Boiling water temperature is high, often used to kill bacteria, such as the towel at home after a period of time need to be placed in a boiling water pot for sterilization. But there is such a substance that is 68 times more toxic than arsenic, which is impressively included in the carcinogen list published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and is also a Class 1 carcinogen, which exists in your daily life Among the more common foods, it is aflatoxin!
Aflatoxins are the most toxic mycotoxins, human health hazards are extremely prominent mycotoxins, but also a highly toxic cause of liver cancer. Aflatoxins mainly through the digestive tract after food intake, distribution in the liver, kidney, blood, muscle and fat. Its major metabolites are also toxic or carcinogenic, mutagenic effect. Stubborn aflatoxin can be completely eliminated only under the high temperature of 200 degrees Celsius. The cooking temperature in our usual time can not be completely eliminated, so we must prevent it from forming.
Cutting board is used daily in daily life, too many long-term use left knife marks, after cleaning the residual moisture for the growth and reproduction of bacteria to provide a good environment. Sometimes even the dark spots on the chopping board, the moss is clearly visible. If you do not clean up thoroughly in the clean-up, can also cause bacterial proliferation and carcinogen.
After using the cutting board, doing a good job cleaning is the key to eliminate bacteria and toxins growth. Wood cutting board when not in use should be placed under the sun exposure, so that not only can kill bacteria, but also make the cutting board dry, reducing bacteria breeding; also hard brush and water to wash the surface of the board and the gap cleansing, and then 100 ℃ Of the water rinse again; the best each time you use the cutting board, should use a knife to scrape the surface of the board net, every 6 days ~ 7 days in the board spreading a layer of salt, so that both sterilization, but also to prevent Chopping board.