Nowadays many types of food trends have become popular in the name of taste, in which the trend of smoked food has increased a lot these days. Nowadays people are using tandoor, grilling and barbeque a lot to bring smoky flavour and aroma to the food. While such food is quite harmful from a health point of view, many people consume such things without thinking, which adversely affects their health.
In such a situation, you must know about the harm caused by the consumption of smoked food and hence we have brought this article for you. In this article, we will tell you in detail about the adverse effects and health problems caused by the consumption of smoked food. We talked to Dr. Brijendra Singh, a well-known physician of Lucknow about this and we are sharing the information received from him here with you.
Risk of cancer
Our health expert Dr. Brijendra Singh says that during cooking, carbon and other chemicals get mixed in food when it comes in contact with tandoor or smoke. In such a situation, when you consume such food, it can increase the risk of cancer.
Stomach infection
Food prepared in grilling, barbeque or tandoor also increases the risk of bacterial infection, which can cause problems like diarrhoea, gas and pain in the stomach as well as listeriosis.
Cardiovascular disease
Salt is used more in food cooked through grilling, due to which consumption of such food increases the amount of sodium in the body. At the same time, increasing the amount of sodium in the body also increases the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.
DNA damage
Food cooked in smoke produces dangerous chemicals like heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Let us tell you that these chemicals are so dangerous that they damage DNA. Which may increase the risk of genetic diseases.
Risk of miscarriage
Eating seafood prepared through grilling and barbeque can also have fatal consequences. If we talk about the data present in medical history, eating grilled seafood increases the risk of miscarriage in women. Apart from this, consumption of such food increases the risk of breast cancer in women while the possibility of prostate cancer can increase in men.
Therefore, the advice of our health experts is to avoid consuming such smoked foods as much as possible. Do not include roasted and cooked items like this in your daily diet. If you are roasting food items at home, then use as little salt as possible. Because a little carelessness in eating habits can have a big impact on your health.
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