Does eating fried dough sticks regularly have any effect?

Additives and oils used to make fried dough sticks can be harmful to the health of the user such as: gastritis, intestinal inflammation, memory loss, osteoporosis...

Additives in fried dough sticks can cause premature aging.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Toan, Head of the Department of Nutrition, Friendship Hospital, fried dough sticks are a delicious and convenient breakfast dish. When making fried dough sticks, people also have to add alum as an additive. 50 grams of dough has about 10 - 12 mg of aluminum, and alum contains aluminum.

During meals, every day people eat about 10 - 80mg of aluminum in food, most of which is excreted in the feces, only a small amount accumulates in the testicles, kidneys, muscles, thyroid gland, bones and brain tissue... Aluminum is also a trace element necessary for the body, which was previously considered to have little effect on health.

But in recent years, through research on dementia in the elderly, scientists have discovered that many elderly people with dementia or mental disorders have aluminum levels in their brains 10-30 times higher than normal people. It is also known that too much aluminum in food will cause premature aging. Aluminum accumulation in the brain causes memory loss and even dullness. Aluminum inhibits the absorption of phosphorus, interferes with the body's calcium metabolism, and makes bones brittle and fragile.

In addition, the oil used to fry fried dough sticks is boiled for a long time in the pan at a relatively high temperature, and is often used repeatedly, so it is easy to create toxins. These toxins, when ingested, will change liver function. During the frying process, the oil comes into contact with air, creating a complex thermal oxidation reaction, producing oxidants. This substance has a relatively strong stimulating effect on the mucosa, so eating a lot of fried dough sticks can easily cause gastritis and intestinal inflammation. Therefore, you should not eat a lot or eat fried dough sticks often, and the elderly should eat even less.

According to Health+