Bowl is an essential item in every family, used every day but is less interested in how to be healthy.Even with bowls of clear origin, guaranteed quality, but in the process of use may also be damaged, potentially toxic and harmful.
Therefore, if the bowl in your home has 5 "instability" signs below, you need to throw away immediately.Do not be subjective or saved in the wrong place to pick illnesses for the whole family!
1. The bowl is scratched or cracked, batch
Being scratched or cracked, batching during use is unavoidable whatever the bowl is made of any material.These signs itself reduces the function of the bowl, and it is more likely to cause health.
The bowl is cracked, batched or scratched, so it should be thrown away (illustration)
Specifically, the bowl is scratched or cracked, batch will be very difficult to clean completely, also easy to keep water.This process facilitates dirt, dishwashing chemicals as well as bacteria multiply.In particular, if the bowl is made from ceramic material, cracks can cause yeast damage, making the bowl prone to rust or even releasing toxic substances into food.In addition, they also easily drop debris into food or injure users.
2. The bowl is discolored, yellowed
The bowl is yellowed or discolored is a clear sign of improper use or improper storage.Ceramic, porcelain or glass material, if discolored, often accumulates dirt and bacteria, reduces the safety of food when exposed.These dirt not only loses the aesthetics of the bowl but can also cause the risk of food poisoning if not carefully hygienic.
Especially for bowls with enameled layer, yellow it is more dangerous.They may contain heavy lead or metal during production, easily released when the enamel is worn out.Serious yellowing bowl can also be a sign of too long, leading to a loose and metamorphic structure.It is best to throw away.
3. The bowl has a strange smell, very difficult to clean
One sign that you should immediately throw away the bowls in the house is that when they are difficult to clean or wash well, they have a strange smell.This shows that they smell the smell of food, mold, bacteria or even metamorphosis, contaminated with toxic chemicals, heavy metals.Bowls with chemicals or unpleasant odors may contain dangerous compounds that have been penetrated into the enamel during use.
The bowl has a strange smell, how to wash it is not over, so you should throw away immediately (Artwork)
When using these bowls, toxins and bacteria will stop infecting food.Make the smell and flavor of food affected, leading to diseases from digestive to infections, respiratory or poisoning, cancer if used for a long time.
4. The bowl is moldy or has mushrooms
The bowl is made from material that can absorb moisture such as pottery or terracotta, wood, keeping the bowl in a humid environment can cause them to be moldy or produce mushrooms.These microorganisms not only affect food flavor but also can cause digestive diseases and other health problems.
Mold in the bowl can spread spores that cause allergies or infections.In particular, mold from some types of bowls, especially wood bowls containing extremely toxic Aflatoxin.It may not even be seen with the naked eye, cannot be washed or destroyed at high temperatures.When eaten, poisoning, cancer and death from liver failure, acute renal failure.
5. The bowl has a peeling enamel layer, the color is blurry
One of the signs to throw away the bowl immediately is when the enamel layer of the bowl is peeling or the color of the patterns blurred, mixed together.The enamel and this layer of color are peeling the risk of toxic contamination, chemicals into food.Especially lead or cadmium - which is a dangerous ingredient in the process of enameling without quality.
Whatever the bowl is made of any material, it should not continue if the enamel is peeling (illustration)
When you eat foods in contact with these enamel layers, chemicals can penetrate the body, harmful to health, especially the liver, kidneys and nervous systems.In addition, fragments of enamel or coloring chemicals can cause health problems such as allergies or digestive disorders when mixed with food and we eat.
Source and photo: Sina, Sohu