Eating hot pot can easily cause colorectal cancer

Hot pot is boiled for a long time, causing the amino acids of the food to dissolve in the water, producing large amounts of nitrite, a carcinogen.

Eating hot pot is not good for your health. Photo: Health Sina.

According to Health Sina, hot pot is a favorite dish of many people, but few people know that eating hot pot regularly leads to digestive diseases and colorectal cancer. Researchers explain as follows:

Hot pot is often prepared with many fresh ingredients containing a lot of tapeworms such as goat meat, beef, especially pork. If not processed carefully, the parasites in the food are not completely eliminated, when eaten, it will cause digestive diseases. However, if the food is overcooked, it will lose nutrients.

Organs such as the human oral cavity, throat and stomach can only withstand a maximum temperature of 50 to 60 degrees. Eating food that is too hot will damage the stomach lining, causing acute esophagitis and acute gastritis. Food is taken into the body every day, so if the stomach lining is damaged and not treated promptly, it will gradually cause stomach ulcers and even form tumors in the digestive tract.

Hot pot is boiled for a long time, causing the amino acids in the food to dissolve into the water, producing a large amount of nitrite, which is a substance that causes cancer. If you eat hot pot occasionally, it will not have any effect, but eating this dish regularly will easily cause malignant tumors in the digestive tract.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in the digestive system. The main cause of the disease is unscientific diet, especially common in middle-aged people.

The colon is a part of the digestive system. Therefore, experts advise people to increase their awareness of disease prevention by starting with a reasonable diet adjustment. Specifically:

- Reduce foods high in fat. Increase fiber in meals. Eat boiled, steamed, stewed foods, limit grilled and smoked foods.

- Avoid spicy foods, smoking, and alcohol.

- Eat only high quality protein, meals should be light, with lots of vegetables.

- Eat a maximum of 65g of meat per day, and no more than 500g per week. Limit eating pork, goat, and beef, and replace them with fish, shrimp, and white meat.

- Increase foods that have cancer prevention effects such as shiitake mushrooms, onions, garlic, star fruit, asparagus...

- Remember to add fruits and vegetables daily, especially carrots, tomatoes, squash, oranges, tangerines, watermelon, strawberries... to supplement vitamin C and carotene.

- Eat an appropriate amount of walnuts, peanuts, dairy products, lean meat, and seafood to supplement vitamin E. Pay attention to eating foods rich in trace elements such as fish, mushrooms, malt, etc.

- Replace part of staple foods such as rice and wheat flour with secondary foods such as corn, cassava, potatoes, beans, etc.

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