Is it easy to have asthma allergic attacks in autumn? Maybe it's trans fat in fried food.
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In autumn, the weather gets cold and the appetite increases greatly, especially high-fat foods such as frying, which is particularly mouth-watering; However, fried foods should be avoided in autumn, because trans fats in fried foods are easily induced by asthma in autumn.
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What is trans fat?
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Trans fat is an unsaturated fatty acid, which used to be considered better than oil rich in saturated fatty acids such as lard, but later it was found that trans fat can not only be metabolized by the liver, but also stick to the blood vessel wall, leading to hyperlipidemia, fatty liver and other hazards; In addition, trans fats tend to increase low-density lipoprotein, which is harmful to human health, thus increasing the risk of stroke and heart disease. In recent years, many countries have begun to call on people to reduce trans fat intake as much as possible. The World Health Organization (WHO) also requires countries to control trans fats, hoping to achieve the goal of completely stopping trans fats by 2025.
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It is generally believed that trans fats must be hydrogenated artificial fats. In fact, trans fats also exist in nature, especially animal fats, but the content is very low, so don't worry. In addition, frying soybean oil at high temperature will increase trans fat content; When the oil temperature is 240 degrees, the trans fat content will increase from 1% to 1.88%.
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Not only to reduce calorie intake, but also foods that are repeatedly fried at high temperature are not recommended because they contain more trans fats. In addition, if food ingredients contain the words "hydrogenated vegetable oil", "vegetable emulsified oil", "margarine", "artificial ghee" and "transformed oil or transformed fat", they may also contain trans fats, so people should choose carefully.
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Trans fats can induce asthma.
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Trans fats can affect the growth and development of teenagers, and also induce asthma, allergies and other diseases. Commercially available foods such as chocolate, cakes and bread may contain excessive chemical additives and trans fats. If symptoms such as allergies and asthma cannot be cured, you can check the contents of your three meals and exclude too much processed food, which may improve.
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The trans fat content below 0.3% can be marked as 0.
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According to the regulations of the Department of Health, if the trans fat content in food does not exceed 0.3%, the manufacturer can mark it as 0. In other words, drinking 300 ml of beverage labeled "0 trans fat" may actually consume up to 9 grams of trans fat! In case of emergency, it is better to eat more natural food and less processed food and fried food, especially fried food with unknown oil source and oil consumption.
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