For everyone, the onset of the warm season means the appearance of fresh vegetables and herbs in the very near future, which the body has missed so much. It's time
supply him with the necessary vitamins. No one wondered why there are vegetables on the shelves of supermarkets and markets whose time has not yet come?
Obviously, the whole point is that for their fast growing and ripening, special fertilizers, mineral and organic, are used. And if they were used in a very large number, then a person who consumed such products may experience nitrate poisoning, the symptoms of which will be felt in the very near future.
Symptoms of poisoning
An important point is that nitrate poisoning is manifested in each person purely individually. First of all, it depends on the general condition of the body, age, number of products that have accumulated toxin. As a rule, signs of nitrate poisoning include a gastrointestinal upset, which has taken upon itself the severity of intoxication. This is nausea followed by vomiting, diarrhea.
This happens quite quickly, almost six hours after a meal, a diagnosis is made. Moreover, nitrate poisoning, the symptoms of which are usually pronounced, manifests itself in the form of pain in the liver, dizziness, weakness throughout the body, rapid breathing and impaired coordination.
What accompanies the accumulation of nitrates
Those involved in the cultivation of vegetables, berries, herbs and other products using nitrates as fertilizers are well aware that the harvest should be done in the evening. And this is done because the level of the content of such a dangerous substance in the products is significantly reduced by this time of day.
In order for the plants to process the accumulated products of the effects of fertilizers in them, you need a lot of sun, which shines throughout the day. Here in this case, nitrate poisoning is excluded, the symptoms of which appear when eating vegetables that have accumulated toxins, since the plants themselves will process them into protein and will be completely safe when consumed.
How to treat nitrate poisoning
If symptoms suggesting nitrate poisoning appear and the treatment is immediate, vomiting is necessary to clear the stomach of the remnants of foods that cause malaise. It is better to do this with a large amount of drinking water. In case of more severe poisoning , gastric lavage is repeated repeatedly.
In case of nitrate poisoning, the symptoms will help relieve the use of homemade bread kvass, pickles, sauerkraut. These products are able to reduce the amount of nitrates that enter the body.
To prevent unpleasant consequences from eating incorrectly grown vegetables, you should limit yourself to their purchase and try to wait for the onset of the season, if there is no way to grow them yourself.