Is baking powder harmful to health if you put too much.

Baking powder is widely used in steamed buns, doughnuts and all kinds of puffed food, playing a role in rapid foaming and crisping. Its main ingredient is potassium aluminum sulfate, aluminum ammonium sulfate that is commonly known as alum. According to the World Health Organization's Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the safe weekly intake of aluminum (PTWI) per person is 2 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, but the actual intake of Chinese people exceeds this value.

Excessive aluminum intake may affect bone and nervous system health. Excessive aluminum intake may lead to osteoporosis, damage to the body's central nervous system, and memory loss. It has also been found to be associated with Alzheimer's disease, but this has not been recognized by the academic community***. There is more consensus in the academic community that aluminum primarily affects bone and nervous system health.

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For the average consumer, if you want to avoid excessive intake of aluminum, in addition to as far as possible to buy food from reliable merchants, you should also pay attention to the following aspects:

1, the northern people eat most of the pasta, aluminum intake is far more than the residents of the South; you can eat pasta, rice, and miscellaneous food with, which also meets the concept of a balanced diet.

2, doughnuts, oil cake, twist and other fried pasta products do not eat every day or eat too much at once. Don't buy overly fluffy steamed buns, buns, steamed cakes or baked or fried pasta products. Need to point out in particular is jellyfish, because "three alum and two water" process determines that it is the highest aluminum content of processed foods. It is recommended to soak in vinegar before eating to reduce the aluminum content.

3. Reduce the use of aluminum utensils and foil, and avoid using aluminum utensils for acidic foods such as tomatoes and vinegar.

People's Daily Online - July 1, steamed bread and other flour products can no longer use "baking powder"