subject: Some Types Of Vegetables Can't Be Eaten When They Are Raw [print this page] We all know that vegetables contain lots of vitamin C and B, and these vitamins can sometimes be destroyed when cooking, so in order to maintain the nutrition in vegetables, we used to eat vegetables when they are raw, for we think this is the best way to keep their nutrition. However, there are still some types of vegetables can't be eaten when they are raw. Because there may be some danger for our health if eat them when they are raw. This article will show you what they are.
Foods rich in starch such as, potato, taro and yam should not be eaten when they are raw, this main because that when they are raw, the starch grain in them can't crack, so it is not easy for us to digest. Therefore, when eat foods that are rich in starch, we should make them cooked before we eat.
Beans such as, hyacinth bean and kidney bean also can't be eaten when they are raw. Because they may contain some toxic substance when they are raw, so if we eat, we would probably get poisoned. For example, kidney bean that is not fried which has some toxic substance easily can be seen in our daily life, and people who take this will be poisoning. Thus, we should pay attention to this, when we eat beans.
Fresh day lily contains a kind of chemical ingredient called colchicine. This component itself is not toxin, but when it enters our body and be oxidized, another kind of colchicine will be produced, which is toxic, so if people eat the fresh day lily will be poisoning. And the general symptoms of the poisoning are, dry throat, thirst, burning sensation in stomach, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and the serious performance are hematuria, bloody stool, uroschesis and stupor. It is said that if an adult take 0.1mg to 0.2mg colchicine which is equal to 50grams to 100grams of fresh day lily, then he would get poisoned, and the intake of colchicine for 3mg to 20mg can lead to death.
At the same time, the danger that horse bean contains we cant neglect. Some people lack a kind of enzyme in their body, and after eating horse bean, allergic hemolytic syndrome will be occurred, if not timely rescue, people will die due to the extreme anemia.
Fresh fungus contains a light-sensitive material, and it will spread to our epidermal cells through blood circulation after eating. And solar dermatitis will happen to us after the exposure to sunlight. This toxic light-sensitive material is also easy to be absorbed by the throat mucosa and thus lead to edema of throat.
