Trans fatty acid can be called the “killer” of harvesting life. It takes away nearly 500,000 people around the world every year. Many middle-aged and elderly people suffer from cardiovascular disease because of it, and many young people suffer from it. more intake.
Many people feel unfamiliar with this name, and they may feel that trans fatty acids are far away from themselves, but they do not know that it is hidden by our side.
What are trans fatty acids?
Trans fatty acids are the general term for unsaturated fatty acids with trans double bond structure. There are two main types of trans fatty acids commonly found in our lives. One is natural, and the other is synthetic.
Natural trans fatty acids are commonly found in natural foods such as milk, meat, and human milk. Natural trans fatty acids will not damage the body. So it is called good fatty acid.
The synthetic trans fatty acid is usually used in food processing, it will make the food taste better, the shelf life is longer, and the appearance is better, which can attract people’s appetite and desire to buy. Eating too much of this synthetic trans fatty acid can damage your health.
Trans fatty acids are okay to eat in small amounts. The WHO stipulates that there is an intake standard, which is no more than 1% of the total calories of the food, that is to say Do not exceed 2 grams.
But eating too much will increase the metabolic burden of the liver, increase blood pressure, increase blood lipids, disturb insulin secretion, accumulate fat in the body, cause obesity, induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, endanger brain health, and cause memory loss. decrease, induce dementia, etc.
Since trans fatty acids are so harmful to the body, why do people still knowingly eat them?
This is because many people do not know which foods contain trans fatty acids. Sometimes when buying certain foods, they see that there is no trans fatty acid marked on them, and they think that they are not healthy foods. Trans fatty acids have many aliases. It is also called vegetable hydrogenated oil, margarine, shortening, refined non-dairy creamer, butter, margarine, etc., so you need to pay attention to these words when you see these words in the food ingredient list.
There are a lot of “trans fatty acids” secretly hidden in the six types of food. For health, try to keep your mouth shut
1, oil Fried food: fried dough sticks, oil cakes, twist, fried chicken, French fries, etc.;
2. Desserts, biscuits: egg yolk pie, chocolate, cake, meringue moon cake, wafer, milk-flavored biscuits, cookies Biscuits, etc.;
3. Drinks: coffee, milk tea, coffee mate, etc.;
4, puffed food: potato chips, snow Cakes, shrimp sticks, etc.;
5. Fast food: instant noodles, ham sausage, processed canned food, etc.;
6. Sauce: tomato sauce, salad dressing, etc.;
In addition, it should be noted in life that some of the fats in vegetable oils will become trans-fatty acids under high temperature conditions. Therefore, when cooking dishes, we try to minimize high-temperature frying and other methods, and pay attention to the marked ingredients when buying vegetable oil. The daily amount of edible oil should also be controlled within 30 grams.
After hearing so much, you must have understood the dangers of trans fatty acids. In daily life, you should eat less of the above 6 kinds of foods that contain trans fatty acids.
If you really want to eat, then stick to two principles:
First, try to reduce your intake every time you eat , reduce the burden on the body;
Second, control the frequency of consumption. For example, you can set a standard for yourself, like eating french fries once a month, and don’t overdo it each time you eat.
In addition, it is recommended that people with high blood lipids, high blood pressure and fatty liver can usually use Qingliu, burdock root and mulberry leaf. , cassia seeds, pueraria, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, sea buckthorn, hawthorn, corn silk and other natural herbal materials, according to the formula of traditional Chinese medicine made into Qing Qian Liu burdock tea to drink, it can reduce blood lipids, blood pressure , blood sugar, maintenance of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular are of great help.
If you insist on this regularly, you can control the intake of trans fatty acids. Only by turning off a good diet will our body be healthier.