Five cooking habits that cause cancer

Many people are sure that homemade food – much better than the restaurant one. But in reality this is not always the case.

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You may not even know it, but your kitchen can be full of cancer-causing hazards. It's about bad food habits.

  1. Put food in steaming oil. For the most part, the oil that is sold instores, – This is refined oil. That is, many impurities have already been removed from it, due to which it begins to smoke. This means that the smoking oil – hot oil, and at such a temperature carcinogens are formed in it, and if you put food in it, the nutrients will disappear from them due to too high a temperature.

  2. Switch off the hood as soon as the food is cooked.. In this case, your kitchen may still beafter cooking it is filled with oil fumes. Such fumes have a bad effect on the condition of the skin, can negatively affect the respiratory system, cause dizziness, nausea, discomfort in the nasopharynx, a feeling of tightness in the chest and other not very pleasant symptoms. In addition, it has been scientifically proven that such vapors – one of the main factors in the development of lung cancer. Therefore, after you finish cooking, let the hood run for about three to five minutes.

  1. Do not wash the pan after frying on it. Many continue to cook in a skillet, evenwithout cleaning it before. This is dangerous because when the oil is reheated, benzpyrene begins to form. And this is one of the carcinogens that provoke cancer. Also, food particles can remain in the pan, and this can also affect the development of cancer.

  2. Use the oil multiple times. Because of this, the carcinogen benzpyrene is formed, and the oil itself is also oxidized.

  3. Too much salt in food. If for a long time there are very salty foods, then the likelihood of developing hypertension and other heart diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke) will increase.

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