The condiments that cancer cells like to eat, chicken essence and soy sauce are all spared? These 3 seasonings should be avoided

Chicken essence and soy sauce are the favorite seasonings for cancer cells?

Some people say that chicken essence is a chemical, and eating chicken essence will cause cancer, and MSG is not much better.

Some people say that eating soy sauce will turn black, and eating soy sauce will cause cancer.

But chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, as one of the regular seasonings in every family, can really cause cancer? Is there any risk in eating it every day?

1. Does chicken essence cause cancer?

Before talking about chicken essence, let’s talk about MSG first.

The main component of monosodium glutamate is sodium glutamate, that is, sodium salt + glutamic acid, of which glutamic acid is one of the most abundant but non-essential amino acids. Glutamate is present in foods such as mushrooms, tomatoes, corn, and kelp.

Japanese scientists discovered monosodium glutamate for the first time in the substances extracted from kelp, and the earliest monosodium glutamate processing plant in China extracted monosodium glutamate from gluten. At present, most of the monosodium glutamate on the market use starch such as sweet potato, corn, and wheat as raw materials. , and then obtained by microbial fermentation.

As the most common seasoning, does MSG really cause cancer?

In fact, until now, scientists have not found that monosodium glutamate will cause direct harm to the human body , and the WHO's joint expert group on food additives has conducted various tests, all of which have proved that monosodium glutamate is safe.

In China, monosodium glutamate with the Chinese national standard (GB2760-2014) is also considered a safe food additive, and can be added in moderation in daily cooking.

What is the difference between chicken essence and monosodium glutamate?

We know that chicken essence tastes very fresh. This is because monosodium glutamate in chicken essence plays a role in improving freshness. Usually , about 40% of chicken essence is monosodium glutamate, and about 30% is salt, sugar, spices, starch and flavor enhancers.

To put it simply, chicken essence has more salt and other food additives than monosodium glutamate , and these additives are harmless as long as they are eaten in moderation, so chicken essence is also a non-toxic and non-carcinogenic seasoning.

However, sodium glutamate in chicken essence and monosodium glutamate contains sodium. Once the human body consumes excessive sodium, it is easy to cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension. Therefore, attention should be paid to controlling the amount . If salt is added, the amount of monosodium glutamate and chicken essence should be reduced. .

In addition, there are the following precautions in the use of chicken essence and monosodium glutamate:

• Do not heat for a long time, it is best to put it 2 minutes before turning off the heat;

• When cooking acidic food, it is not suitable to add chicken essence or monosodium glutamate for seasoning, to avoid heating the acidic food to produce a large amount of sodium pyroglutamate, which will affect the taste of the dish.

2. Does soy sauce cause cancer?

There is a saying on the Internet that the color of soy sauce depends on caramel, and the 4-methylimidazole contained in caramel will cause cancer!

In fact, the darker the color of soy sauce, the more caramel pigments are related to it. At present, almost all the caramel pigments produced by industrialization contain 4-methylimidazole.

However, the state also has clear regulations on the amount of 4-methylimidazole: caramel coloring can be added to soy sauce, but the content of 4-methylimidazole in caramel coloring must be lower than 200mg/kg.

The WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives also pointed out that the general consumption of 4-methylimidazole will not cause human health problems, and normal consumption of soy sauce is safe.

Therefore, the claim that soy sauce causes cancer is not true, but it is still necessary to pay attention to controlling the amount when using soy sauce, because soy sauce contains a lot of invisible sodium . When seasoning with soy sauce, pay attention to reducing the amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence and other seasonings Oh.

In addition, the opened soy sauce should also be stored correctly , especially in the southern region, the soy flies like to survive and breed in foods with high amino acid content. If the soy sauce is not sealed carefully after opening, it is likely to cause worms in the soy sauce.

3. Cancer cells love these 3 condiments

The ones that really have cancer risks are these condiments:

1. Long-standing oyster sauce at room temperature

There are many nutrients in oyster sauce, but many components in oyster sauce are easily oxidized and decomposed at room temperature, which is easy to create good growth and reproduction conditions for microorganisms in the environment, resulting in moldy oyster sauce. Mycin. Therefore, the storage of oyster sauce should be refrigerated.

2. Soil pressing

The soil-pressed oil cannot filter out impurities such as heavy metals and dust in the crude oil, which makes the soil-pressed oil more likely to deteriorate, and more likely to produce oil fumes during cooking, which is harmful to health.

Benzopyrene , a carcinogen, will also be produced when the soil-pressed oil is processed and extracted at high temperature . If the soil-pressed oil is stored in the humid weather in the south, it is easy to grow the carcinogen aflatoxin due to improper storage. Long-term intake will undoubtedly cause Increase the chance of developing cancer.

3. Inferior sesame paste, peanut butter

In order to reduce costs, some unscrupulous merchants use deflated peanuts, bran sesame or spoiled peanut sesame as raw materials, and this moldy and deteriorated raw material contains a large amount of aflatoxin, but after being processed into seasonings, it is not easy to identify, and there are potential health risks. .

4. How to distinguish whether the seasoning has deteriorated?

Food is always inseparable from the addition of seasonings. The storage of seasonings is a very important issue. If you eat spoiled seasonings, it may endanger your health. In life, how to tell if the seasoning has gone bad?

①Liquid seasoning

It is found that the liquid seasoning becomes turbid , there is sediment, and you can smell bad odor or taste abnormal , which indicates that the liquid seasoning has deteriorated.

②Semi-liquid seasoning

For semi-liquid seasonings, if stratification occurs , the upper layer becomes thinner or the lower layer has obvious sediment, or it emits a sour and rotten smell, it indicates that it has deteriorated and is not suitable for consumption.

③Solid seasoning

After the solid seasoning absorbs moisture, it agglomerates, you can smell a squeak , or other odors, and the color or taste changes, which means that the solid seasoning may have deteriorated and should be discarded.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "people take food as their heaven", and focusing on "color and flavor" will inevitably help with seasonings. The current claim that monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, and soy sauce cause cancer is not true. Store the seasoning correctly on weekdays, and pay attention to whether the seasoning has deteriorated before using it. If it deteriorates, discard it immediately.

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