This “nut”, eat a liver detoxification for 40 days? You have it at home, too. Take a look

Nuts were once considered as healthy food and loved by many people.

Every festival, I believe every family will buy all kinds of melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, Padan wood

There is another saying: eat a moldy peanut and detoxify the liver for 40 days, really?

Don’t tremble when you see here. Today, let’s learn about the benefits of eating nuts? Can you eat it later? What are the precautions for eating nuts?

Nuts, also known as crustaceans, mainly refer to the edible grains of woody plants with hard shells, including pine seeds (seeds), pistachios, almonds (padanwood), cashews, walnuts, hickories (bilberry) and chestnuts.

Generally, the content of lipids and carbohydrates (such as starch) in nuts is relatively high, and they are rich in unsaturated fatty acids. For example, most nuts are rich in oleic acid and linoleic acid.

Nutritionally, unsaturated fatty acids include monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUMA).

Studies have shown that unsaturated fatty acids play a positive role in preventing cardiovascular diseases, and can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. N-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids can also promote the growth and development of the body, and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids can also play an important role in the development of the brain and retina.

In addition, some polyunsaturated fatty acids can also participate in the regulation of arachidonic acid metabolism and inflammatory response, so as to play a good anti-inflammatory effect. For example, lipoxin (a derivative of arachidonic acid) is an endogenous anti-inflammatory mediator with anti-inflammatory effect.

Therefore, eating some nuts often will help maintain our health.

But nuts also contain more protein, which is an allergen and not suitable for everyone.

For some allergic people, it is necessary to avoid eating and prevent accidental eating, otherwise it may cause allergic reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, dyspnea and other symptoms, and even life-threatening.

I believe many people have heard a similar saying: eat a moldy peanut and detoxify the liver for 40 days? Is it true or false? 

In fact, this statement is mainly to highlight the harm of eating moldy peanuts, which originates from aflatoxin.

Aflatoxin is a secondary toxic metabolite produced by Aspergillus fungi (such as Aspergillus flavus). It is one of the most mutagenic and carcinogenic substances known.

The median lethal dose (i.e. LD50, which refers to the dose that can cause 50% mortality of animals) is 0.249mg/kg body weight. If it is simply calculated based on an adult of 60kg body weight, there is a risk of death after ingesting 15mg aflatoxin. 

Many foods in our lives may be contaminated by aflatoxin, and aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin M1 are the main risks to our health. The former is mainly in grains (such as rice and corn), nuts and seeds (such as peanut), and the latter is mainly in dairy products such as milk, However, countries have strict requirements for the limit of aflatoxin in these foods, and we don’t have to worry too much.

If you eat moldy peanuts or nuts, it may indeed bring great harm to the body, because aflatoxin is mainly metabolized in the liver, which can induce tumors in the human liver, leading to the risk of cancer. 

Considering that the aflatoxin content of different moldy peanuts is unlikely to be the same, and the metabolic capacity of everyone’s liver is also different, how long a moldy peanut can be metabolized in the body varies from person to person. 

Studies on oral low-dose aflatoxin B1 have shown that only about 1 / 3 of the dose of aflatoxin is excreted through urine within 3 days. It can be seen that it really takes a long time for human body to metabolize aflatoxin.

Therefore, how many days it takes to complete metabolism after eating moldy peanuts or nuts varies from person to person. For the sake of safety, moldy peanuts and nuts must not be eaten.

What kind of dried fruit can’t be bought?

When buying fried foods such as nuts and seeds, pay attention to the following points:

Try to choose the initial flavor, which can prevent individual bad businesses from using technical means to cover up some defects of the food itself, such as the Khara flavor of oil oxidation and the color is not bright enough.

In addition, pay attention not to buy too much at one time to prevent potential risks caused by improper storage. When storing a small amount, keep it dry to avoid environmental humidity, suitable for mold reproduction, etc. 

Now there are many varieties of nuts on the market, which can be purchased according to personal preferences or family members. For example, the elderly can buy some walnuts, and the children can also buy some pistachios and cashews. 

What are the precautions?

Nuts mainly exert their health effects through unsaturated fatty acids, but excessive intake of unsaturated fatty acids is easy to produce lipid peroxidation, and then produce more free radicals and reactive oxygen species, which will cause certain damage to human cells.

Moreover, nuts have high oil content and belong to high-energy food. Eating too much may lead to excess energy intake, which is not conducive to weight control.

First, we should control the consumption of nuts.

eat 50-70g nuts per week (about 10g per day), which is equivalent to eating 2-3 walnuts or 4-5 chestnuts per day.

Secondly, try to choose nuts that have not been seasoned and processed, which can not only avoid losing control of appetite and eating too much, but also avoid eating too much salt. 

Thirdly, when feeding nuts to low-age children (such as 2-3 years old), they can be properly crushed. Smaller and more crushed particles can prevent the risk of asphyxia.

For the elderly with good teeth, they can also break some properly before eating.

Finally, if you really don’t control your appetite and eat too much, you should pay attention to reducing the intake of energy and oil in other meals or foods to avoid excessive intake of energy and oil throughout the day. 

In conclusion, nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Eating them in moderation is good for your health, but do not eat moldy nuts.