Can sprout ginger and garlic be eaten?

Posted in Vegetables Nutrition on Sep 12, 2009

Someone asked: I have a few days ago and bought some ginger and garlic at home, yesterday, out to have a look, actually sprouted. Before “Life Times” introduced, the germination of the potato are toxic and can not eat, do not know whether this Jiangsuan?

 Everyday life, many people are buying when the ginger and garlic will be more selling points, in order to prepare ready to use, put a long time may be longer budding years.

 Many people know that potato germination is toxic, and absolutely can not eat, so there are a lot of people are worried Jiangsuan this issue, see the germination of a quick throw.

 Before this, let us first look at the lives of kitchen tips: onion, ginger, garlic, salt, herbs largest health care … the kitchen Search

 Ginger sprout can be eaten

 We cut ginger can be found inside the meat dry air, fibers thicker, it represented the nutritional content of ginger has already started to decrease, reducing the nutritional value, but its main ingredient, and not damaged.

 In fact, most of the ginger has a bud, but not obvious, but the case, after germination, such as ginger preserved properly, can cause the growth of dormant, began to rot and breed bacteria, then it will cause diarrhea if eaten.

 The private sector have a “rotten ginger is not bad taste,” saying, meaning that, like a rotten ginger eat, this is actually wrong.

 Black ginger contains safrole, which may cause liver cell degeneration, necrosis, and induce liver cancer, it is absolutely inedible.

 You can eat garlic sprout

 However, the meat will become empty after the garlic sprout, dry, leading to bulb atrophy, shriveled, food value greatly reduced.

 Therefore, the germination of the garlic Although you can eat, but because of nutrient depletion, health feature has disappeared into obscurity.

 So, how can the ginger or garlic to save more years?

 The solution is simple, just Jiangsuan packed in plastic bags, plastic bags, then I can be a Seal, this bag Jiangsuan release of carbon dioxide can not be distributed out, but also blocking the entry of moisture, so that Jiangsuan in a suitable state of sleep can prevent rot.

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