Today, I'm going to talk to you about whether you can eat overnight meals. The so-called overnight meals are leftovers that you can't finish. For Anzi, overnight meals are very familiar. When I was a child, there were leftovers that I couldn't finish every day at home, and I could only save them for the next meal. In fact, sometimes I just deliberately cooked too much, because in hot weather, eating leftovers is less likely to burn my mouth than just cooked rice, and I am addicted to eating.

Then why not cook it the next day and eat it when it's cold? You don't know, my parents get up early every day, cook meals and go out to work, so they don't have much time to wait. You can also cook fried rice with leftovers. Stir-fry with some oil, salt and monosodium glutamate. It's really delicious!

However, according to the improvement of people's living standards, people pay more and more attention to their health, so some people say that eating too much overnight meals is not good for their health. As early as February 20 12, a Weibo article "Eating overnight meals has a 3.6 times higher risk of gastric cancer" was very popular on the Internet, and then a well-known doctor thought it was unreliable. Originally, An Zi was puzzled by the news that eating overnight meals was bad for his health. After all, we used to eat overnight meals, and we didn't see any physical condition. So An Zi learned about the harm of overnight meals on the Internet, which is quite reasonable. So what harm does overnight meals do to people's health?

What are the hazards of overnight meals?

First of all, overnight rice is definitely not as good as fresh rice, because it will have a lot of microorganisms if it is kept for a long time, and eating too much will affect the body, such as sometimes stomachache and diarrhea. Therefore, the leftovers should be well preserved. If they are not well preserved, there may be more harmful substances in the food, resulting in a large number of bacteria. The longer they are left, the more harmful ingredients there may be. If they turn sour and sour, throw them away quickly. The hotter the weather, the shorter the preservation time.

Furthermore, we all say that the fresher the food, the more nutritious it will be. If the food is kept for a long time, the nutrients will be lost over time, which will lead to malnutrition. Therefore, it is not recommended for children to eat more overnight meals, because children are in the growth and development period and should eat more fresh food.

And as An Zi said earlier, eating overnight meals can also be addictive. When it becomes a habit, eating it all the time may affect your health, and you can't cry if you want to.

That overnight meal is harmful. Can you still eat it? There is no doubt that it is edible. Overnight rice can be eaten as long as it is not spoiled. In fact, the starch of overnight rice will be converted into resistant starch, which is very beneficial to people who want to lose weight. From the perspective of healthy eating, there is nothing wrong with reminding young people to eat less overnight rice.

How to eat overnight meals?

Generally speaking, leftover food should be heated, such as fried rice as An Zi said, or it can be preheated again to raise the internal temperature of food. These two methods are also commonly used in An Zi to eat overnight meals, which are really effective, otherwise eating too much will lead to diarrhea. There are also overnight meals that can't be stored for too long, especially in hot summer. It is recommended to store them in the refrigerator to avoid spoilage.

There are ways to avoid eating overnight meals, such as throwing them out or eating them that night. In order to avoid waste and carry forward the traditional virtue of saving, it is recommended that you cook meals moderately according to your own or the whole family's appetite.