Why are fried foods harmful to health?

→Fried food makes you ugly and old.

Do you know the color of fried candy? Frying sugar at high temperatures will create a lot of calluses, causing you to age.

At high temperatures, protein and sugar may produce AGEs, making you look ugly and older. Girls probably won't like it.

Many people like to coat the surface of food with batter or flour so that the meat can be protected during frying. This method is good, but you must remove the dough when eating.

→Fried food has higher calories.

Generally speaking, fried foods have significantly higher fat and calories than non-fried foods.

For example, a small baked potato (100 grams) contains 93 calories and 0 grams of fat, while the same amount of French fries (100 grams) contains 319 calories and 17 grams of fat.

For example, 100 grams of grilled cod fillet contains 105 calories and 1 gram of fat, while the same weight of fried fish contains 232 calories and 12 grams of fat.

→Fried foods, rich in trans fatty acids

Trans fats are considered unhealthy fats and are now banned by the WHO.

It is formed by hydrogenation of unsaturated fats and is hydrogenated with high pressure and hydrogen to increase the shelf life and stability of food.

But when polyunsaturated fats are heated to very high temperatures, they can also be hydrogenated to form trans fats.

If you use herbal oil or seed oil for high-temperature frying, it is easy to produce trans fat.

A U.S. study on soybeans and rapeseed oil found that 0.6-4.2% of the fatty acids in soybeans and rapeseed oil are trans fats.

Trans fatty acids increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. One study found that women who ate more portions of fried fish per week had a 48% higher risk of heart failure compared with women who ate only 1-3 portions of fried fish per month.

Trans fatty acids also increase triglyceride levels, reduce LDL particle size, and increase the risk of coronary heart disease.

In addition, trans fats can increase the risk of breast cancer.

Women with high serum levels of trans fats have twice the risk of breast cancer compared with women with low levels of trans fats.

→Trans fats can also affect fetal development.

Babies with high levels of trans fatty acids in their blood have shorter pregnancies. Women with preeclampsia have about 30% higher levels of trans fatty acids in their red blood cells than women without the disease.

→Trans fat makes you fat

A Swedish study found that trans fat can increase insulin resistance in men and lead to abdominal obesity.

Another six-year study showed that monkeys fed a trans fat diet gained 7.2% in weight, while those fed a monounsaturated fat diet gained 1.8%.