Contents:
- Medical Video: 6 Things You Should Never Do After Eating
- The danger of eating too much oily food
- 1. Disorders of the digestive system
- 2. Damaging good bacteria in the intestine
- 3. Triggering the appearance of acne
- 4. Increase the risk of obesity
- 5. Increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes
- 6. Increases the risk of cancer
Medical Video: 6 Things You Should Never Do After Eating
You may often feel helpless to resist the temptation to enjoy oily food. Yes, even though you already know that these foods are not healthy food choices, it is still difficult to resist the temptation. Because it contains high fat content, oily foods can damage health in various ways. Find out what is caused by the frequency of eating oily foods below.
The danger of eating too much oily food
1. Disorders of the digestive system
When you eat greasy foods such as fried foods, the amount of excess oil will put pressure on the digestive system. Among other nutrients such as carbohydrates and proteins, fat is the slowest to digest and requires enzymes to break it down.
Well, this will make your digestive system work harder to break down fat from the oily food. The most common symptom when a person experiences indigestion due to eating oily foods is stomach ache and diarrhea.
2. Damaging good bacteria in the intestine
Now there is a lot of evidence that shows that what you eat will affect the balance of bacteria in your intestine. In the intestine there are good bacteria known as microbiomes. Its function is to maintain the body's immunity (immune system). Well, if you eat too much oily food, it will damage the good bacteria in your intestines. Of course the result is a weakened immune system.
If you want to eat oily foods, choose oily foods that contain healthy and nutritious fats such as avocados, fish, olive oil, beans, or butter (not margarine).
3. Triggering the appearance of acne
You will not immediately get spotty after consuming fried foods and other foods that contain lots of oil. Even so, most acne can occur due to hormonal imbalance and / or imbalance of bacteria in the intestine so that oily food is very possible to trigger the growth of acne.
In addition, oily food can also make oil glands in the skin produce more oil. Well, the addition of this oil which will later contribute to the growth of acne. If you have had one or two pimples on your face before, oily foods can also increase inflammation. As a result, this will make the zits on your face get worse.
4. Increase the risk of obesity
Foods high in fat are usually also high in calories, because one gram of fat is equivalent to 9 calories. So, one teaspoon of fried oil can be estimated to contribute around 45 calories. If you regularly eat fried foods, it is not impossible over time your weight will increase.
Overweight and obesity are risk factors for most degenerative diseases, this means that if you weigh more than normal, your risk of suffering from other diseases also increases.
5. Increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes
If you often eat foods that contain oil, you will most likely be at greater risk of chronic diseases, especially heart disease and diabetes. This is based on long-term research conducted by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to 100,000 men and women for 25 years.
From the study the researchers found that those who ate fried foods 4-6 times a week had a risk of up to 39 percent for type 2 diabetes and 23 percent for heart disease compared to those who ate fried food once a week.
While those who eat fried foods seven or more times a week have an increased risk of developing diabetes by 55 percent.
6. Increases the risk of cancer
A diet high in fat and oil not only contributes to obesity and heart disease, but also increases the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer or lung cancer.
Although until now researchers have continued to develop research to ascertain this connection, the National Cancer Institute recommends consuming no more than 10 percent of your calories from saturated fat every day and as much as possible to eliminate trans fat from the food you consume every day to reduce risk cancer.
