pays attention to some hot news on the Internet and found that someone said that " chayote is carcinogenic, so you can't eat" a kind of melon and vegetable that looks like "two palms together". How can it cause cancer? Digging the truth and restoring the facts, chayote is not so terrible.
Chayote, a kind of "fruits and vegetables" that is "delicious and nourishing":
Chayote, a common "melon vegetable", is the same "family" with bitter gourd, winter gourd, zucchini , and pumpkin. Chayote is a "nutrient-rich food" that contains a variety of nutrients, whether it is carotene, mineral potassium, or nutrients such as folic acid and niacin, its content is remarkable.
Chayote is a kind of "fragrant and delicious" melon food. It can be eaten directly as a fruit or as a vegetable stew.
eating chayote causes cancer? There are rumors on the Internet that "eating chayote can cause cancer". The source of the statement is that "the chayote will produce acrylamide after being fried." Everyone knows that acrylamide is a "carcinogen". .
Chayote will indeed produce acrylamide after high-temperature frying. This is mainly due to the fact that “certain amino acids (mainly aspartic acid ) and reducing sugars such as glucose are heated at high temperatures for a certain period of time. "Radd reaction", Maillard reaction takes place to form acrylamide. However, the Maillard reaction is a relatively basic reaction in biochemistry. It is precisely because of the existence of this reaction that the food has the attractive color and intoxicating aroma (toasted bread, grilled sausage and other foods). Z3z
acrylamide is indeed a "neurotoxic potential carcinogen". The current research conclusions have proved that "acrylamide is related to breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and other cancers."
However, it is worth noting that acrylamide is a substance widely found in fried foods, baked foods, puffed foods, and fried foods, even in daily household cooking (fried vegetables, frying, grilling, etc.) ) Also produces acrylamide. Although
acrylamide is a carcinogen, it is not as terrible as described in the rumors; after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) under the World Health Organization evaluated acrylamide, it was classified as a "category 2A carcinogen". Although acrylamide is "category 2A carcinogen", it is different from what you think; "category 2A carcinogen" refers to "foods with a higher likelihood of causing cancer", and the specific explanation is "animal experiments have confirmed that there is a clear carcinogen The effect, but the effect on the human body is not clear"; the words are stated here, you should be clear, the classification of carcinogens only indicates that "acrylamide may cause cancer, but there is no clear evidence that people will cause cancer as long as they eat it." .
In other words, regardless of whether the carcinogen is classified, whether it is Category 1 or Category 2, carcinogens in a strict sense may only increase the risk of carcinogenesis. It does not mean that "you will definitely cause cancer if you eat it." ; Cancer is a very complex disease. It is the result of a variety of factors. It is not because you simply eat a certain food to get cancer. It is related to genetics, diet, sleep and other lifestyle habits. Have a closer relationship.
The "dose" should be clearly defined for any toxic reaction, especially carcinogenicity:
, the international authoritative journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, clearly states that the safe upper limit of the carcinogenic effect of acrylamide is "2.6 micrograms per kilogram of body weight" The safe intake of neurotoxicity is "40 micrograms per kilogram of body weight". Take a person with a normal weight of 70 kilograms as an example. The safe tolerable intake is 182 micrograms, and the safe intake of neurotoxicity is 2800 micrograms. These two “numbers” are equivalent to eating a few kilograms and ten pounds at a time. A few catties of stir-fried chayote, do you think normal people can do it? Moreover, this "safe intake" does not mean that "exceeding this amount will definitely lead to cancer", its meaning is only "exceeding this dose will increase the risk of cancer".
In other words, although fried chayote will produce acrylamide, this amount is very small, and the amount that is normally eaten by the general population is not enough to cause harm to the body. In addition, from the perspective of cooking methods, the acrylamide produced by stir-fried chayote itself is more than that produced by boiled chayote.Melon will be safer. From a nutritional point of view, we also recommend that you choose low-temperature cooking methods such as "steaming, boiling, and stewing" to retain more nutrients in the food and restore the true taste of the food.
Eat chayote and other vegetables, some suggestions are given to you:
1. Chayote and other melon vegetables are a kind of "excellent ingredients", which are attractive, tasteful, and nutritious. It is recommended that everyone can eat regularly and eat weekly The frequency of melon vegetables is more than four times.
2. The amount of vegetables should be eaten. The amount of vegetables consumed in a single day should reach 300-500 grams, and dark vegetables are recommended to account for more than half (it is recommended to eat at least 5 kinds of vegetables every day, with more than 3 colors).
3. Choose a suitable cooking method to gain more comprehensive "nutrition"; it is recommended that you use "steamed" or "simmered in water and oil" to process vegetables, control the heating time, reduce oil and salt, and restore deliciousness.
4. When processing and cooking vegetables, remember to "wash and then cut, put salt in the pan, fry it and eat it now, and cook it now" to increase the health factor of the diet and stay away from various food safety issues.
is a kind of "vegetables that you are not very familiar with", an "unreliable remark". I hope you can take a rational view. From a certain point of view, "food causes cancer" is not simple, and "acrylamide" is not so terrible; "Seriously" eat vegetables and harvest a caring health.
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