To hide it, almost all of our favorite dishes are harmful. However, it should be clearly understood that the "uselessness" of, for example, chips and soda is not only due to too much salt or sugar in them. Our favorite foods and drinks contain a real poison that is slowly killing us from the inside out.
1. Chips
Chips are the most popular snack in the world, and they are also the most harmful. Potatoes themselves are very useful, but it is the method of making chips that makes the product unhealthy. Chips are prepared like this: thinly sliced potato slices are fried, immersed in a large amount of oil, adding a huge amount of sugar, salt and other harmful preservatives and chemical additives. It is believed that an addiction to chips is the main cause of obesity due to the high content of trans fats. However, these same trans fats cause the body much more trouble than a few extra pounds.
In its natural form, trans fats are found only in a small number of products, but they are present in most products on grocery store shelves - vegetable fats are chemically converted into trans fats to increase the shelf life of products. Chips are almost entirely made up of trans fats, which not only have no nutritional value, but also increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases by increasing the level of "bad" cholesterol in the body, and at the same time reducing the level of "good". Many researchers believe that trans fats can trigger diabetes, depression, and Alzheimer's disease.
2. Leaf lettuce
A favorite dish of adherents of a healthy lifestyle is, of course, a salad of fresh vegetables and herbs. Salads are healthy, nutritious and delicious, besides they help not to gain too much weight. But very few people realize that the leaves of green salads, such as the banal lettuce, are a secret repository of E.coli bacteria, which causes deadly diseases.
E. coli are bacteria present in sufficient quantities in the intestines of humans and animals. Most bacteria are harmless, but one of them, O157:H7, causes a dangerous disease in the human body that can even lead to death. Symptoms include severe diarrhea, stomach pain for 9 days, and sometimes hemolytic-uremic syndrome (especially in children and the elderly). Previously, it was believed that dangerous E. coli is present in poorly fried meat, but recent studies have confirmed that lettuce infected with E. coli is one of the most common sources of E. coli.
3. Carbonated drinks
The huge amount of sugar contained in a small jar of any carbonated drink is, of course, extremely harmful to teeth, can cause diabetes and lead to obesity. However, soda can be a deadly product, and its effect on the body can be much more devastating than tooth decay and a few extra pounds.
The high concentration of caffeine in soda provokes insomnia and develops a feeling of anxiety, a large amount of sodium benzoate leads to hyperactivity and damages the DNA chain. And DNA damage can cause diseases of varying severity and death. Moreover, orthophosphoric acid, found in a number of carbonated drinks, leaches calcium from bones, reducing their strength and provoking the development of osteoporosis. Love spinning the reels? Try your luck with chicken road , the hottest new slot game for UK players.
