French fries are one of the most popular potato food worldwide. Not only they are delicious but they are also an appetizing snack.
Some people even eat them as a meal to fill their stomach but there is a limit to it. Moreover, you should not eat them daily at all, a limit is necessary.
We have provided you 5 reasons that you should not eat them daily. The last reason is very important and you need to be aware of that so, have a look at these 5 reasons.
First of all, they are a high calorie food. Just think about the ingredients of french fries. There are 2 main ingredients. One is potato and second is oil.
Potato are a high fat, high carbohydrates and a high calorie food and oils are a not only high in fat but also high in calories. 1 medium serving of french fries provides you 365 calories, 48 grams of carbohydrates, and 17 grams of fat. As french fries provides you a lot of calories therefore daily eating them can lead to overweight and obesity.
Secondly, as french fries contain high amount of fat so, overconsumption can cause excessive build up of bad fat including low density lipoprotein and cholesterol due to which they form clots in blood vessels and block the way of blood to heart therefore, can cause many heart diseases.
Thirdly, they contain sodium in the form of salt. Excessive sodium is harmful for your health as it can increase your blood pressure.
Fourthly, at good restaurants and places, french fries are made with proper hygienic conditions, but at some places they are made with poor hygienic conditions due to which they are not clean and eating them can lead to various foodborne diseases such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain.
The last reason we have is very essential. Try to understand it in detail for your health.
At good places, oil is changed after 1 round of french fries are made. At some places this oil is used two to three times, but there are some places, where this oil is not changed and whole day same oil is used to make french fries. Even next day, they also use same oil if it remains. This is a completely dangerous for your health as when oils are heated and reheated for a long time at high flame, they become trans fat. Trans fat is not required for good health at all as it is cancerous and therefore overconsumption leads to cancer. The recommended amount of trans fat is less than 1% of your total energy intake. It means if you are consuming 2000 calories daily then, you can only consume less than 2.2g of trans fat per day.
1 medium serving of french fries provides 0.07g total trans fat not to mention what would happen if trans fat oil is used and you eat such french fries daily.
So whenever you eat french fries, try to eat from a good place where they are made with proper hygienic conditions and oil is changed after each round.
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