The days when you could get a hot meal straight away when it was time to eat have also become a memory. The queue for hot meals has become the norm, and when you finally get to eat, you can't help but worry: this is one or more nights' worth of meals, and can you eat them after heating them up?
A. Don't worry, overnight meals don't cause cancer!
The idea that overnight meals can cause cancer is still a concern, as is the fact that the amount of nitrites in the meal will increase after the overnight meal. However, nitrite itself is not carcinogenic. It can only cause cancer if it works with the protein intermediate product amine to produce nitrosamines in our body.
We buy fresh dishes to do, do a good job after the scientific storage, you can very well control the amount of nitrite in overnight meals. And the amount of nitrite in overnight meals is actually much less than cooked meat products, pickled vegetables and so on. The latter can be eaten, overnight meals can naturally be eaten.
So there's no need to worry about the carcinogenicity of overnight meals, but there are a few tips that can help you eat deliciously and healthily.
How to mix and match more healthy
Young people need a day of calories in the 1800 - 2300 kcal, you can use the lunch box divided into columns of the method to plan how to mix and match:
The first column of staple food: grains, cereals, potatoes
The second column of protein: fish, meat, eggs, milk, soy products
The third column of mineral, vitamin, dietary fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, and other food products. Dietary fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and algae
This allows for a balanced diet and nutrition, while the calorie ratio is not too unbalanced.
Choosing more suitable ingredients for boxed lunches
Non-leafy vegetables such as melons, eggplant and fruits vs Leafy vegetables
Leafy vegetables are not recommended to be left overnight, especially stir-fried leafy greens, which tend to yellow and wilt when covered, and are better suited to be cooked on the same day by steaming or scalding in boiling water. In contrast, non-leafy melon, eggplant and fruit, root vegetables are easier to handle.
Rice VS pasta, noodles, flour, steamed bread
Noodles, fans are easy to pile bloating, fried noodles, spaghetti, fried rice noodles, etc. back to the temperature is easy to be too dry, steamed bread does not master the heating essentials will become chewy ...... than pasta and rice, rice is undoubtedly the preferred lunch box, but also can be used in the coarse grains, grains and cereals to replace.
Suitable for the second heating VS not suitable for the second heating, frying and grilling class
Some ingredients in the meat pursuit of crisp or soft texture, not suitable for the second heating. For example, pig liver, cashew flower, beef peper and other internal organs, as well as fried, pan-fried, grilled dishes, there will be a difference in texture.
How to eat healthy overnight meals
Best not to bring coleslaw
Vegetables are cut up and mixed with a tasty juice, which is a microbial paradise. If we don't store our meals at a low enough temperature, we can't keep the microbes from proliferating. This may even cause us food poisoning.
So coleslaw is safer to go home and eat now.
In advance of the packaging, in time to put the refrigerator
In the preparation of the next day's lunch, we need to be timely to do a good job of the dishes out of the packaging to the lunch box. It's too late to wait until the food has been eaten or cooled.
This is because chopsticks bring bacteria in our saliva into the food. And during the cooling process, airborne microorganisms can also spread to the food.
And the longer a meal is left to cool at room temperature, the easier it is for microbes to grow. So it's important to put your lunchbox meals in the fridge as soon as possible while they're still hot.
When you put a hot lunch box into the refrigerator immediately, the hot air in the lunch box shrinks when it gets cold, which creates a negative pressure on the lunch box to seal it more tightly. The microorganisms outside want to enter the lunch box, that is really no way, naturally, more secure.
Some people may worry that a hot meal in the fridge will "hurt" the fridge and shorten its life. In fact, it will just cost a little more electricity!
Thoroughly heat through before eating, and try not to heat repeatedly
Heating before eating should be thorough, which is the last step of all the safety aspects of bringing meals.
Everyone using the microwave oven to heat up the words need to try to heat a little more, to avoid part of the meal has been hot, part of the situation is still cool.
Some rice groups may make several days' worth of meals at a time, so it is recommended to heat only half of the meal. By avoiding repeated reheating, you'll minimize the loss of vitamins and some antioxidants in the meal.
With these tips, you can eat overnight meals in the company with more confidence.
(YFL)