Food Photography Challenge - Week 23 | "Capture, Click, Compete!" | Are fried foods harmful?

Fried foods can be very harmful, although more than people love them. Gastroenterologists warn that their consumption can become a factor in premature aging. After eating this food, puffiness, wrinkles, increased pigmentation and sagging facial contours may appear. Therefore, nutritionists and doctors recommend avoiding desserts and meals that contain advanced glycation end products. And this is especially true for French fries. Crème brûlée, all desserts and pasta also have this effect. Anything that significantly increases the content of advanced glycation end products in the body accelerates the aging of the body. First of all, it is sugar and fast carbohydrates - fast food, sweets and flour.

Do you eat according to the rules of health, but you can not resist the temptation of a portion of fries? Don't blame yourself too harshly. It turns out that the explanation is not in the suspected weak will or morbid gluttony. At the bottom is an instinct that makes us love, discover and seek out foods that contain starch. Experimental research calls this the sixth taste. And he ranks it as equal to the tastes for sweet, bitter, salty, sour, etc. umami taste.

Starch is a type of natural complex carbohydrate polysaccharide. It is formed during photosynthesis in the leaves of plants and is stored as an energy reserve in seeds, roots and fruits in the form of starch grains. Our palate can sense these carbohydrates in foods like potatoes, bread, pasta, pasta, corn, rice, etc. It is precisely to this unmistakable instinct that all cultures rely on representatives of one of these foods as their main livelihood. And they have helped us survive the long evolutionary path of humanity.

There is a popular belief that there are only four, at most five primary tastes with the recently added umami, but there are certainly more, perhaps even more yet to be discovered. The sensation of fizzy drinks, the metallic taste that blood gives rise to, and the "recognition" of foods rich in amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) also have the potential to enter an expanded list of tastes.

One way to mitigate the negative health effects of fried foods is to cook them at home using healthier oils or alternative cooking methods. That way, you can still enjoy the taste of fried foods without consuming so much unhealthy fat or harmful chemicals. The choice of oil used for frying is critical in determining the health risks associated with the consumption of fried foods. Some oils are better suited to high heat cooking than others, making them safer to use. Saturated and monounsaturated oils are generally the most stable when heated. Coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil are considered some of the safest and most stable oils for frying. Coconut oil, for example, has a high degree of saturation of over 90% of its fatty acids, making it highly resistant to heat. Even after continuous deep frying for eight hours, its quality remains unchanged. Olive oil, which consists mainly of monounsaturated fats, is relatively stable for high-heat cooking. It can be used in a deep fryer for up to 24 hours before significant oxidation occurs.
Avocado oil is similar in composition to olive oil, has an incredibly high heat resistance and can be used for deep frying.
Using these healthier frying oils can help reduce some of the risks associated with eating fried foods.
It's important to note that while these oils are more stable for frying, they may not necessarily be the most nutritious oils overall. There are some alternative cooking methods you may want to consider, such as oven-frying and air-frying. Oven-frying is done by baking food at a high temperature of 230°C, making it crispy with little or no oil.
On the other hand, hot air cooking involves using an appliance to cook foods by circulating very hot air around them. This technique produces crispy and juicy foods like traditional fried foods, but with 70-80% less oil.
Regular consumption of foods fried in volatile oils can lead to several negative health effects, such as an increased risk of developing conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
Therefore, it is advisable to avoid or reduce the intake of commercially available fried foods. However, there are many alternative cooking methods and healthier fats that you can use.

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