“Bamboo shoots” are often on the list of foods that adults do not recommend for their children to eat, including themselves. This is because they believe that bamboo shoots are dangerous, are taboo foods, and cause dangerous diseases. If there are wounds, they will make the wounds worse, especially after surgery. They are also the cause of dangerous diseases such as “cancer”.
But how true are these beliefs in reality?
Bamboo shoots are young bamboo shoots that grow from underground rhizomes. They are light yellow in สมัคร ufabet color, have a crunchy texture, are inexpensive, and can be used in a variety of dishes, including boiling, stir-frying, curries, and deep-frying. They are also widely popular, not just in Thailand.
Bamboo shoots, are they really dangerous?
Bamboo shoots have both benefits and disadvantages. If you choose to eat them properly, they can be beneficial to your body. However, if you don’t eat bamboo shoots properly and are not careful when eating them, they can actually be harmful to your body.
There are many types of bamboo shoots that we consume.
Raw bamboo shoots
Dr. Boonchai Somboonsuk, Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences, stated that raw bamboo shoots or undercooked bamboo shoots may be poisoned by cyanide, which is naturally present in bamboo shoots and can be harmful to the body. If it enters the body in small quantities, it can be excreted in the urine. However, if it is ingested in large quantities, cyanide will bind to substances in red blood cells (hemoglobin) instead of oxygen, causing oxygen deficiency, unconsciousness, and possibly death.
Therefore, consuming raw bamboo shoots should be avoided. Mr. Mongkol Jenjittikul, Director of the Food Quality and Safety Bureau, said that consuming cooked bamboo shoots will make consumers safe from cyanide. However, if the temperature and duration of boiling are not appropriate, the amount of this substance cannot be reduced. However, for the safety of consumers, before consuming bamboo shoots, they should be cooked thoroughly by boiling bamboo shoots in boiling water for at least 10 minutes, which can reduce the amount of cyanide by up to 90.5 percent.
Pickled bamboo shoots
Bamboo shoots are another type of food that is popularly pickled to preserve food for a longer period of time. It is usually pickled in a can for several months. If the pickling process is not clean enough, Clostridium botulinum bacteria will grow in the bamboo shoots in the can. -If the food is not cooked with enough heat, the bacteria may cause nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and diarrhea. *If the botulin toxins start to seep from the digestive system into the bloodstream and nervous system, it may affect the function of various muscles in the body, such as the eyelids, eyes, and face, speech and swallowing problems, weakness in the arms and legs, difficulty breathing, and may be life-threatening.
In addition, clean and cooked bamboo shoots are safe to consume, but there are still some types of people who should not consume too much bamboo shoots, including:
- Gout patients: Because bamboo shoots contain high levels of purine, it may increase uric acid, which is the cause of gout.
- Kidney patients should not eat foods that contain too much uric acid (such as bamboo shoots) because they may have trouble excreting excess uric acid from the body.
Bamboo shoots are safer than you think
Although there are some groups of patients who should not consume bamboo shoots, healthy people, including these patients, can consume bamboo shoots.
- For diabetics, bamboo shoots have no effect on blood sugar levels.
- Patients with liver disease, whether hepatitis or cirrhosis, can eat bamboo shoots without affecting the symptoms of the disease.
- Women who menstruate have leukorrhea. Bamboo shoots have no involvement in the occurrence of leukorrhea in women.
- For those who have wounds after childbirth or surgery, bamboo shoots do not cause wound inflammation, slow healing, or infection.
- Bamboo shoots do not increase the risk of cancer in any way (except for asparagus, which contains asparagine, which is found in asparagus and many other foods, which helps breast cancer cells spread and grow throughout the body more).
Nutritional information of bamboo shoots
Nutritional value of bamboo shoots, 100 grams
- Calories (kcal) 27
- Total fat 0.3 g
- Saturated fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated fat 0.1 g
- Monounsaturated fatty acids 0 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4 mg
- Potassium 533 mg
- Carbohydrates 5 g
- Dietary fiber 2.2 g
- Sugar 3 g
- Protein 2.6 g
- Vitamin A 20 IU
- Vitamin C 4 mg
- Calcium 13 mg
- Iron 0.5 mg
- Vitamin D 0 IU
- Vitamin B6 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B12 0 µg
- Magnesium 3 mg
Benefits of bamboo shoots
Bamboo shoots contain dietary fiber that helps reduce the risk of colon cancer and constipation. They are also low in calories, so they can be eaten and are suitable for people who are controlling their weight. They also contain protein, potassium, vitamin A, and calcium.
However, it should be noted that bamboo shoots that are beneficial to eat must be cooked bamboo shoots. Pickled bamboo shoots (clean) have lower nutritional value but are not as harmful to the body as feared. And in any case, you should not eat too much bamboo shoots. It is better to eat them in the right amount and choose to eat a variety of foods.