Leftovers refer to some dishes that are not eaten after cooking. Especially during the holiday period, most people will fry a lot of dishes at once, and there will be a situation where the food is left.
For some elderly people, it is customary to cook more meals each time. The rest of the meals are stored in the refrigerator or cupboard, and they will continue to be eaten at the next meal, even on day 2.
But many people believe that meals should not be eaten overnight, otherwise, it will cause great harm to health.
So, can leftovers be eaten overnight? Below, let's take a closer look at it.
Can I continue to eat leftovers overnight?
Whether leftovers can be eaten overnight depends on how the leftovers are stored. If you can store it, you can still eat it. But if it is not stored properly, it will indeed lead to the growth of a large number of bacteria and some toxic substances.
In addition, it is also decided according to the type of leftovers. In particular, the following 6 kinds of overnight leftovers are best not to continue to eat.
Below, let's take a closer look at what kinds of leftovers there are, and you can't continue to eat them overnight.
Which leftovers should not be eaten overnight?
1. Cold mixed vegetables
When making cold dishes themselves, a variety of condiments are used, especially salt and garlic.
If you eat it overnight, not only will the taste change very much, but it will also breed a lot of bacteria and nitrite ingredients, which can easily cause bloating, diarrhea, and abdominal pain after eating.
2. Seafood
Especially some shellfish foods, do not continue to eat if overnight. Seafood foods contain a lot of protein, but after these proteins are cooked, they will be quickly decomposed by bacteria in a short period of time, without any edible value. Moreover, more protein degradants will be produced, which will cause liver and kidney damage to varying degrees.
3. Chinese cabbage
Once the cooked Cabbage is stored for too long, it will produce a very large amount of nitrite components. After this component enters the body, it is very likely to be converted into nitrosamines.
Nitrosamines are forced carcinogens, and once consumed for a long time, they will cause great damage to the digestive tract and even increase the risk of cancer.
4. Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut itself contains a lot of nitrites, and sauerkraut in the process of fermentation, will also breed a large number of harmful substances to the human body. Once sauerkraut becomes overnight, it will contain a lot of nitrites, which will have a very big impact on the digestive tract.
5. Green leafy vegetables
All leafy green vegetables also have a large number of vitamins, and after cooking and overnight, the vitamins contained in them are almost gone and have no edible value. It also contains a lot of nitrate components, which will cause greater stimulation to the gastrointestinal tract.
6. Mushrooms
In particular, once the two foods of white fungus and fungus are not eaten on the first day, they must not be eaten on the second day. These foods contain a large number of colloidal components, once left for too long, will breed a large number of bacteria, and even some toxins will appear.
After consumption, there will not only be damage to the gastrointestinal tract, but also endanger the health of the liver and kidneys.
All in all, whether leftovers can continue to be eaten the next day depends on how the leftovers are preserved and the type of leftovers.
In particular, some leftovers that are not properly preserved must not be eaten. For the above 6 types of leftovers, as well as some semi-cooked eggs and soups, do not continue to eat them after overnight.
For other leftovers, they must be thoroughly heated before they can be eaten the next day. And don't eat leftovers for a long time.
Otherwise, it is not only easy to cause malnutrition, but also induce various diseases, which are more harmful to health.