"Poison" hidden in many attractive seafood dishes

There are many fresh and attractive seafood dishes but they are full of dangers and can be harmful to human health.

Blood cockles

Blood cockles are a type of seafood that many people love. Blood cockles are rich in protein and contain many minerals with high nutritional value such as magnesium and zinc, two substances that help increase the body's endurance.

However, clams are one of the seafoods that are classified as potentially harmful because they contain many types of bacteria and viruses that cause disease. Blood clams carry hepatitis and typhoid bacteria. Although boiling blood clams quickly does not prevent the deadly pathogens in blood clams, including dysentery.

Blood cockles are a delicious and attractive dish, however, they contain many types of bacteria and viruses that cause disease (Photo: Internet)

Therefore, when preparing clams, you need to cook them thoroughly and not eat them raw. In addition, you need to buy clams from reputable seafood stores. Avoid buying clams that are not fresh, which is even worse for your health.

Oysters

Oysters are a popular seafood because they are rich in protein, zinc and easy to digest. However, this type of seafood can be contaminated with bacteria and parasites, including flukes. If oysters are caught during the season when there is toxic algae in the sea, they can also be contaminated with toxic algae and cause poisoning and diarrhea for people who eat raw oysters.

Oysters are also one of the foods that cause a high risk of stroke. Raw oysters contain two disease-causing viruses: Norovirus and Vibrio, of which norovirus can cause enteritis and gastritis, while vibrio is a type of bacteria that causes cholera with symptoms such as high fever, septic shock, blistering skin, and even death due to blood infection.

Puffer fish

Puffer fish meat is very popular in Japan, however, this fish also contains a very dangerous toxin that can cause death. Therefore, only properly trained and licensed chefs can prepare dishes from puffer fish.

The main toxin in puffer fish is tetrodotoxins, a group of extremely dangerous neurotoxins with a high mortality rate. This toxin is a heat-stable compound that does not decompose during cooking.

And especially, there is absolutely no specific antidote for puffer fish poisoning. The only treatment is gastric lavage or activated charcoal to remove some of the poison, artificial respiration, intravenous fluids to increase the body's resistance...

Jellyfish

Jellyfish are often processed into many attractive dishes such as salads, hot pots, etc. Jellyfish attract people because of its interesting crunchiness. However, not everyone knows that jellyfish contain many toxins and when touched, it will cause allergies.

Jellyfish toxins are often concentrated in their tentacles, which they use to catch prey and defend themselves. When jellyfish toxins enter the human body, they can cause headaches, chest pain, cyanosis, sweating, difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and frequent diarrhea, rapid and weak pulse, low blood pressure...

To ensure safety, the milk must be processed thoroughly, the jellyfish must be soaked three times in salt water and alum to remove toxins... before use.

Mackerel

Mackerel is a voracious animal and is easily contaminated with organic mercury. Organic mercury affects the development of fetuses and infants. Therefore, this is a type of fish that pregnant women and young children should not eat.

According to Alobacsi.vn