1, only calories, no nutrition.
Convenient foods, such as instant noodles, are generally foods with high fat, high salt, low minerals and vitamins, and do not have comprehensive nutrients, such as fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and water. The main ingredients of instant noodles are a small amount of monosodium glutamate, salt, carbohydrates and condiments. Its condiments such as chicken, chicken juice, shrimp juice, etc., chicken, chicken juice, shrimp meat content is small, lack of vegetables. Therefore, instant noodles can only provide heat and no nutrition.
According to the investigation of nutritionists, 16% of people who eat instant food for a long time are zinc deficient, 20% suffer from eye diseases due to vitamin A deficiency, 23% suffer from vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 54% suffer from iron deficiency anemia and 60% suffer from malnutrition. In addition, convenience foods contain certain "artificial fats" (trans fatty acids), which have a considerable negative impact on the cardiovascular system.
2. Preservatives and essences can damage the liver.
Food additives in instant noodles;
salt
Excessive salt intake is prone to hypertension and aggravates the burden on the kidneys, while the salt content of instant noodles is obviously high. The World Health Organization recommends that the daily salt content should not exceed 6 grams, and a packet of instant noodles should contain about 6 grams of salt, which has reached this figure.
phosphate
Phosphate can improve the taste of instant noodles. However, too much phosphorus intake will make the calcium in the body unable to be fully utilized, accelerate the discharge of calcium, and easily lead to tooth loss, bone deformation, osteoporosis and even fractures.
oil
Fried instant noodles can reduce the moisture in noodles and extend the shelf life. Most instant noodles are fried. However, after oxidation, oil becomes "lipid peroxide" and accumulates in blood vessels or other organs, which will accelerate human aging and cause atherosclerosis, and easily lead to coronary heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage, kidney disease and so on.
antioxygen
From making instant noodles to eating, it takes as short as one or two months and as long as one or two years. Among them, antioxidants and other chemicals are slowly deteriorating, which is harmful to human body.
It should be said that the convenience of qualified quality is harmless to human body. But experts suggest that it is best to eat less or no instant noodles, and if you do, don't eat more than twice a week. When eating instant noodles, you can add some colorful vegetables rich in vitamins, such as spinach and green peppers, to reduce the harm of additives to the human body; You can pour out the soup of instant noodles and add boiling water or other soups to reduce harmful substances such as salt; When you need to eat instant noodles for a long time under special circumstances, you should pay attention to supplementing nutritious foods such as fresh eggs, vegetables, fruits and aquatic products; It is best to buy instant noodles while eating, and put them in a cool and dry place to avoid oil oxidation. Storage time should not be too long.
Cookies: One of the world-famous "junk food"
Many people like to choose biscuits as snacks or snacks. Biscuits (excluding low-temperature baking and graham crackers) are essential foods for people's breakfast and travel. The survey shows that the average annual consumption of biscuits in China is about 1 1,000 grams, that in developed countries is 25,000-35,000 grams, and that in moderately developed countries is 1 200- 1 8,000 grams.
Although biscuits are crisp and sweet to eat, they are high in calories, convenient and harmful to health. In 2004, the World Health Organization listed biscuits (excluding low-temperature baking and graham crackers) as "junk food".