Everyone loves to eat out occasionally, and that includes eating street food from the street vendors, Here are a few reasons why they pose a threat and why is it best to avoid them.
Colors and chemicals
Ever wondered what makes mango juice and ice golas so bright orange and peas look green and fresh? Its metanil yellow and malachite green, the textile dyes, which despite being banned, are used as food colouring agents. They are carcinogenic (can cause cancer) and mutagenic (can change genetic information of the embryo) and are responsible for liver damage and tumors.
Huge amount of cooked soda used for easy cooking of chole and rice produces lot of carbon dioxide in the body, resulting in uneasiness and stomach upset.
Hygine
Meats shelf life is 16 hours, after which it starts decaying to produce botulinum toxin, one of the most poisonous naturally occurring substances in the world. If the meat is not processed properly, the intestine of the chicken, fish and crabs could contain allergens like e-coli and salmonella, which could cause urinary track infection, severe itching, swelling of hands and feet.
As the stalls are usually located by the roadside, food is continuously exposed to harmful vehicular emission. Next time you choose to eat out, colera and diarrheoa might just be lurking around the roadside shop.
Oil
Street food uses oil is reheated, making it oxidized. Also it loses essential fatty acids .
Quality
Ingredients like potato, besan quality may be either be stale or of inferior quality .
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