Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Foods You Should Never Eat
- 1. Increases the risk of degenerative diseases
- 2. Increases the risk of obesity
- 3. Blockage of blood vessels
- 4. Source of trans fat
- 5. Cooking oil is used many times
- 6. Fried foods absorb more oil
Medical Video: 10 Foods You Should Never Eat
You must have heard too much eating fried foods will cause illness. Not entirely wrong, high fat content in fried foods is the cause.
The oil used for frying is included in the source of fat. One teaspoon of oil that you normally use for frying contains approximately 50 calories. Even though it looks a little, it's only 50 calories, but it's almost impossible for you to only consume one teaspoon of oil per day. And not only from cooking oil, other sources of fat such as margarine, butter, and cream may be included in the type of food you eat everyday. Here are some things that cause excessive fried consumption to be dangerous.
1. Increases the risk of degenerative diseases
A study was conducted by Leah Cahill, Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, for 100,000 men and women for 25 years. The study found that those who ate fried foods at least once a week had the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart disease. This risk increases with the number of fried foods consumed.
For comparison, those who eat fried 4-6 times a week have a risk of up to 39% for diabetes when compared to those who eat fried once a week. While those who eat fried foods 7 times or more during the week have an increased risk of developing diabetes by 55%.
2. Increases the risk of obesity
Not only diabetes, the risk of obesity to obesity also increases. Foods high in fat are usually also high in calories, because 1 gram of fat is equivalent to 9 calories. So that one teaspoon of fried oil can contribute 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.
3. Blockage of blood vessels
Arterosclerosis is a buildup of plaque in arteries. This plaque can clog blood flow from arteries to important organs in our body. Plaques are made from fat, cholesterol, and calcium contained in the body, over time this plaque will harden and inhibit blood circulation.
Aeterosclerosis can cause serious illness depending on where this plaque is formed. If it forms in an artery that leads to the heart, plaque blockage can cause coronary heart disease, if it forms on the neck it can cause a stroke. Plaques on the arteries that lead to limbs can cause your hands and feet to feel numb and even infection
4. Source of trans fat
There are two types of trans fat, which are naturally found in food (usually in meat and milk) and artificial trans fat, which comes from the hydrogenation process, a process used to convert oil into a solid form. This type of oil is widely used for frying at outlets fast food, because it is easily stored, inexpensive, and can last long. Food processed using the method deep fried usually uses a type of solid oil, because oils that contain trans fat provide a distinctive taste and texture and can be used multiple times.
Before 1990, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States allowed the use of trans fat. But after the proliferation of studies that showed a link between consumption of trans fats and health problems, especially an increase in bad cholesterol (LDL) levels, in 2013 the FDA determined to limit permission to use artificial trans fats in food products.
5. Cooking oil is used many times
One reason why eating fried foods is harmful to your health is from the oil that is used repeatedly. Each type of oil has a maximum temperature, where at the maximum temperature, the oil will begin to emit smoke when heated. This temperature is also called smoke point. When reaching smoke point, it will produce toxic substances that are toxic to the body, as well as free radicals that can damage the cells in your body.
The more oil is used, the lower the number will be smoke point-so that it is easier to produce compounds that are not good for the body. In addition, if not stored properly, oil will eventually become anaerobic and become a place for bacterial growth like bacteria that causes food poisoning, clostridium botulinum.
6. Fried foods absorb more oil
One of the reasons why the fried foods you buy taste good are probably because of the seasoned flour used as a coating. But do you know, the flour is one of the most sources of fat in fried foods? The nature of absorbing oil possessed by flour makes the flour part of fried food able to store a lot of oil after experiencing the frying process.
In addition, a study published in the Journal of Food Science revealed that the longer the food is fried, the more oil will be absorbed, because when food is exposed to hot temperatures from oil, the water contained in food will evaporate and the pores expand, giving space for oil to enter.
