Beijing, 30 Jan (CNBC) -- According to the "News Hyperlink" of the Voice of China of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, the Spring Festival is approaching, and now is the day to hurry up and prepare for the New Year. The Table of the Spring Festival must be sumptuous, and the red fire and consummation are the joys unique to the Spring Festival.
At the table of the Spring Festival, there are several dishes that are very special. For example, bacon, in the past, every household would prepare some bacon, bacon, bacon sausages, coupled with spring leagues and red lanterns, and the strong pyrotechnics and New Year flavor would come to the face.
In many people's minds, the taste of the year and the taste of wax are always inseparable. However, with the improvement of people's health concepts, there are more and more sayings that bacon is not very healthy and even causes cancer, which scares many people to avoid it.
Is bacon really unhealthy? Can eating with green vegetables and fruits "neutralize" the risk?
In addition, nuts and oranges are also the classic foods of the Spring Festival, it is said that eating too many oranges will make themselves into "minions", the skin is yellow; and nuts are high in oil and fat, and it is not good to eat too much.
Are these foods really so exquisite to eat? What are the precautions for dining during the Spring Festival?
(Source: CCTV News)
Can bacon cause cancer? How to eat healthy?
Bacon is a processed product made by marinating meat and then baking it. Due to the addition of a large amount of salt in the processing process, and the loss of water to the meat through baking, a high-salt water-scarce environment that is not conducive to the growth of bacteria has been formed, so the antiseptic ability of bacon is strong and the storage time is longer. Dr. Yun Wuxin of Biological and Food Engineering pointed out that of course, this does not mean that bacon does not have the risk of spoilage and deterioration, if the dehydration is not enough or the salt is insufficient, the bacteria and parasites attached to it will multiply.
Although the unique production method gives bacon a unique flavor and gives it a mouth-watering ability, it also brings carcinogens to it. Yun Wuxin introduced that bacon is mainly made of pork, beef and mutton as raw materials, which contains heme, and during processing, heme will be converted into amines. Animal experiments have shown that amines show carcinogenicity.
So can bacon still be eaten? Or is it feasible to wash and boil and remove carcinogens? No, eating with some green fruits and vegetables can always "neutralize", right?
Yun Wuxin said that there was no need to struggle with this. Scientific data show that if you eat more than 50 grams of bacon a day and insist on eating it for many years, the risk of colorectal cancer will increase by 20%, while the risk of colorectal cancer in a person who does not eat bacon is 2%. In other words, whether you eat bacon or not, the risk of colorectal cancer is there. Therefore, the way to eat bacon healthily is to eat it in moderation.
As for washed and boiled bacon, carcinogens cannot be removed, but it is worth affirming that this can reduce salt intake, and fruit and vegetable combinations also help to balance nutrition.
Will eating too much sugar orange become a "minion"?
In addition to "hard dishes" like meat, fruits are also an indispensable food for the Spring Festival. Recently, sugar oranges have rushed to the hot search. At a time when a large number of sugar oranges are on the market, many people can't stop eating sugar oranges at all, saying that "how much I can eat depends on how much I have at home", "My mother's speed of buying can't catch up with the speed of my eating.".
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But some people also remind that sugar oranges should not be eaten more, eat more people's skin will turn yellow, easy to eat themselves as "minions".
In this regard, Yun Wuxin pointed out that it is true that sugar oranges will become "minions" when eaten, and not only sugar oranges, citrus fruits will have a similar reaction, because such fruits contain β-carotene, which is yellow. When we ingest large amounts, it spreads to the capillaries, giving the skin a yellowish appearance.
However, the probability of this phenomenon is not large, and Yun wuxin supplements, and the situation of eating himself as a "minion" is a minority. If it does occur, as long as you stop eating in time, you can recover on your own after a few days, and there is no harm to health.
Pistachios can't eat more? My happiness is gone?
In the past, we often said that eating more nuts is good for health, but then it was rumored that "a handful of nuts and a handful of oil", such as pistachios, macadamia nuts, almonds, peanuts, melon seeds and other nuts The calorie and fat content is actually very high, many people are actually not suitable for eating a lot of nuts, is this really the case?
Yun Wuxin affirmed this statement, but at the same time said that it cannot be generalized, because nuts are rich in high-quality protein, minerals, vitamins, dietary fiber content are high, and fat is mainly unsaturated fat, which is healthier than saturated fat. Yun Wuxin recommends consuming about 25 grams of nuts per day, which is beneficial for cardiovascular health.
Every festive season to gain three pounds, the Spring Festival is always inevitable to eat big fish and meat. For the holiday diet, Yun Wuxin stressed that no matter what good things should be tasted and stopped. Remember: eat more vegetables and drink less alcohol, balance nutrition and control food.
Producer: Guo Jing
Reporter: Fu Zhao Hejia
Editor: Pan Yuwei Yang Ran