7 kitchen mistakes that poison your family

Adding MSG to food that is being cooked on the stove, reusing cooking oil, simmering meat in fish sauce for hours, or letting sugar burn... makes food toxic to health, according to Indiatimes.

braised meat

Boiling meat with spices for hours is a cooking habit of many housewives. However, this is not the optimal way to cook because meat boiled for too long absorbs a large amount of salt, causing the food to lose nutrients and is not good for people with high blood pressure.

Deep fry

This is an unhealthy way to cook food. You should limit deep frying foods because this method increases the amount of saturated fat in the food. Deep frying foods in oil is an attractive dish but is also a major reason for weight gain and high cholesterol. Use paper towels to absorb excess oil from foods if you cook using this method.

Deep frying food in oil. Photo: DF

Using too much salt and MSG

Many people have the habit of adding a lot of salt and MSG to their food to make it more flavorful. However, you should not overuse spices in cooking because in the long run, they put pressure on the kidneys to eliminate them. In particular, do not add MSG to dishes that are too hot or boiling at high temperatures on the stove, as this can easily cause MSG degeneration. At this time, the dish will not only change the flavor but also form sodium and pyroglutamate, which are harmful to health.

Cut vegetables before washing

Chopping vegetables into small pieces before washing is a habit of many people. This makes it difficult to wash away all the chemicals and dirt on the leaves, and minerals and nutrients are significantly lost when the leaves are cut into pieces and soaked in water. Leave the leaves whole, wash each side of the leaf before chopping.

Roast

Grilling meat and vegetables brings delicious flavor to dishes but at the same time can affect health. Grilling meat directly or indirectly on charcoal smoke or gas stoves creates chemical intermediates such as aromatic amines, heterocyclic amines... causing cell mutations and cancer.

Reusing cooking oil for frying

Do not regret the amount of cooking oil that has been prepared and reuse it. Cooking oil that has been used for cooking destroys the vitamins and nutrients in the oil, and through the process of heat exposure, harmful substances appear, and invisible dirt residue appears. Regularly using cooking oil increases the risk of cancer.

burnt road

Braised, fried and deep-fried dishes often use sugar to marinate food. Fried dishes should be kept at moderate temperatures to avoid caramelizing the sugar, causing the food to burn, char, and coagulate the protein.

According to VNE