Is it poisonous if beans are not cooked well?

Every time before I cook cowpeas, my son always tells me solemnly that the children in a certain kindergarten were poisoned because they ate undercooked beans... This really put the author under great psychological pressure. In fact, as a homemaker, I have learned the importance of fully cooking the cowpeas. If the cowpeas are not fully fried, not only will they taste bad, they may even cause poisoning. How can I joke with the lives of my family members?

Are uncooked cowpeas poisonous? Yes, uncooked cowpeas are poisonous. Cowpeas contain saponins and phytohemagglutinins, both of which are toxic to the human body. However, the thermal stability of these two toxins is relatively poor. They will lose their toxicity after the cowpeas are fully fried. Therefore, uncooked cowpeas are poisonous. Will eating uncooked cowpeas cause poisoning? Eating uncooked cowpeas does not necessarily cause poisoning. First of all, the content of saponin and phytohemagglutinin in cowpea is not very high. Secondly, uncooked cowpea does not mean it has not been heated, and the toxins in it are reduced a lot. In addition, the human liver has a good detoxification effect and can clear a certain amount of toxins. Therefore, some people will not be poisoned after eating uncooked cowpea.

Symptoms of poisoning from eating uncooked cowpeas include mild poisoning, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, sweating, weakness, chest tightness, blurred vision, poor appetite, etc. The activity of whole blood choline esterase is generally reduced to 70-50% of the normal value. In addition to the above symptoms, moderate cowpea poisoning also includes mild breathing difficulties, muscle tremors, pupil constriction, mental confusion, unsteady walking, sweating, drooling, abdominal pain and diarrhea. The activity of whole blood choline esterase is generally 50-30% of the normal value. In addition to the above symptoms, severe cowpea poisoning also includes coma, convulsions, difficulty breathing, foaming at the mouth, pulmonary edema, pupil constriction, incontinence, convulsions, respiratory paralysis, etc. The activity of whole blood choline esterase generally drops below 30%, and timely rescue is necessary.

What to do if you get poisoned by eating uncooked cowpeas? Induce vomiting . If the symptoms of cowpea poisoning are relatively mild and the patient is still conscious, you should induce vomiting first to save yourself. Generally, you can drink more salt water, ginger water or large amounts of warm water. If vomiting is still not successful, you can also use your fingers or chopsticks to stimulate the throat to induce vomiting. For mild cowpea poisoning, the symptoms will often disappear quickly as long as vomiting occurs. Seek medical attention promptly. If the symptoms of cowpea poisoning are severe, or even coma occurs, the patient is unconscious and cannot cooperate with vomiting. In this case, seek medical attention promptly and receive targeted treatment. Do not induce vomiting to prevent food or emetic solution from blocking the trachea and causing suffocation.

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