Oats are mixed with the pesticide carbofuran! You can eat these instead...

In recent years, oats, which have been regarded as a good helper for weight loss and health, were found to contain residues of the pesticide "Glyphosate", which may pose a risk of cancer. This shocked people who are accustomed to eating oats for breakfast, and they secretly wondered what food to replace it with. Nutrition experts say that whole grains and root vegetables such as brown rice, taro, sweet potato, and yam are good choices.

Oats have many health benefits, including lowering blood lipids, controlling blood sugar, and helping with weight loss

Oats are rich in dietary fiber, B vitamins and minerals, and have high nutritional value. They are recognized worldwide as one of the highly nutritious grains. Studies have found that they can lower cholesterol, prevent constipation, and improve blood sugar. In recent years, oats have been considered an indispensable food by people who are trying to lose weight because of their low calories and ability to easily make people feel full.

The oatmeal sold in the market was found to contain galactopyridine, and well-known brands were also included in the list

However, the results of the "105th Oatmeal Product Sampling Program" announced by the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed that among the 36 commercially available oatmeal products, 10 products were found to have residues of the pesticide glyphosate, with detection values ​​ranging from 0.1 to 1.8 ppm. This violates the country's regulations that the allowable amount of glyphosate pesticide residues in oats is "not detectable". In accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety and Sanitation Management Act, the products will be required to be removed from the shelves and recalled, and a fine of more than NT$60,000 but less than NT$200 million may be imposed.

The 10 unqualified products include: Coach's Oats breakfast oatmeal, traditional oatmeal imported from the United States, instant oatmeal imported from the United States, QUAKER instant quick-cooking oatmeal imported from the United States, QUAKER oatmeal imported from the United States, Bob's Red Mill-instant oatmeal, FIFTY50 heart-shaped oatmeal, MccANN's Irish quick-cooking oatmeal, Australian oatmeal, and large oatmeal.

Galanthion has low toxicity! Eating 10 kg of toxic oats every day may cause cancer

The Food and Drug Administration said that chlorpyrifos, commonly known as "Niannianchun", is an organophosphorus compound pesticide and a broad-spectrum herbicide that enters the plant through the leaves and stems and affects its growth. Glyphosate can easily and quickly combine with soil particles, is not easily washed into groundwater by rain, and can be decomposed by microorganisms. It has low toxicity to mammals, birds and fish. In a 5-week test of human skin contact, there was no obvious change on the skin. It can be excreted from the body with urine and feces and hardly accumulates in the human body.

Wang Jinkun, professor of the Department of Nutrition at Sun Yat-sen University Medical School, said that glyphosate has low toxicity, and the average allowable amount for foreign crops is below 0.1 ppm, which is considered safe. Moreover, it is a water-soluble pesticide, and when crops are eaten by the human body, most of it can be metabolized by the human body as long as more water is consumed, and the amount accumulated in the human body is small. To reach the risk of cancer, you would need to eat 10 kilograms of oats every day for a long time.

Avoid the health hazards of toxic oats! Experts: Diverse diets share risks

Professor Wang Jinkun emphasized that not only oats, but every crop may have pesticide residues. To reduce the risk of health damage or cancer, the key is to "diversify the risk" and consume a wide variety of foods instead of consuming large amounts of food for a long time or eating only a single food. If you want to supplement dietary fiber, you can also replace oatmeal with mushrooms, vegetables and other ingredients; for those who are losing weight, replacing oatmeal with zero-calorie konjac can provide a sense of fullness and suppress appetite.

If the purpose is to control blood lipids and blood sugar, it is recommended to replace oats with other whole grains, especially since these ingredients contain resistant starch, which is not easily digested by the human body, is low in calories, and can stabilize blood sugar and prevent obesity. Common whole grain ingredients rich in resistant starch include: whole wheat, brown rice, overnight rice (white rice that has been cooked and cooled and has lost its moisture), yams, sweet potatoes and taro, etc.

Is oatmeal irreplaceable in its convenience? Mixed cereal powder and corn flakes can also be eaten quickly

However, one of the reasons why modern people like to eat oatmeal is that it is "convenient to eat". Just add milk or soy milk to soften it, and you can easily and quickly solve a meal and complete nutritional supplements. Most of the above-mentioned whole grains and cereals ingredients need to be cooked before they can be eaten, which is relatively time-consuming. In this regard, there are currently many products available, such as mixed grain flour, corn flakes or wheat flakes that have undergone preheating and drying steps. Oatmeal is not irreplaceable.

Professor Wang Jinkun said that even if oatmeal is safe and non-toxic, people should not eat it for three meals a day. Of the three meals a day, it is recommended that oatmeal can only replace the staple food (starch) of one meal, and the staple food of the other two meals should be white rice or brown rice.