Bean sprouts are tender, delicious, and nutritious, but they must be thoroughly cooked before eating. Otherwise, consumption can lead to adverse reactions such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness.
Learn about the wrong ways to eat vegetables to help you absorb a variety of nutrients correctly!
1. Eating tomatoes before meals
Tomatoes should be eaten after meals. This way, the mixture of stomach acid and food significantly reduces acidity, preventing an increase in intra-gastric pressure that can cause gastric distension, leading to symptoms like abdominal pain and discomfort in babies. 2. Mixing carrots and radishes to make a puree
Do not grind carrots and radishes together into a puree. This is because carrots contain an enzyme that destroys vitamin C, which will completely break down the vitamin C in the radishes. 3. Excessive consumption of carotene
Although carotene is very nutritious for babies, it should be consumed in moderation. Babies who drink too much vegetable juice made from carrots or tomatoes may develop carotenemia, causing their facial and hand skin to turn orange-yellow. This can be accompanied by loss of appetite, unstable mental state, irritability, and even restless sleep, along with symptoms like night terrors, crying, and talking in their sleep. 4. Washing mushrooms too thoroughly or soaking them in water
Mushrooms contain ergosterol, which converts to vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. However, if they are not excessively washed or soaked before eating, much of their nutritional value will not be lost. Mushrooms should also not be cooked in iron or copper pots to avoid nutrient loss. 5. Eating undercooked bean sprouts
Bean sprouts are tender, delicious, and nutritious, but they must be thoroughly cooked before eating. Otherwise, consumption can lead to adverse reactions such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness.
6. Giving babies too much spinach
Spinach contains a large amount of oxalic acid and is not suitable for babies to eat in excess. Oxalic acid in the body combines with calcium and zinc to form calcium oxalate and zinc oxalate, which are not easily absorbed and excreted. This affects the absorption of calcium and zinc in the intestines, easily leading to calcium and zinc deficiency in babies, causing poor development of bones and teeth, and can also impact intellectual development. 7. Giving babies unblanched bitter melon
The oxalic acid in bitter melon can hinder the absorption of calcium from food. Therefore, bitter melon should be blanched in boiling water before eating to remove the oxalic acid. Babies who need a large amount of calcium supplementation should not eat too much bitter melon. 8. Storing cooked chives for too long
Chives are best cooked and eaten fresh; they should not be stored for a long time. If stored for too long, the large amount of nitrate in them will convert into nitrite, causing a toxic reaction. Additionally, babies with indigestion should not eat chives. 9. Stewing green leafy vegetables for too long
Green leafy vegetables should not be stewed for too long during cooking. Otherwise, the nitrates in the vegetables will convert into nitrites, which can easily cause food poisoning in babies. 10. Cooking frozen vegetables for too long
Most frozen vegetables have been pre-scalded, so they do not need to be cooked for a long time; otherwise, they will become mushy and lose much of their nutritional value.