6 dangers you face when eating animal organs

Most animal organs contain higher amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol than meat. They also contain many bacteria that can cause disease in humans.

According to Master Dao To Quyen, National Institute of Nutrition, organs are the internal parts of animals such as liver, kidney, heart, stomach...

Nutritionally, offal has a similar calorie content to lean meat (from 100 - 150 calories/100 grams), a protein content of about 16 - 22% by weight (except brain and marrow) and an average fat content of 5 - 7%, mainly saturated fat and very high cholesterol.

Some typical organs such as liver have a lot of vitamin A and D, most importantly, very high iron content, can prevent anemia, color blindness, rickets. Heart has low sodium content and a lot of iron. Brain is rich in niacin, phosphorus, B12, and vitamin C. Animal blood also has a lot of nutrients such as protein, iron and vitamins...

Most animal organs contain higher amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol than meat.

However, Master To Uyen warns that most animal organs contain higher levels of saturated fat and cholesterol than meat. Therefore, people who consume a lot of these foods will increase blood fat, which is harmful to the heart, especially for the elderly, obese people and people with metabolic disorders such as diabetes, high blood pressure, gout, etc.

In addition, experts warn that there are at least 6 dangers people face when eating organs:

- Animal organs of unknown origin pose a high risk of infection with bacteria, viruses, and parasites (worms, flukes) that can transmit diseases to humans.

- Eating cow brains of unknown origin, nervous system tissue can be transmitted to bovine spongiform encephalopathy "mad cow disease".

- Liver of unsanitary livestock (due to eating moldy feed) has a high risk of contamination with the mycotoxin Aflatoxin - a substance that can cause liver cancer in humans.

- Pigs infected with Streptococcus suis (including sick pigs and healthy pigs that carry the bacteria without developing the disease) will have a large amount of bacteria in their blood (blood), organs and pork meat. When eating uncooked pork products such as blood pudding, intestines, nem chua, congee..., streptococcus bacteria from that food will enter the human body and cause disease.

In Vietnam, over 70% of patients with streptococcus suis are due to eating raw blood pudding and pig intestines. Patients have symptoms of encephalitis, hemorrhage, pneumonia, myocarditis and arthritis. The mortality rate is about 7%.

- Some animal intestines contain large amounts of E.Coli bacteria and bacteria that cause diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid.

- Internal organs can be a source of other infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, swine fever, etc., and parasitic diseases such as tapeworms, dog tapeworms, and roundworms for humans. People with these diseases often suffer serious health consequences and can even die.

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