December 26, 2023 | 03:26 pm PT
Many individuals consider that consuming pickled greens can produce toxins that trigger most cancers. Is that this true? (Quynh, 34, Hanoi)
Reply:
Pickled greens have a popularity for inflicting most cancers and impacting well being. Many consider that pickled greens comprise solanine, a cancer-causing substance, so it’s suggested to not eat newly pickled greens.
Actually, such well being penalties are precipitated solely in circumstances of incorrect pickling, as solanine can dissolve in brine, so it’s eradicated when greens are pickled.
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Pickled greens, standard aspect dishes for meals for hundreds of years, have change into part of many nations’ culinary cultures. Illustration photograph by Freepik |
One other factor to notice is that pickled greens are often very salty, in order that they will not be appropriate for folks with hypertension or kidney illnesses.
As well as, in a every day weight-reduction plan, a wholesome particular person ought to eat not more than 5 grams of salt per day, so the advisable pickled greens consumption is between 50-100 grams per day. Porcelain or ceramic utensils must be used throughout the pickling course of as an alternative of plastic containers.
To conclude, if pickled correctly and consumed accurately, these dishes don’t negatively affect well being.
Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh
Hanoi College of Science and Know-how’s Institute of Meals Know-how and Biotechnology