How to distinguish hormone strawberries and the harm of hormone strawberries

In order to make profits, some fruit farmers will use growth enhancers many times during the strawberry planting process. This drug can stimulate the division of strawberry cells, making the strawberries bigger and more colorful. This kind of strawberry is what people call hormone strawberry. This kind of fruit is harmful to the human body after consumption. How should we distinguish it when buying it? What are the hazards of eating this kind of strawberry?

How to identify hormone-containing strawberries

1. Look at the appearance

To identify hormone strawberries, you can look at their appearance. Normally, strawberries are cone-shaped. If many of the strawberries you buy are strange in shape, it means that hormones were used in the growing process. Hormone strawberries cannot be purchased or eaten.

2. Look at the color

You can also tell whether a strawberry is a hormone strawberry from its color, because the color of the hormone strawberry is uneven, the glossiness is relatively poor, and its fruit stalk is clearly green and red, while the color of a normal strawberry is more natural, the color is particularly uniform and has a certain glossiness.

3. Look at the flesh

You can also tell hormone strawberries by looking at the flesh, because the flesh of normal strawberries is bright red and has very few cavities, while hormone strawberries can be easily separated and have more cavities in the middle, and the color of their flesh is somewhat whitish.

The harm of hormone-fed strawberries

1. Induce precocious puberty

There are a large number of hormone residues in hormone strawberries. After being absorbed by children's bodies, these hormones will cause premature development of sexual organs and lead to precocious puberty in children. In addition, some pregnant women who eat this kind of hormone strawberries will increase the chance of fetal malformations.

2. Increase the burden on the kidneys

Hormone strawberries can cause obvious harm to human kidneys. They can increase the burden on the kidneys, reduce kidney function, and in severe cases can cause edema or uremia. In addition, hormone strawberries can also destroy the body's immunity and increase the incidence of cancer.