Three dishes you should not eat raw

Beef

Doctor Lam Vinh Nien, Head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that eating rare beef has the risk of being infected with parasites such as beef tapeworm (tapeworm), liver fluke... These parasites can cause diseases in the digestive system affecting the intestines, liver and other organs in the body.

In addition, raw meat is a good environment for bacteria to grow if not stored properly. This leads to the risk of gastrointestinal infections and other consequences. You need to apply the principle of "eating cooked food and drinking boiled water" and should not eat rare beef.

Rare beef has the risk of being infected with parasites, which is dangerous to health. Photo:Health

Snail

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, Institute of Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, said that snails living in deep mud environments often contain many types of parasites that are harmful to the body. Each snail can contain 3,000-6,000 tubeworm parasites. Snails that are not boiled thoroughly are infected with parasites and have a high risk of digestive diseases, abdominal pain, nausea, swelling of the limbs, cancer or other dangerous diseases caused by parasites.

You should remove the snail's intestines and brain when eating. The snail's intestines are located at the tail of the snail and contain a lot of dirt, so you should not eat them. The snail's brain is located at the head and contains toxic substances, which can easily cause dizziness and food poisoning if eaten in large quantities. Before cooking, you need to clean the snails by soaking them in clean water many times; or soak the snails in rice water and chili to remove all the mud, then cook them thoroughly to ensure safety.

Egg

According to Dr. Le Thi Hai, National Institute of Nutrition, eating raw or undercooked eggs can be harmful to your health. The reason is that the chicken's reproductive tract has a lot of bacteria, so both the inside and outside of the egg can be contaminated with bacteria, especially salmonella bacteria that cause food poisoning.

In addition, raw egg whites contain a substance that prevents the body from absorbing biotin (vitamin H). This is an indispensable nutrient in the process of using protein and sugar - starch, necessary for the normal development of the body.

If you eat raw chicken eggs, the absorption and digestion rate is only 40%; in boiled eggs it is 100%; fried eggs are 98.5%; fried eggs are 81%; sunny side up eggs are 85%; steamed eggs are 87.5%. Therefore, it is best to eat boiled eggs to ensure nutrients such as protein, lipids, minerals... and vitamins are also less lost.