Taboos and precautions for eating rapeseed

Rapeseed, also known as Chinese cabbage, is the most common green leafy vegetable. It can be stir-fried or made into soup. It has a refreshing taste and an attractive flavor. It also has a particularly high nutritional value and can supplement the human body with a variety of minerals and vitamins. However, although rapeseed is good, there are some taboos when eating it. If you are not careful, it will be harmful to your body. Today, the editor will tell you about the taboos and precautions of eating rapeseed.

Taboos and precautions for eating rapeseed

1. Overnight rapeseed cannot be eaten

Normally when people eat rapeseed, they tend to stir-fry it or make soup with it. It tastes delicious when eaten directly, but if you can’t finish it in one go, you shouldn’t eat it next time. Especially overnight rapeseed should not be eaten because overnight rapeseed will have nitrite deposits, which is the most important carcinogen. Doing this frequently will increase the incidence of cancer and endanger your health.

2. Rapeseed should be stir-fried quickly over high heat

When frying rapeseed, you should choose to stir-fry it quickly over high heat, so that you can keep the rapeseed fresh and crispy, and there will be no loss of nutrients. In addition, when cooking rapeseed, you should cut it and fry it immediately, and you can't store it after cutting it, otherwise it will cause the rapeseed to lose nutrients, and it will not play the role it should after eating, and the taste will also deteriorate.

3. Rapeseed cannot be stored in the refrigerator

Rapeseed is a representative green leafy vegetable. This vegetable contains some nitrates. After being stored in the refrigerator, under the action of enzymes and bacteria in the refrigerator, this substance will be converted into nitrites that are harmful to the human body. After entering the human body, this substance will cause cells to become cancerous, and the incidence of cancer will increase significantly, turning healthy rapeseed into a toxic "carcinogenic vegetable."