Nowadays, the trend of eating frozen food and packed food is increasing rapidly among the youth. Young people who are short of time and stay away from home often consume such foods. Frozen food is considered bad for health as compared to fresh homemade food. Hydrogenated palm oil is used in frozen foods that are stored for a long time. In which harmful trans fats are found. Apart from this, the amount of starch and glucose is high in this type of food. Many types of chemicals are used to keep frozen and preserved food fresh. All these things together make frozen food and outside food with preservatives dangerous.
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From America to India, the craze for such food has increased rapidly in the last few years all over the world. If we talk about India, the trend of junk food and eating outside has increased a lot among the youth in metro cities. This type of food increases the risk of food infection. Apart from this, this food has a harmful effect on obesity, liver, kidney, heart and every part of the body. Due to the high sodium content in frozen foods, this food causes many problems in the body.
Risk of diabetes – Starch is used to keep such frozen foods fresh. This starch increases the taste of food but it becomes difficult to digest it. By eating such food, the body converts glucose into sugar. Due to increased sugar, the risk of diabetes increases. This also damages the body tissues.
Dangerous for the heart – Eating frozen and processed food increases the risk of heart diseases. Frozen food contains high amounts of trans fats which increases the problem of clot in the arteries. Trans fats increase bad cholesterol in the body and reduce good cholesterol. This increases the risk of heart attack. Also, such food contains high amount of sodium, which also increases BP.
Obesity increases – Frozen food contains high amount of fat, which leads to obesity in the body. This type of food is said to be rich in nutrients, but doctors consider it a slow poison for health. The fat in this food contains twice the calories as compared to carbohydrates or protein. If you eat 1 cup of frozen chicken, then it gives about 600 calories.
Risk of cancer – People who eat more frozen food have a very high risk of cancer. Many researches have shown that eating frozen food, especially frozen meat, increases the chances of pancreatic cancer. According to a study, eating frozen spicy non-veg, hot dogs and sauces increases the risk of cancer by 65 percent.
