The dangers of eating moldy food

The hazards of eating moldy food include gastrointestinal infections, food poisoning, and carcinogenicity. 1. Gastrointestinal infection: moldy food contains a large number of bacteria, fungi and other pathogenic bacteria, after eating, may lead to gastrointestinal infection, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. 2. Food poisoning: moldy food may produce biological chemical toxic substances, which may cause food poisoning if consumed inadvertently. 3. Easy to cause cancer: moldy food usually contains aflatoxin, penicillin and other carcinogenic substances, if long-term consumption of moldy food, may lead to excessive intake of these substances, increase the risk of liver cancer, stomach cancer and other diseases. It is recommended not to eat moldy food, only a small part of the moldy food should not eat, so as not to cause harm to the body.