! Store fresh vegetables in the refrigerator and try to eat them within 2-3 days.
If you find that the leaves have rotted or yellowed, throw them away in time to avoid contaminating the refrigerator storage room and other foods.
Here the little gang leader attaches a refrigerator food storage table, you can compare it~
In addition, according to the recommendations of the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, if your baby is still eating complementary foods (such as vegetable puree and meat puree), it is best to eat them freshly. If it is a food supplement that must be stored, it can only be eaten for the next meal (less than 12 hours) and stored in the refrigerator.
2. Do not eat kimchi that has only recently been pickled
Pickling crispy, cold kimchi as a refreshing snack is common in the hot summer months.
Pickled and completely pickled, we can rest assured that we can eat in moderation. However, if the kimchi is not yet fully pickled, the nitrite content in it is very high.
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As shown in the figure, the content of nitrite in kimchi will first reach a peak, and then decline to stabilize, and if it has not been pickled for enough time, it may consume excessive amounts of nitrite.
Therefore, the general kimchi is either pickled on the same day and eaten on the same day, or try to marinate for 20 days before eating.
In addition, although kimchi is refreshing, it is not suitable for large consumption, especially kimchi contains a lot of salt, which is not conducive to the health of children.
Here the little helper also attached the children's daily salt intake reference table, you can compare it ~
3. Do not eat too many overnight vegetables
We have an old saying that "leftover meat is not leftover vegetarian", that is to say, try not to eat leftover overnight vegetables.
This is because vegetables have a higher nitrate than meat and vegetables, and during storage, they may be converted to nitrite due to bacterial contamination.
However, if it is only stored in the refrigerator overnight, in fact, there is no need to worry too much, the content of nitrite rise at this time is very small, and it is far from the degree of poisoning.
The small helper suggests that overnight dishes should not be stored for more than 24 hours, and cold dishes should be eaten freshly.
In addition, the loss of nutrients from overnight vegetables is more, adults eat well, children still don't eat it!
In addition to not eating vegetables that have been stored for too long, do not eat foods that have only recently been pickled, and eat too many overnight vegetables
Parents should also pay attention to not to store nitrites at home, avoid confusion with household salt and sugar, and reduce the consumption of cured and smoked meats (such as sausages and ham), after all, their nitrite content is much higher
How to relieve the heat in summer?
Back to the cases we began to share today, they are all using the inappropriate way of "winter melon water" to relieve the heat and reduce the fire for the baby, so on a hot day, how to relieve the heat for the baby?
1. Hydrate and replenish potassium
Sweat a lot in the summer, let the child drink a small amount of water many times, do not wait for thirst to drink a lot.
Baby is young, you can help observe the color of the urine, the color of normal urine is colorless or light yellow, if the baby's urine color is relatively yellow, it is a sign of lack of water, you need to add water appropriately.
In addition, it is also necessary to supplement the potassium element appropriately, and the potassium-containing food with a relatively high summer appearance rate in the summer is mung beans, so in the hot summer, you may wish to give the baby a bowl of mung bean lily soup.
2. Keep cool
When you go out and play, change your child into light, soft, light-colored and easy-to-dissipate clothes. At the same time, try to stay in a cool place to play.
When playing indoors, the air conditioner can be turned on, and the temperature is recommended to be kept at 24-26 ° C. At the same time, touch the back of the baby's neck to determine the body temperature to adjust the temperature of the air conditioner.
Finally, if you parents have heard of other strange parenting methods, you can go to the background to poke the little helper
At that time, the small gang leader can sort it out and help everyone line up the pits
Or, if you have other questions about parenting, such as food supplements, childhood diseases, vaccinations, etc., you can ask the little helper directly, I am waiting for you in the background
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Resources:
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[4] American Academy of Pediatrics
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