According to The Paper, Ms. Chang, 36 years old in China, only bought food once a week because of busy work.After that, she put most of the ingredients in the refrigerator and took out what she wanted to use.Because she did not want to waste food, she could not throw away some of the ingredients even for a long time.Sometimes busy, she worried that she would not have time to cook, so she deliberately cooked a little more, when she ate just warm it in the microwave when coming home from work.
A while ago, she often felt uncomfortable with symptoms such as bloating, nausea, abdominal pain.At first, she thought that stomach disease should buy stomach medicine to drink but the condition not only did not improve but also worse.On the doctor, the doctors confirmed that she had stomach cancer.It is speculated that Ms. Chang's cancer may be involved in eating leftovers and preserving food for too long.
Dr. Gao Jiankai, Deputy Head of Emergency Department of the Trinh Chau People's Hospital (China), said that the temperature of the refrigerator is low but in reality, there is no disinfection effect, common bacteria can still grow.In the refrigerator environment, including Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia and Listeria can be harmful to human health after entering the body, can even lead to complications such as blood infection, even mold.Contains aflatoxin - a strong carcinogen.
Therefore, he reminded people to pay attention to the following 3 foods should not be stored for long in the refrigerator:
1. Starchy -rich foods
The main food ingredients such as cakes, wheat, rice, corn, vermicelli are prone to mold.If left in the refrigerator for a long time, they can produce Aflatoxin toxins, when entering the human body can cause poisoning, even leading to cancer.
2. Seafood and fresh food
When fish, shrimp, snails, clams and other foods for too long, the dissolved protein in salt will be lost, enabling Listeria bacteria to multiply, cause poisoning, diarrhea, even inflammationbrain and other serious consequences.
3. Lymph nodes
Foods from seeds such as pistachios, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, melon seeds, cashew nuts are prone to mold if stored in the refrigerator for a long time can also produce harmful substances for muscleshuman body.
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