Learn some life tips to reduce your oil intake

Many chefs are used to adding a little more oil to make dishes more delicious. With the continuous improvement of living standards, residents' intake of edible oil is also rising year by year. The latest monitoring data shows that the average daily intake of edible oil per person in my country is 41.8 grams, which is significantly higher than the recommended amount of 25 to 30 grams. However, this will double the calories of the dishes!

Excessive intake of cooking oil can cause many harms. We know that the body's excess calories will be stored in the form of fat under the skin and between the organs. Too much fat will lead to various health problems. First, fat may wrap the internal organs, leading to fatty liver, kidney failure, heart failure, etc. Secondly, obesity can easily cause metabolic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, and induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and cerebral infarction. In addition, it is not good for mental health, people are prone to become lazy, and increase the risk of depression and anxiety.

Nowadays, nutrition is balanced and diverse. With a better life, we cannot eat less food every day because of excessive cooking oil. What should we do? Learn some life tips to reduce the intake of cooking oil and let us eat healthier:

When cooking, don't fry the food in oil first. When cooking dishes such as three fresh delicacies and stir-fried beans, many people like to fry the ingredients in oil first, then take them out and fry them. This will make the dishes bright in color and fragrant. However, this cooking method not only destroys the nutrition of the dish itself and loses the original rich vitamins, but also makes the fried meat difficult to digest and leads to excessive fat intake. In life, while pursuing delicious taste, don't forget health.

Hot pan with cold oil is healthier. Pour the oil first, then light the fire, wait for the oil to smoke and the oil temperature to rise, then add onions, ginger and garlic to fry. This is the "trick" of many people's cooking. However, many people don't know that high oil temperature will not only destroy the vitamins in the vegetables, but also make the cooking oil produce many substances that are harmful to health, such as trans fatty acids, benzopyrene, etc., some of which are carcinogenic.

The correct way should be: hot pan and cold oil. Heat the pan first, then pour in cold oil, and then you can cook directly. At this time, the oil temperature is about 150℃, and the oil just rolls from all sides to the middle, or when you put in vegetable leaves and chopped green onions, uniform bubbles appear around them.

Many people have had this experience when cooking: after frying vegetables, the pan doesn’t seem to have much oil and is quite clean, so there is no need to wash it and continue to cook the next dish.

Don't do this. The seemingly clean surface of the pot actually has many tiny grease and food residues attached to it. When heated again at high temperature, carcinogens such as benzopyrene may be produced. And if you don't wash the pot and continue cooking, you will find that the remaining food in the pot is easy to burn. Burning food will produce carcinogens, which also has certain carcinogenic risks. Therefore, you must wash the pot after cooking, and never be lazy for the sake of your health.

Frying in a pan saves more oil

The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that each person consume 25 to 30 grams of cooking oil per day, but even if you use an oil limiter, you may exceed the limit if you are not careful. Most families usually cook with round pans. Round-bottomed frying pans are prone to burning and sticking due to uneven heating of the pan body. In order to prevent sticking, a lot of oil is often used. In fact, you might as well try using a frying pan, which can help us reduce the intake of cooking oil. In addition, the use of some new materials today, such as non-stick pans, can greatly reduce the amount of cooking oil used.