7 parts of a pig contain toxic substances, so limit eating them to avoid getting sick.

It is not wrong to say that “the whole pig is precious”. Because every part of the pig can be processed into food for human consumption.

For example, from pig head meat (including ears, nose, tongue, brain) to shoulder meat, rump meat, belly meat, ham hock, lean meat, pork fat, bones (ribs, spine, ribs)... can all be processed into dishes such as boiled, stir-fried, fried, roasted, stewed... In addition, pig intestines (including heart, liver, testicles, small intestine, large intestine) can also be processed into dishes.

So the question is, which parts of the whole pig should not be eaten and how much is necessary?

Eat blood pudding

When eating raw pig's blood pudding, streptococcus bacteria from the food will enter the human body and cause disease.

Streptococcus suis causes symptoms of encephalitis, hemorrhage, pneumonia, myocarditis and arthritis and even death. In Vietnam, over 70% of patients infected with streptococcus suis are due to eating raw pig blood pudding.

Pig brain

Many mothers often have the concept of "what you eat is what you are" so they often buy pig brains to force their children to eat, but in fact, pig brains do not have the effect of supporting brain development as rumored. On the contrary, eating a lot of pig brains also puts children at risk of obesity, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease...

Pig brain is very rich in nutrients. Statistics show that every 100g of pig brain contains up to 2500mg of cholesterol, which is 8 times the daily cholesterol requirement of a person. Protein in pig brain is only 9g/100g, much lower than other parts such as lean meat.

Eat pig liver

The liver is the organ that metabolizes and eliminates toxins in the pig's body, so this organ also concentrates a lot of waste, pathogens, and a certain amount of toxins. The liver also contains many parasites such as worms and disease-causing viruses.

To reduce liver toxins, soak the liver in fresh milk for 30 minutes to help remove odors and accumulated toxins.

However, if you regularly eat pork liver, you should gradually limit it because it is absolutely not a healthy food.

Pig's feet

Pig's feet mainly contain protein, fat and protit glue. In addition, this food also contains calcium, iron, vitamins A, B, C. However, the amount of fat in pig's feet is not good when the body eats too much.

Not to mention that pig's feet have a lot of fat which will make digestion difficult and is not good for people with high cholesterol.

Large intestine, small intestine and offal of pigs

These two parts, as well as other organs of the pig, contain a lot of protein and cholesterol. This is not beneficial for people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, and metabolic disorders.

If you eat it undercooked, it will be very dangerous because the pig's intestines contain coli and bacteria that cause diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid...

Eating too much organ meat is also the cause of other dangerous diseases such as gout, acute pancreatitis, fatty liver, and obesity.

Pig lungs have a lot of dirt?

We often hear that we should not eat pig lungs because pig lungs accumulate a lot of dust because the lungs are the place where gases are exchanged, collecting a lot of dust from the air. In addition, pigs have the characteristic of digging the ground, causing the lungs to inhale even more dust. To understand this issue, we first talk about humans.

We may have heard of a disease called “pneumoconiosis”. This disease has only been discovered in humans so far. The main cause is that patients work for a long time in dusty places, often inhaling a lot of dust, leading to dust accumulation in the lungs under the trachea.