Due to the improvement of living standards, more people prefer to cook nutritious and healthy food at home. However, many people tend to fall into the pitfalls of cooking and eating. Below, let me summarize the pitfalls of cooking at home. Take a look and see if you have fallen into any of them!
1. Overheating cooking oil for stir-frying
Cooking food with overheated oil can generate a harmful compound called trans fat, which is extremely detrimental to human health. Regular consumption of dishes cooked in overheated oil can lead to low acidity gastritis and even stomach cancer if left untreated. The correct method is to use warm oil to cook the dishes.
2. Long-term use of vegetable oil for cooking
Long-term consumption of vegetable oil can lead to nutrient deficiencies due to its limited nutritional content. The correct oil ratio should be 1 part vegetable oil to 0.3 parts animal oil.
3. Boiling shrimp directly in soup
Shrimp or shrimp skins are prone to contamination with carcinogenic substances during processing, so boiling them directly in soup is not beneficial to human health. Experts suggest boiling the shrimp for a few minutes and then changing the water before making the soup, or adding 1-2 slices of vitamin C to the soup to inhibit the synthesis of carcinogens.
4. Excessive consumption of soy products
Experiments have shown that excessive intake of soybean protein can deplete the body's iron absorption by 90%, leading to iron-deficiency anemia, which manifests as varying degrees of dizziness and fatigue. In addition, soy products contain abundant methionine, and excessive intake of soy products can convert methionine into homocysteine under the action of enzymes, damaging the inner wall cells of blood vessels and promoting arteriosclerosis. Therefore, moderate consumption is recommended.
5. Mixing cold dishes with sugar
The harmful effect of mixing sugar with cold dishes is due to the presence of mites. A type of sugar-loving mite often lives in sugar and powdered sugar. If contaminated sugar is not heat-treated, the mites can enter the human body with food and parasitize the gastrointestinal tract, potentially causing abdominal pain due to spasms.
It's no wonder that the meals we cook at home sometimes cause diarrhea. It turns out that our cooking habits have been incorrect. Now that we know these pitfalls, in order to live a better and healthier life for ourselves and our families, we should avoid making these mistakes and change these bad cooking habits.
