It's true, because sugarcane in March and April is at a high incidence of mildew, and moldy sugarcane will be poisoned if eaten. But it doesn't mean that sugar cane can't be eaten in March and April. Just choose normal sugar cane, there will be no big problem.

A neurotoxin will appear after sugarcane is moldy. Once neurotoxin enters the human body, it will lead to poisoning. If the poisoning is mild, nausea and vomiting will occur. Generally, this situation will recover faster. However, if the poisoning is serious, it will aggravate the gastrointestinal symptoms, thus causing the patient to have coma and convulsions.

The temperature will continue to rise in March and April, and mold is particularly easy to grow and reproduce at this time. Sugarcane is prone to mildew when stored at high temperature for a long time. Therefore, eating sugar cane is easy to be poisoned during this period. Pay attention to the surface of sugarcane when selecting it. The surface of normal sugarcane is smooth and hard to the touch, with a relatively shallow frost. If sugar cane becomes soft and smells, it's best not to buy it. Probably moldy.

Moldy sugarcane, after cutting, will see red, yellow or blue-black spots on it. Don't eat this kind of sugarcane. After mildew, sugarcane will still have a sour taste. It is best not to buy the squeezed sugarcane in the market, which is likely to be moldy. If you want to drink sugarcane juice, you should choose fresh sugarcane, buy it now and squeeze it now, and pay attention to observe whether the sugarcane has mildew.

However, don't worry too much when you encounter moldy sugarcane. Generally speaking, the mildew of sugarcane is easy to identify, so as long as you know what sugarcane looks like after mildew, you can identify it when selecting sugarcane.