Should You Reheat Food: Nowadays people are short of time. Due to office work, many people do not get time to cook food. In such a situation, they prepare food once a day and keep reheating it and eating it again and again. Especially in winter, people like to reheat food and eat it again and again. Do you know that repeatedly heating food can be harmful to your health? Yes, it may sound strange, but this is absolutely true. Due to repeated heating, many such changes occur in the food, which may not be visible visually, but have an effect on the body.
According to health experts, instead of reheating food again and again, food should be cooked and eaten fresh. Repeated heating of food can reduce its nutrients and sometimes even change its structure. Repeated heating of pulses, vegetables, leafy green vegetables, eggs and chicken can be harmful. Due to this, the quality of Vitamin B, Vitamin C and protein present in these things reduces. Due to this, the body does not get adequate nutrition and in the long run, problems like weakness, fatigue and reduced immunity can start. Sometimes bacteria also increase in them, which has a bad effect on health.
Experts say that if cooked food is kept at room temperature for a long time, bacteria start growing rapidly in it. When such food is heated repeatedly, not all bacteria are destroyed, but some toxins become stronger. Eating these can cause problems like food poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach ache and fever. Rice, noodles, chicken and seafood are more harmful when reheated. The structure of some food items gets spoiled by repeated heating. When spinach and beetroot are heated again, nitrates are converted into nitrites, which is considered harmful for the body. Toxins of bacteria called Bacillus cereus can increase in rice. When reheated, eggs and chicken spoil the structure of the protein, which causes problems in digestion.
Repeated heating of food cooked in oil increases trans-fat, which is harmful for the heart. Many people heat food in the microwave, but the microwave is not able to heat the food evenly. This means that some parts remain undercooked and the bacteria remain alive. Apart from this, microparticles or harmful chemicals from plastic containers kept in the microwave can leach into the food, which can increase hormonal imbalance and other health related problems.
Now the question is how to store food for a long time? On this, experts say that hot food should be kept in the refrigerator within 2 hours and use airtight containers. Always heat food once, do not heat it again and again. Do not keep leftover food for more than 24 hours. Remove the food from the refrigerator, boil it thoroughly and heat it. With these small steps you can avoid health problems and make food safer.
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