What harm does eating barbecue (including carbon barbecue and electric barbecue) have to human body?

1. The grilled food looks tender, and some meat is not cooked, even raw meat. If uncooked raw meat is unqualified meat, such as "rice and pork", consumers may be infected with parasites and bury the hidden danger of cerebral cysticercosis.

2, charcoal barbecue food will produce carcinogens. Most barbecues use charcoal as fuel, and benzopyrene and other substances produced in barbecues will directly pollute food. Animal products used for baking will produce carcinogenic nitrosamines if they are marinated for too long, stored improperly or processed and cooked in a way that does not meet the hygiene requirements.

3. Hidden carcinogens: In Maillard reaction, nucleic acids and most amino acids in meat undergo gene mutation when they are decomposed by heat, which may lead to cancer. In addition, in the barbecue environment, some carcinogens will enter the human body through the skin, respiratory tract, digestive tract and other ways to induce cancer.

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Pay attention to eating barbecue.

If you want to eat, you should choose a regular barbecue restaurant with good sanitary conditions to ensure food safety, reduce the intake of toxic and harmful substances and avoid the occurrence of acute gastroenteritis and other diseases. Don't treat barbecue as a midnight snack, don't eat too late or too much, control calories and reduce the intake of high fat and salt. Stay away from open flames when barbecuing, and apply some barbecue sauce to reduce carcinogens.

Eat more fresh vegetables, fruits and fermented dairy products, ensure adequate intake of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, increase antioxidant effect and promote the discharge of carcinogens. When eating barbecue, you should drink less and drink less. Barbecue meat and alcohol are prone to gout, and drinking too many drinks will lead to obesity due to intake of a lot of sugar.

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