Eating moldy food will cause mold spores to invade the blood or respiratory tract, causing major problems. Moldy food contains aflatoxin, which is recognized as the number one carcinogen in the world. Long-term intake of aflatoxin can lead to multiple organ cancers.
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Prevent food from becoming moldy:
1, keep food dry.
Sun drying, air drying, baking and drying can reduce the moisture in food; Food sealed preservation is a good way to prevent water from being absorbed by food in Huangmei air environment. The "traditional method" of absorbing water with dry lime is the most economical and practical method to prevent mushrooms, fungus, peanuts, red dates and other foods from becoming moldy.
2. Low temperature storage
Mildew will slow down at low temperature, so you can put food in the refrigerator. As the refrigerator is a special "drying box", it has dual functions of keeping low temperature and drying.
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