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Can red heart sugarcane be eaten? Can eat red heart sugarcane poison?

As we all know, sugarcane is a very common fruit. Its taste is sweet and delicious, rich in nutrition, and it is very popular with people. Do you like sugar cane on the street in spring? Sweet and delicious sugarcane is absolutely the favorite of many people, a little sweet in the bottom of my heart, but sometimes I will choose red heart sugarcane, so can red heart sugarcane be eaten? Can red heart sugarcane be poisoned after eating it?

Can red heart sugarcane be eaten

Red heart sugarcane can't be eaten. The fiber content of sugarcane is very high. Therefore, the decay of this kind of fruit is different from the decay of apples, pears and other fruits. It is not local decay, but permeated along the fiber nodes. The red heart is the earliest symptom of sugarcane decay. Therefore, the red heart of sugarcane is not suitable for eating.

Is sugarcane of red heart poisonous

Red cane produces toxins. Sugarcane is a tropical fruit with high sugar content, which is not easy to store. After harvesting, it will be transported for a long time. If the storage time is too long, and the temperature is too high, it will be very easy to mildew, turn red, and grow mold.

Among them, the 3-nitropropionic acid toxin will be produced by the growth and reproduction of arthrobiosporium under suitable conditions. The 3-nitropropionic acid toxin is very strong, and the toxin can cause poisoning signs in less than 0.5g.

3-nitropropionic acid will damage our nervous system to a certain extent. In light cases, it will cause food poisoning, vomiting and diarrhea. In serious cases, it will cause nervous system problems, such as flexion, ankylosis, dorsalis arch and even life-threatening.

How about red heart sugarcane

1. Liver injury

Sugarcane red heart is the initial symptom of sugarcane decay. This kind of sugarcane already contains a certain amount of 3-nitropropionic acid, cyclosporine and other substances, which are toxic. Because the human body has certain detoxification energy, the intake of this toxin will not appear symptoms when it is less than 0.5g, and when eating red heart sugarcane, it will deliberately not eat the middle part of red heart, reducing The intake of toxins is also the reason why some people eat red heart sugarcane without poisoning, but the damage of these toxins to the liver is actually existing, a large number of consumption or long-term consumption will also lead to poisoning, and the liver function damage is more serious.

2. Poisoning

There are three symptoms of sugarcane poisoning

Mild poisoning: the patient developed vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and other symptoms within 2-3 hours.

Moderate poisoning: the patient's gastrointestinal symptoms are aggravating, with paroxysmal convulsions and unclear consciousness. After recovery, there may be language, consciousness and motor disorders and other sequelae.

Severe poisoning: the patients mainly have deep coma and epileptic state, often have hematuria, etc., often die of respiratory failure, or leave serious neurological sequelae.

How to choose sugarcane

1. Touch: test the softness and hardness of sugarcane.

Look: see if the pulp of sugarcane is fresh. The sugarcane with medium thickness and small nodal head is usually sweeter and too thick and too thin is not recommended. See if the pulp of sugarcane is fresh. Generally, the texture of fresh sugarcane is hard, and the pulp is milky white with a clear fragrance. The flesh color of mildewed sugarcane is darker than that of normal sugarcane, which is light brown.

Smell: identify the peculiar smell of sugarcane. If you still can't tell from the appearance, it doesn't matter. When peeling, you must pay attention to the center and skin of sugarcane. If it's red heart, don't buy it. Some illegal businesses will sell the deteriorated sugarcane juice. In this way, it is impossible to distinguish whether the sugarcane is red heart with the naked eye, but the toxin is not reduced at all, so it is better not to drink the sugarcane juice from unknown sources.

The root is sweeter than the top. During the growth of sugarcane, nutrients are consumed and surplus nutrients are stored in the roots. In addition, water is evaporated during photosynthesis of sugarcane. Most of the water is concentrated around the top leaves, so the sugar content is relatively thin and the sugar concentration in the roots is high.

V. generally, purple sugarcane will be selected. The skin is bright with white frost, and the darker the color, the better. Because the older the sugarcane, the darker it is, the older it is, the sweeter it is. Straight sugarcane. The curved sugarcane may have fallen over, with poor taste and insect mouth. If cut, there will be red filaments on the section, which is easy to cause food poisoning.