Many delicious vegetables unexpectedly contain 'murderers'
Aquatic vegetables such as: water spinach, water mimosa, celery, watercress, lotus root... contain a lot of nutrients but also contain the most worms.
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Intestinal flukes are small flukes that live in the intestines of humans and some livestock, especially pigs. However, these flukes also live in the intestines of humans and cause disease in humans.
Cause: tapeworms live in the intestines of pigs, lay eggs and the eggs are excreted in feces, contaminating water sources. After a while, larvae form and develop in the eggs, break the egg shell and go out to find snails to parasitize.
After entering the snail, the larvae continue to develop into tailed larvae. At this time, they leave the snail and live attached to some aquatic plants such as duckweed, lotus root, watercress, etc. and other underwater plants.
Celery
There are two types of celery, one is dry celery grown in rice fields, the other is water celery grown in shallow ponds. The type of celery grown in water often contains more worms than the type of celery grown on land.
The type that needs to be grown underwater often contains more worms than the type that needs to be grown on land. When eating hot pot, you must wash it thoroughly, soak it in salt water and cook it thoroughly before eating.
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Lotus root is a good food, but it must be cooked, absolutely not eaten raw. Because it grows in the mud at the bottom of lakes, ponds, and swamps, lotus root is susceptible to many dangerous pathogens. In addition to infectious diseases of the digestive tract, lotus root is also a shelter for intestinal fluke larvae, a type of fluke that parasitizes the intestines of humans and some livestock, especially pigs. Illustration: Internet |
Water spinach
Water spinach is a popular vegetable that is enjoyed in the daily meals of most Vietnamese families. However, vegetables that are sprayed with stimulants, pesticides, or grown in polluted places seriously affect the health of consumers.
In addition to the concern about vegetables contaminated with chemicals, water spinach also contains a large intestinal fluke parasite scientifically known as Fasciolopsis Buski. This is a parasite that often lives on aquatic vegetables. When entering the human body through food, they can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea or rashes and allergies in users.
Eating split water spinach or undercooked vegetables will greatly increase the risk of parasitic infection, affecting your health. Therefore, you need to be very careful when eating water spinach.
Watercress
Watercress is known to be a vegetable with high levels of vitamins, calcium, iodine... with many uses in disease prevention and treatment, not only helping to prevent cardiovascular disease, anti-aging, goiter but also helping to detoxify, diuretic, has a lot of fiber so it has good effects on the stomach, clears the liver and gallbladder and contributes to reducing blood stasis...
However, according to some studies, watercress can be a reservoir of worms if in a heavily polluted water environment.
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| In addition to the concern about vegetables contaminated with chemicals, water spinach also contains a large intestinal fluke parasite scientifically named Fasciolopsis Buski. This is a parasite that often lives on aquatic vegetables. When entering the human body through food, they can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea or rashes and allergies to users. Illustration: Internet |
Lotus root
Lotus root is a good food, but it must be cooked, absolutely not eaten raw. Because it grows in the mud at the bottom of lakes, ponds, and swamps, lotus root is susceptible to many dangerous pathogens. In addition to infectious diseases of the digestive tract, lotus root is also a shelter for intestinal fluke larvae, a type of fluke that parasitizes the intestines of humans and some livestock, especially pigs.
How to "clean" worms in vegetables
Doctor Nguyen Quoc Thai (Department of Infectious Diseases, Bach Mai Hospital) said that to limit infection, before processing, vegetables should be washed many times under running water to remove worm eggs, bacteria as well as chemical residues on the vegetables.
Wash your hands before preparing food; limit eating raw vegetables. If you want to eat them, soak them in salt water or potassium permanganate solution.
With aquatic rays, Dr. Thai said the best way to prevent disease is to cook them.
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Washing vegetables several times under running water is a good way to remove parasites on vegetables. Illustration: Internet |
Principles when washing vegetables
- Use clean water to wash vegetables.
For soft fruits or vegetables, rub gently for half a minute to a minute, avoid using too much force or the vegetables will be crushed. For products that are difficult to scrub, use a suitable brush.
- Do not use soap, detergents and limit the use of vegetable washing water.
These substances can penetrate the produce. There is no guarantee that these substances will help make fruits and vegetables cleaner than other washing methods.
- Wash vegetables thoroughly.
Make sure that after washing, the vegetables and fruits are clean, without wrinkles and cracks left on the outside, remove damaged parts, and outer leaves…
- Dry fruits and vegetables.
Use a clean paper towel to dry the fruit to remove any remaining bacteria after washing.
