17:42
Monday 12 December 2022
I wrote – Shaima Morsi
Potatoes are one of the foods that many people prefer to eat, fried or boiled, but there are some fruits that contain green spots, so are they harmful or safe for health?
Dr Sherine Ali Zaki, head of the Food Safety and Field Monitoring Committee at the General Union of Veterinarians, says the green color is chlorophyll, which plants use for photosynthesis to make their own food. it is a substance that does not harm your health, but chlorophyll is evidence of the presence of another substance secreted by the plant. Naturally called solanine, chlorophyll and solanine are secreted together, but solanine leaves no trace and is known to be present in the chlorophyll.
The head of the food safety committee explained, via the ‘Get in the Lokma’ group on Facebook, that solanine is a type of naturally occurring toxin found in foods that some plants secrete as a defense mechanism against fungi and parasites.
And he continued: “Solanine, according to the World Health Organization, can cause harmful health effects and risks to human and livestock health, and some of these toxins can be serious, so eating these green vegetables in large quantities can cause severe stomach pain, diarrhea and dry throat, including long-term health consequences Impact on the immune, reproductive or nervous system.
Zaki has identified a number of tips for buying or storing potatoes:
Avoid buying green potatoes.
– It is preferable to keep potatoes in a cool, dry, dark place, with the need not to put them on the balcony, because light causes the secretion of this substance together with chlorophyll.
– If those fruits have been preserved and the green color has appeared, the green color can be cut together with a part of the fruit until the green color is completely eliminated, then consume the rest of the fruit which is devoid of the green color, but if the green color occupies a large area of u200bu200bthe fruit, it is preferable to do without it altogether.
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