TAN DUNCI of the Clinical Detox Department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taiwan, China) warned:"Cancer poison can exist right around, in extremely familiar places we do not recognize."She shared that in the process of working, she had a family with 4 people with liver cancer because of saving mistakes when using chopsticks.
Mold chopsticks are the reasons for 4 people with liver cancer (Artwork)
According to her, the first person discovered the disease was grandfather.He was nearly 70 years old, hospitalized for intense abdominal pain.At first, family members thought that he was older, before eating poorly or drinking alcohol, so the cancer was not difficult to understand.Next, his daughter -in -law was a full -time housewife in the age of 40 and also discovered liver cancer not long ago.
After both of them had the same cancer but they were not in the same blood, the mother had a doubt and invited experts to check the accommodation.Thật không ngờ, ngay khi vừa bước vào bếp chuyên gia về chất độc đã hét lên:“Black mold bamboo chopsticks like this without being replaced is no different from taking poison itself.It contains toxic substances causing Aflatoxin. ”
The mother was extremely shocked.It turned out that the relatives' houses for decades were only used to using bamboo chopsticks.Despite the economical nature, when she saw that the chopsticks were too much, washing forever and she would want to throw away.However, this is often prevented by his father -in -law.According to him, bamboo chopsticks are often like that and mold from bamboo is not harmful, just brush clean, steam or soak hot water to be used again.
When she knew that liver cancer from the moldy chopsticks came out, she quickly listened to the expert, took the rest of the house to screen.The results of her two children were suffering from the same type of disease, fortunately at the earlier stage.As for the husband, because he often goes on business trips, less home rice, so the amount of toxins absorbed is also smaller.He also takes care of the gym, good resistance, so he has only level 2 cirrhosis, can be effectively treated.
Seeing these two characteristics on chopsticks should be thrown away to avoid liver cancer
According to TAN DUNCI, not only moldy chopsticks, mold cutting cutting boards or moldy foods contain aflatoxin toxin causing liver cancer and many other diseases.“This substance is classified by WHO in a group of level 1 cancer. Aflatoxin is 68 times more arsenic arsenic and 100 times higher than the potassium cyanide.In addition to cancer, a very small amount can also cause poisoning, death from liver failure, acute renal failure.
However, this terrible poison is easy to see in everyday life.For example, for bamboo chopsticks, they are popular but easy to mold, especially if used for a long time or clean, improperly preserved.Because during use, they will become rough, chipped, easy to absorb water and food residues while very difficult to clean.Over time very easy in a state of wet, moldy and aflatoxin toxin appearance ”- She said.
She further reminded that aflatoxin mold worked very durable with heat.It is not decomposed when cooking, steaming, boiling with boiling water.So when you see chopsticks, especially wooden chopsticks or bamboo chopsticks, your family has the following two characteristics, you should throw away as quickly as possible:
- Scratched or cracked.
- There are molds, though very small, little.
Even if the chopsticks do not show abnormalities when looking at the naked eye, replace them every 3-6 months.Tan Dunci also taught to clean chopsticks properly, especially bamboo chopsticks and wooden chopsticks.Because they have ribs or textures, they must be cleaned in the direction of these lines.
It is necessary to pay more attention when washing bamboo chopsticks, wooden chopsticks and new chopsticks every 3-6 months even without mold (Artwork)
When washing chopsticks, use a special dish to wash each one instead of placing the chopsticks in the palm of the hand, rolling back and forth.Because that is not enough to clean, especially when you wash a lot of chopsticks at the same time.After washing, put in a dry place, preferably sunlight to dry completely before putting it in the closet.Also regularly disinfect chopsticks, if there is no specialized machine, rinse then boil/soak bamboo chopsticks or wooden chopsticks in boiling water also works well to limit mold.
Source and photo: HK01, Doctor is so hot