"Fried food is unhealthy" is really a saying that I have heard since I was a child. Almost everyone knows it, just like everyone knows that KFC and McDonald's are unhealthy foods, but when we were children, we still You have to score 100 points to get the chance to eat it, and the negative news about them has not stopped them from opening branches all the way. This shows how attractive fried food is. Fried food can actually be rich and diverse, from protein-rich fried fish and fried chicken to various fried vegetables coated in flour. But no matter how high-quality the ingredients are, once they are fried, their nutritional density will be significantly lower. The reason is easy to understand, because the oil content of fried foods is too high. For example, French fries usually contain 30% oil, while fried shredded potatoes have a much lower oil content. So in comparison, fried foods can provide you with too few other nutrients for the same amount of calories.

If you like to eat fried food and eat as much as non-fried food, the result is - you will become nakedly fat!

This is mainly related to the large amount of "acrylamide" present in fried foods. Acrylamide is produced when starch-rich foods are cooked at high temperatures. This substance has been proven to cause cancer in experimental animals, although it has not been confirmed to have the same carcinogenic effect in humans. Therefore, although it cannot be directly stated that fried foods are carcinogenic to humans, in the grading system of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, acrylamide is classified as level 2A - which means that it is "theoretically carcinogenic to humans". . Therefore, cautious and highly "food savvy" foodies should try their best to avoid this hazard; because even if cancer is not considered, the nutritional value for money of fried food is quite low, and the only advantage is that it tastes good.

There is some harm, but as a saying goes, be happy with the pain, and don’t overeat. In fact, it will not cause any irreparable damage to the body, so, occasionally, I get greedy and think about it. It’s still okay to eat it.