Mistakes to avoid when using a blender

Blenders are the secret to success for housewives. However, overusing them can have serious health effects.

Below are some mistakes when using a blender that you need to refer to in order to avoid:

Children get sick because their mothers abuse blenders

Seeing that the amount of vegetables and meat mixed with porridge and rice will be absorbed by the child's body, many mothers use blenders to blend food for their children until they are 3-4 years old. Because they think that way, their children will eat enough of the 4 groups of nutrients, ensuring nutrition and speed, "just force the child to open his mouth, and he will definitely... swallow".

According to nutritionists, this is a misconception. Pureeing food will cause the baby to have a swallowing reflex, skipping the chewing stage, gastric juice will not be stimulated, there will be no appetite, and over time the baby will become lazy to eat.

Moreover, because they are bored with the "mixed" porridge, many babies protest by vomiting. If this continues, it will cause ulcers in the baby's esophagus and stomach. Adults know about babies who can vomit. In many cases, babies have reflux but only halfway through and then it falls into the lungs, causing a prolonged cough similar to asthma.

Therefore, the advice of nutrition experts is not to overuse blenders to grind food for children. Children should gradually get used to raw food according to their age.

Do not use hot water to clean the blender.

Thinking that hot water can disinfect and clean the blender faster, many people pour hot water directly into the blender to rinse the jar. However, this will cause the jar to crack easily and the plastic smell will stick to the food.

So after grinding, you should soak it in water and use a soft cloth to clean the machine parts. Rinse the blender under the tap and shake vigorously to wash away any remaining food. Avoid leaving food stuck for a long time because it will make cleaning the blender more difficult.

Do not grind many ingredients at the same time

Many people when preparing food for young children have the habit of putting both raw and cooked food into the same blender, then reheating it. According to nutrition experts, doing so is very unsafe because it is very easy for the raw food to not be fully cooked, and the risk of cross-contamination can easily attack young children.

Another mistake when making a smoothie is that many people put all the ingredients in at the same time. This is a misconception because the blender cannot blend ingredients of different hardness and softness. It is best to put them in the blender one by one, the hard ingredients should be blended first, then the softer ingredients. This will make the smoothie more delicious and the blades will last longer, and the machine will not break down.

Don't forget to unplug and assemble before use.

After use and before disassembling the blender parts for cleaning, you need to unplug the power outlet to ensure safety. Many people forget this step after use. This is also a mistake because putting food into the machine without checking whether the parts are assembled correctly and match or not can easily cause the machine's plastic shell to break, and wear out the gears between the body and the blender jar.

According to Zing.vn