Well-known nuts were exposed as substandard products. When eating nuts, remember to avoid these four types of nuts

Nuts are one of the snacks that many people like. Compared with potato chips, nuts are healthier than potato chips. Nuts are also healthy snacks recommended by nutritionists. However, some time ago, the Market Supervision Bureau issued a notice on 20 batches of food that failed to meet the smoking standards, showing that a well-known brand of nuts was also on the list, and the peroxide value exceeded the standard.

As for the peroxide value, ordinary people may not know what is going on, but they can also know through the announcement that there is a problem with the pine nuts of this nut brand. As for the nuts that we have to eat every day, we are also beginning to feel a little uneasy. How should we eat nuts? How should we choose?

The hazards of excessive peroxide value

Although there are many types of nuts, most nuts contain high levels of fat. When nuts are stored for a long time, the fat will gradually turn into free fatty acids. The content of free fatty acids in fats is an important indicator for evaluating fats. When the content of free fatty acids in nuts is high, the nuts will have a special taste, which is very irritating and difficult to swallow.

In summer, nuts are stored for a short time. You may eat the nuts you bought once or twice and forget to eat the rest. When you remember to eat them, you will feel a pungent taste after taking a bite. In fact, this is caused by the excessive peroxide value in the nuts. Excessive peroxide value actually means that the nuts have gone rancid. If you continue to eat such nuts, it will cause gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea and other problems.

Nuts contain a lot of nutrients, especially protein and phospholipids. These nutrients are also important for health, so you should be careful when choosing nuts. I advise you not to eat the following four kinds of nuts.

Nuts with strange smell

As mentioned earlier, most nuts have a high fat content, and these fats will become rancid when exposed to light or air for a long time. One of the most obvious signs of rancidity in nuts is that the nuts have an odor. For nuts with an odor, you should spit them out even if you have already eaten them, and do not continue to eat them.

Moldy nuts

Seed nuts, such as peanuts or melon seeds, may be contaminated by aflatoxin during storage. Aflatoxin is a strong carcinogen. The toxicity of aflatoxin B1 is 20 times stronger than that of zearalenone. The acute toxicity of aflatoxin B1 is 10 times that of potassium cyanide and 68 times that of arsenic. Its chronic toxicity can induce cancer. Its carcinogenicity is 75 times that of dimethylnitrosamine and 900 times higher than that of dimethylaminobenzene. If you encounter nuts that don't taste right when eating nuts, don't continue to eat them.

Burnt Nuts

When eating peanuts or melon seeds, some people like to eat them medium-well, some like to eat them eight-well, and some like to eat them a little hotter. The more hot melon seeds or peanuts are often overcooked. Although these nuts taste better, some of the nutrients contained in the nuts will turn into carcinogens, such as acrylamide. These carcinogens accumulate in the body and may explode when they reach a certain dose, causing liver cancer. For nuts, choose nuts that are eight-well cooked.

Unflavored nuts

There are many flavors of nuts. In the past, there were only original nuts and spiced nuts. Nowadays, the emergence of nuts with different flavors, such as green tea melon seeds, cream peanuts, and garlic peanuts, has given us more choices. And these nuts with different flavors may have related food additives added during the processing to adjust the taste of the nuts. These food additives will cover up the smell of rotten and spoiled nuts, and unscrupulous merchants may also use this to adulterate them. At the same time, nuts with added sugar and salt will also make us consume extra sugar and salt, and excessive sugar and salt will also affect the health of the body.

Now that you have learned how to choose nuts, can you eat them with confidence? The answer is no. When eating nuts, you should also pay attention to the intake of nuts. Many people often can't stop eating nuts. Before you know it, you have eaten half a pound of peanuts. You should also pay attention to the amount of nuts you eat. How many nuts can you eat in a day?

Amount of nuts eaten

Nuts contain many nutrients, which makes us like nuts. Most nuts have a high fat content. For example, peanuts and melon seeds, which we are familiar with, are foods that can be used to extract oil. Although the fat in these nuts is mainly unsaturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids are also fatty acids and can generate calories. Eating too many nuts can also cause obesity. As for the consumption of nuts, a handful of nuts with shells is appropriate. As for nuts that have been shelled, the daily intake is one tablespoon.