How to safely eat mushrooms?

How not to treat yourself with fresh mushrooms in autumn, especially if the year has turned out to be fruitful? And as usual at the beginning of the mushroom season, the headlines about the poisoning of this truly national product. Usually during the season throughout Russia etched several thousands of people, tens of fatal and not to be among them, you must observe some precautions.

Instruction

Difficulty level: Difficult

step 1

Better refrain from buying mushrooms in the street with his hands.

Data sad statistics do not stop fans of mushrooms from buying mushrooms on the street collected by mushroom lovers. Seeing the streets filled with grandparents with baskets filled with delicious mushrooms, mushrooms and mushrooms, you will wonder How you can be confident that within these mushrooms, rather than their toxic counterparts? . Do not be lazy to ask the seller a certificate of mushrooms if it is not, it is strongly recommended to refrain from buying these fungi. Although even if he is, then in most cases the certificate has expired or is fake. A reminder that a copy of the certificate is a gross violation of trade, You must provide the original.

2 step

The danger of poisonous mushrooms.

Let's say You ignored my warning and bought mushrooms questionable origin, I hasten to remind You that even if seemingly mushroom looks fine, it cannot guarantee its safe use, because mushrooms have the ability to accumulate heavy metals and radioactive substances. Therefore it is not necessary to collect them near highway, railway, close to airports and industrial areas. Well, it's not all that is necessary for Your safety.

3 step

The storage.

Mushrooms should be eaten fresh, as they are not too long-term storage. Optimum shelf life in the fridge it for a few hours. Without refrigeration, it is better to handle them as soon as they are brought from the forest.

step 4

The eating.

Mushrooms this heavy food, despite the fact that they have a lot of nutrients present in them chitinous shell. Chitinous shell is hard to digest even a completely healthy body. People suffering from diseases of the stomach or kids simply can not cope with the load. And mushroom poisoning have more serious consequences than other food poisoning produktami a result of poisoning by mushrooms may occur cardiovascular failure, discontinuance of liver and kidney failure, paralysis of the respiratory system and bring the body up to a coma.

5 step

Symptoms.

The first symptoms of poisoning by mushrooms can occur after 30 minutes of its consumption. The symptoms are weakness, headache, abdominal pain, decreased blood pressure, the occurrence of hallucinations, vomiting, and diarrhea. At the slightest signs of poisoning should immediately call for emergency assistance, to carry out gastric lavage, if possible, enema and take up to 30 g of activated charcoal.

6 step

Place of purchase.

After all the precautions you can go and buy the mushrooms, because when fresh mushrooms have the ability to replace in the diet boring mushrooms and other farmed mushrooms on a real forest delicacies. There are a number of places where You can safely buy the mushrooms without fear for their health. Implementation of mushrooms is permitted only on the market and in major supermarkets, it is in these places there is a veterinary-sanitary control which determines the purity and edibility data fungi.