Peas are a popular vegetable and a favorite of many people. It is used in many types of dishes. Green peas are available fresh in the winter season, but on other days people use frozen peas. Frozen peas contain fewer nutrients than fresh peas and consuming them in excess can cause harm. Frozen peas have high starch content, which can increase weight. Apart from this, frozen peas also contain trans fat, which can cause heart disease.
Let us tell you that preserving any vegetable is not good for health. In such a situation, frozen peas can be more harmful to you than fresh peas. Today we will talk about frozen peas and know how they harm our health.
Diabetes
To keep peas fresh, starch is added to it. This starch helps in enhancing the taste of food. When you consume frozen peas, this starch gets converted into glucose in the body. Glucose mixes with the blood and increases the blood sugar level. This increases the risk of diabetes.
Heart disease
Frozen or packed peas contain trans fats. Trans fats can increase LDL cholesterol levels and reduce HDL cholesterol levels. This increases the risk of heart disease. Trans fats can damage nerves and increase the risk of death from heart disease.
Nutrients are lost
Frozen peas have fewer nutrients than fresh peas. This is because after frozen peas are collected, they are cooled quickly so that the nutrients present in them are not destroyed. However, keeping it in the refrigerator for a long time may cause some loss of these nutrients.
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