Is it dangerous to eat moldy bread?

3am. You really crave something. You open the bag of bread but the surprise is that the piece has turned green and is molded on one side. While wondering if you should throw it away, you suddenly remember the teacher who taught penicillin (antibiotic) made from mold and decided to keep it to eat because it is . okay The problem is that even if the mold is removed, this cake is still dangerous to the body. Why is that?

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What if eating moldy bread?

This is exactly what will happen if you eat this moldy bread.Mold with the same family as mushrooms . In fact, if you look at landmarks with a microscope, you will see them as small mushrooms : the stem with spores at the top. These spores produce the color of fungi, such as the blue color between green and blue that you see on moldy bread.

Mold can also be harmful. Many types of molds (there are hundreds of thousands of different types of mold) cause allergies and breathing problems . In some cases, mold will create a mycotoxin - a toxin that can make people, cattle and other animals sick. In it, aflatoxin - one of the most common types of mycotoxins often occurs mainly on nuts and grains. These are also the two ingredients used to produce bread.

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Do not eat moldy bread

Aflatoxin is a cancer-causing root fungus found in most parts of the world, and is also one of the most studied and controlled molds. However, this toxin cannot be completely destroyed even though global food factories are monitored to ensure that the level of aflatoxin is within acceptable limits.

Back to the situation where you have a bread molded on one side above. What if cutting off moldy parts and eating the rest? If you think you can still eat, you've made a big mistake. What you see on one side of the piece is just the tip of the mold. From the stem, mold can develop roots that plug into bread . These root beams are where the toxins develop. In addition, invisible bacteria can also develop with mold that you don't know.

Next time, when you want to eat breads (including cheese), be sure to check them carefully. If you find that the cake is moldy, throw it away.