The kitchen can be said to be the heart of every family, where the fire keeps loving through delicious meals.However, few people expect that cooking habits that seem harmless, even economical can cause serious health consequences.
If you are having only one of the 5 habits below, leave it right before you cause the whole family to have cancer and disease.
1. Wash raw meat under the flowing water
Washing raw meat under the faucet is a habit of seemingly clean but harmful due to the potential for bacterial infection.When washing, bacteria from meat can spread the air, sticking to processing tools and other foods, leading to cross -bacterial infections.This increases the risk of food poisoning caused by bacteria like Salmonella, E. Coli.Instead of washing raw meat, use a paper towel to clean the surface and cook thoroughly to ensure food safety.
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2. Reusing cooking oil many times
Research from the University of Illinois (USA) shows that heated oil will decompose many times, producing toxic substances such as PAHS and HCAS, causing cancer.Fried oil fried and depreciated nutritional value, vitamins destroyed.The remaining fire in the oil is also very dangerous, not only increases the risk of cancer but also affects the health of oil smoke.It is best not to reuse cooking oil, if any, only one time after filtering the residue and sealed storage, only used for 1-2 days.
3. Long time no replacement of kitchen utensils
Items such as wooden cutting boards, wooden chopsticks ... No matter how durable, it cannot exist for decades, not everyone understands this.Even after a period of use, bacteria and mold can grow and easily produce aflatoxin toxin.This is an extremely powerful carcinogen.
Or with the rice cooker, after 3-5 years, the inner plating can peel off, affecting the quality of rice and can lead to aluminum infection.The same is the same for non -stick pans.Therefore, kitchen utensils should be replaced when damaged to protect health.
4. Take advantage of moldy foods, sprout
Many people often save by taking advantage of sprouting foods and molds.They think that cutting mold, sprouting is enough to eliminate toxins.However, the toxin has spread to the freshly intact and not even disappear even when cooked.
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Foods such as peanuts, sweet potatoes, rice, soybeans when moldy can produce aflatoxin, an extremely powerful carcinogen, destroy the liver and damage DNA.Sprout potatoes contain Safrole, high toxicity, which can cause digestive damage, stomach ulcers and lead to cancer if not treated promptly.
5. Do not use or turn off the hood as soon as the cooking is finished
Oil smoke and food from food, especially fried, fried, grilled, can cause lung cancer and increase the risk of respiratory disease.When using processed meat or food, smoke contains many toxic substances such as benzopyrene and dinitrophenol.Inhalation of this smoke often causes discomfort, nausea, and can worsen asthma, sore throat.
Therefore, it is advisable to use a hood and should not turn off the hood immediately after cooking because toxic smoke is still expanding in the air.To protect the health, the hood operates for 10-15 minutes after cooking, and open the window and cover the lid when cooking to reduce smoke.
Source and photo: NetEase Health, QQ