Health hazard index: ★★★★★

Nowadays, Mala Tang occupies the streets with its unique flavor, and more and more people eat it. Delicious is delicious, but few people care about health risks.

Generally, people who eat mala Tang don't care much about the small sludge on the cabbage, or know that it is not very clean, thinking that it is not disgusting enough ... In fact, the health problem of mala Tang is far from being as simple as a little sludge.

Squid skewers, white hairy bellies, shrimp dumplings ... you can often see several young ladies eating and drinking in front of the booth. The raw squid and raw hairy belly placed next to the pot look fresh and full, which seems very reassuring. However, according to an "insider" who knows the root of the matter, most of the raw and fierce seafood sold in those malatang stalls have problems with the route. He said that the shiny white hairy belly was soaked in warm water for 10 minute, then added with industrial caustic soda, then added with hydrogen peroxide, stirred evenly, foamed for 20 minutes, and finally dripped with formalin for preservation. Why use industrial caustic soda to make it? Because the edible alkali can't be sent out at all, it will fade if it is barely sent out. Adding formalin can ensure that it looks bright and tastes crisp. Hairy tripe is not white. White hairy tripe is generally made of hydrogen peroxide, which is much more harmful than black hairy tripe, because it must be made with hydrogen peroxide for a long time before it turns white. Some rotten seafood gives off a bad smell, which can be completely stale after processing, and outsiders simply can't see it! As for shrimp, insiders revealed that after adding industrial alkali and formalin, the volume and weight expanded to 2-3 times of the original, and the color turned red and fresh.

According to food experts, formalin is a 40% formaldehyde solution. As a toxic preservative, it is used to preserve corpses in medicine. Small traders use it to soak seafood, which can be shaped. Protein can maintain its toughness and fresh color after solidification, while the general smell of formalin is masked by the spicy taste of mala Tang. This is a strong carcinogen, which easily causes discomfort and pathological changes in the pharynx, mouth, esophagus and gastrointestinal tract after eating, and has serious damage to the liver, kidney and other organs of the human body. The state expressly stipulates that it will never be used in food.

In addition, the taste of mala Tang is mainly spicy. Although it can stimulate appetite well, it is also too spicy, too spicy and too greasy, which is very irritating to the stomach. Excessive consumption may lead to gastrointestinal problems, not as some female friends think. You can lose weight.

Although mala Tang and hot pot are delicious, they also have hidden dangers. Expert Wang Jian suggested that when eating, you should guard against:

Sliced meat is an indispensable raw material when you rinse hot pot. Besides sliced mutton and fat beef, we often eat a lot of animal offal, such as venetian blinds. What aspects should I pay attention to when washing meat?

1. The incense pot should be cleaned in time:

After the ordinary copper pot is stopped, it is easy to grow a thin layer of green rust, so it is necessary to do a good job of cleaning;

2. The fire at the bottom of the pot must be prosperous;

If eaten before boiling, germs and parasite eggs are not completely killed, which is easy to cause digestive tract diseases;

3. Eating mala Tang and hot pot should not be too hot;

Oral cavity, esophagus and gastric mucosa can only tolerate the temperature of 50℃-60℃. Too hot food can damage mucosa, leading to acute esophagitis and acute gastritis.

Being too fat can easily lead to hyperlipidemia, gastropathy, duodenal ulcer, gallstones, oral ulcers, gingivitis and hemorrhoids. Suggest light and moderate spicy;

4. Don't drink hot pot soup:

Hot pot soup has been boiled for a long time, and it has not been changed for a long time. Purine substances contained in meat and seafood are mostly soluble in soup, so don't drink rinse soup. Because high concentration of purine is metabolized by the liver, it will produce a lot of uric acid, which is easy to cause gout, joint pain and other symptoms, and even damage renal function in severe cases;

5. Eat mala Tang and hot pot, and the room is ventilated:

Poor ventilation can lead to dizziness and listlessness.