What are the dangers of eating fried foods for a week

Nowadays, fried foods are very popular, especially among children and young people, who all like to eat fried foods. Fried foods have a very crispy texture, and the seasoning ratio is also very reasonable. They taste very unique. Many young people like to eat fried foods while shopping. But everyone knows that fried foods contain high calories and eating them frequently will have a certain impact on the human body. So, what are the dangers of eating fried foods for a week?

Fried food is one of the traditional foods in my country. Whether it is the fried dough twists, fried spring rolls, and fried meatballs eaten during festivals, or the fried dough sticks, fried cakes, and dough nests eaten for breakfast every day, the French fries, fried bread, fried chicken wings in the fast food that children like to eat, and the fried potato chips and fried biscuits in snacks, all are fried foods.

Fried foods are loved by many adults and children because of their crispy, delicious taste, fragrant aroma and ability to increase appetite. However, frequent consumption of fried foods is extremely harmful to your health.

Overview

The Ministry of Health released the "Hazard Assessment of Acrylamide in Food" report, reminding residents to change their eating habits that mainly include fried and high-fat foods. The U.S. state of California requires McDonald's, KFC and nine other fast food restaurants to use warning labels to indicate the acrylamide content in their French fries and potato chips.

Element

Acrylamide is a small molecule organic compound with a simple structure, and its pure product is a transparent crystalline solid. It is soluble in water, it polymerizes easily at its melting point, and it can also polymerize under ultraviolet light. Solid acrylamide is stable at room temperature, but can react violently when exposed to heat or oxidants. Starchy foods are prone to produce acrylamide when cooked at high temperatures (>120°C), and the content increases with increasing processing temperature. At the same time, relevant experiments have also found that the acrylamide content is high in foods with high starch content, while the content is relatively low in foods with high protein content.

Acrylamide is moderately toxic and has a certain irritating effect on the eyes and skin. It can be absorbed through the skin, respiratory tract and digestive tract, and some of it accumulates in the body, mainly affecting the nervous system. A single large dose can affect the function of the central nervous system, especially the brain, which can manifest as symptoms of cerebral hemorrhage. Epidemiological observations of occupationally exposed people have shown that people who ingest small doses of acrylamide over a long period of time will experience symptoms such as drowsiness, mood swings, memory loss, hallucinations and tremors. Poisoning may occur or be accompanied by peripheral neuropathy (such as sweating, muscle weakness, etc.). Peripheral neuropathy has a certain latency period, which depends on the dose. Exposure to high doses can cause illness within weeks; long-term low-dose exposure can cause illness after several years. Animal experiments have confirmed that high acrylamide levels can cause animals to suffer from reproductive system cancer.

Related questions

Eating fried foods frequently can cause cancer, as fried foods are easily processed at high temperatures to produce nitrites. Fried foods are also difficult to digest, are greasy, and can easily cause stomach problems. Fried foods are high in calories and contain high levels of fat and oxidized substances. Frequent consumption can easily lead to obesity and is a dangerous food that can cause hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease. Not to mention that vitamin A, E and other nutrients in oils are destroyed under high temperatures, greatly reducing the nutritional value of the oils. A large amount of carcinogens are produced during the frying process alone. Studies have shown that people who often eat fried foods have a much higher incidence of some cancers than those who do not eat or rarely eat fried foods.

Fried foods are not easy to digest. Children who eat too much fried food will feel chest tightness and swelling, and may even feel nausea, vomiting, or indigestion. Some children will not be able to eat for several meals in a row after eating fried food.

Food is often coated with a layer of flour before frying.

Repeated use of oil at high temperatures will produce a carcinogen.

Children are prone to obesity. According to regulations, the heat energy provided by fat in a day's diet should account for 25% to 30% of the total daily heat energy. However, for children who often eat fried foods, the heat energy provided by fat every day significantly exceeds the above indicators, so they are prone to obesity.

Fried foods also contain many bacteria, are not clean, and their quality cannot be guaranteed.

harm

1. Ask a question

The Ministry of Health recently issued an announcement stating that starchy foods are prone to produce acrylamide when cooked at temperatures exceeding 120°C, and animal test results show that acrylamide is a possible carcinogen. Fried food seems to have become a pariah. People don’t know whether it is good or not. It seems that once you eat it, it is bad. I want to investigate the real harm of fried foods to the human body.

2. Survey Methods

1. Consult books, 2. Read newspapers and magazines, 3. Browse the Internet 4. Ask residents to understand the harm of fried foods to the human body.

3. Problems and Solutions

1: What are fried foods?

Answer: Starchy foods are foods cooked at high temperatures (>120℃).

2: What are fried foods?

Answer: Fried twisted dough sticks, fried spring rolls, fried meatballs, fried dough sticks, fried cakes, dough nests, French fries, fried bread, as well as snacks such as fried potato chips and fried biscuits.

3: Why do people like to eat fried foods?

Answer: Fried foods are loved by many adults and children because they are crispy, delicious, fragrant and can increase appetite.

4: What harm does fried food do to the human body?

Answer: ⑴. Fried foods are not easy to digest.

⑵. Food is often coated with a layer of flour before frying. Under high temperatures, all the vitamin B1 in flour is destroyed, so eating fried foods for a long time can cause vitamin B1 deficiency.

⑶. Repeated use of oil at high temperatures will produce a carcinogen. Many families are accustomed to storing the oil used for frying food and reusing it repeatedly. This practice is very harmful to the body.

⑷. Children are prone to obesity.

⑸. There are also many bacteria in fried foods. Especially for fried foods sold by street vendors, 1. Dust from cars on the road can easily enter the food and cause respiratory diseases. 2. If it is not fried thoroughly, it will cause throat or stomach problems.

IV. Preliminary Conclusions

Fried foods are extremely high in calories and fat. Long-term consumption can lead to obesity or related diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and hyperlipidemia.

However, no matter how harmful acrylamide is to the human body, occasionally eating fried foods will not cause much harm to the body. However, this process is the same as smoking which may induce lung cancer. It is a process of long-term accumulation of toxicity. Long-term consumption will inevitably pose a huge threat to health.