Recently, the temperature has plummeted in many areas, and the hot sugar-fried chestnuts on the street are very popular. Peeling off the thin shell, the chestnut kernels inside were sweet and soft, and I couldn't help but eat a large packet. But I don't know if you have heard of this statement, it looks good, the bright color of the sugar fried chestnuts are likely to be added to the industrial paraffin wax, eat too much will also cause cancer! Seeing this, is it that the chestnuts in your hand are not fragrant?
Why should sugar-fried chestnuts be fried with persimmons?
Many people think, sugar fried chestnuts with paraffin? Is it the small stones inside that are tricking the ghosts? In fact, the method of frying chestnuts and stones together is like "salt baking" and other processes. Through the fast heating of the stone, the performance of fast heat conduction can quickly reach the temperature required for roasting chestnuts, and give the moisture in the fried chestnuts in a short period of time to lock in the aroma.
The stone itself does not have the problem of paraffin oil. Paraffin oil itself is mineral oil, and some black-hearted merchants will add lower-cost industrial paraffin oil to the process of roasting chestnuts, so that the fried chestnuts look more oily.
However, these industrial paraffins may enhance the color of chestnuts while retaining heavy metals such as mercury and lead. Regular intake of this substance is likely to cause mercury poisoning, lead poisoning, induce anemia, liver and kidney damage, arteriosclerosis and other problems.
Seeing this, many people panicked, this kind of chestnut containing industrial paraffin wax can not be eaten! How can this be done?
In fact, we don't have to be too anxious, from the sugar fried chestnuts in the industrial paraffin residue, people only eat a lot of chestnuts with industrial paraffin in one day, it is possible to cause heavy metal poisoning. And the paraffin on the sugar-fried chestnuts is mostly attached to the shell. Try to choose unopened chestnuts, and peel them by hand before eating, the amount of heavy metals ingested is relatively small.
Most importantly, not all of this inferior industrial paraffin wax is added to sugar-fried chestnuts, and as long as people find good shops and avoid excessive consumption, they don't have to worry too much about the heavy metals left in sugar-fried chestnuts.
If you are still not at ease, you can make chestnuts in another way.
Now many people have tools such as rice cookers at home, in addition to buying sugar and fried chestnuts outside, you can also make chestnuts at home, such as steamed chestnuts, boiled chestnuts, chestnut roast meat, stewed chestnuts and so on. By buying fresh chestnuts home, making an opening with a knife and blanching them in water, you can easily remove the outer chestnut shells and chestnut hairs. The peeled chestnut meat is then cooked to your liking, and the taste is also very good.
Chestnuts are good, but don't be gluttonous
In the eyes of Chinese medicine, chestnuts are a special nut. The fat content is low and the protein is not much, but the carbohydrate content is very high, reaching more than 40%, and it tastes soft and soft, more like grain.
And compared with walnuts, peanuts and other nuts, the vitamin content in chestnuts is also very high, containing more abundant vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and other nutrients, as well as magnesium, iron, zinc and other minerals.
Because there is more carbon in chestnuts, there is also a saying that there are 6 chestnuts and a bowl of rice. The calories produced per 100 grams of chestnuts are about 214 kcal, while rice is only 116 kcal per 100 grams. Buy back a pack of chestnuts, if you don't care about your mouth, keep eating, the calories generated can not be ignored, people who want to lose weight should be careful.
Remind 3 types of people to avoid eating too much chestnut and be careful of injuries
The first category: people who want to lose weight eat less chestnuts
As mentioned earlier, the calories of chestnuts are relatively high, and eating too much is likely to lead to excessive calorie intake by the human body and easy to gain weight. In particular, chestnuts that have already opened their mouths will add some extra sugar in the process of roasting chestnuts, which is higher in calories.
The second category: patients with hyperglycemia
If you eat it as a snack, it may invisibly lead to an increase in blood sugar, which is very detrimental to stabilizing blood sugar after a meal. But if you can find a reasonable way, such as replacing part of the staple food with chestnuts, you may also be able to eat less.
The third category: people with stomach diseases such as gastric ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux
Chestnuts are nuts, high-starch foods, and are more difficult to digest. And eating too much in chestnuts is easy to have problems such as flatulence and acid reflux. For patients with gastric diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, indigestion, gastric ulcer, etc., it will aggravate stomach discomfort and be detrimental to the recovery of the disease.
It is recommended that people eat no more than 4-5 chestnuts a day, and if they are relatively small, no more than 10, which is also to avoid health effects.
When it's cold, holding a steaming bag of chestnuts creates a sense of well-being. However, when you think that sugar-fried chestnuts may contain carcinogens such as industrial paraffin, you can't help but worry. After reading this article, people should be able to know that although industrial paraffin may cause heavy metal mercury and lead residues, as long as you choose to buy in a regular store, or avoid contact with open chestnuts, control the amount of food, and do not worry too much about the risk of carcinogenicity.
For people who like to eat chestnuts, it is also important to know that chestnuts have more carbohydrate and high calories. For 3 types of people, although chestnuts are delicious, it is not recommended to eat more, which is likely to lead to excessive calories, induce obesity, increase blood sugar, and even aggravate stomach disease.
In the autumn and winter, sugar fried chestnuts are the favorite of many people. But do you really pick chestnuts? If you belong to these 3 categories of people mentioned earlier, it is best to avoid eating chestnuts regularly so as not to hurt your body.
【Source: China Medical News】
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