Carcinogenic substances: This is how going healthy works

2024-07-19 10:55:53

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At higher temperatures, steak, sausage and vegetables end up on the grill again. But if certain things are not taken into account, the diet can quickly harm your health. Nutritionists give tips on how to prevent this.

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GIf asked the food sounds delicious. But rust can also do dangerous things to our health and is sometimes carcinogenic. The Federal Agency for Nutrition (BZfE) gives tips on how to have the best healthy barbecue experience.

If, for example, fat from meat or fish or oil from a marinade falls into the coals of charcoal or onto the heating coil of a fire extinguisher during smoking, blue smoke containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is formed. Some of these substances are carcinogenic and can be resolved on baked goods.

But that can get in the way. This is done by cooking the food in a hot pot. It absorbs liquids directly and thus prevents the formation of harmful substances. According to BZfE, the best: reusable bowls made of stainless steel. However, aluminum bowls or aluminum foil should not be used for acidic and salty foods – such as marinades, tomatoes and cheese such as feta. However, aluminum can dissolve and get into the food.

By the way, it’s best to use a heat-resistant oil for your body – for example refined rapeseed oil.

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Everyone should also make sure that the food they are eating is not spoiled. According to BZfE, meat should be roasted over direct flames for one to two minutes – and then slowly over low heat. If meat and sausage products are baked for a long time at very high heat, questionable substances such as heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAA) are formed. Their products in the body can have genetic damage and carcinogenic effect.

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Important: If, despite all precautions, there are meat or vegetables in the burning places, these should be removed extensively. Baked potatoes and bread should not be too browned either. If the heat is too high, the harmful substance acrylamide can grow from the starch they contain.

No Vienna sausages or meatloaf on the grill

Kasseler, Vienna sausages, meat sausage or meatloaf can taste delicious. However, they are not on the grill. They are usually made using nitrite curing salt and nitrite from salt can react with proteins from meat at high temperatures to produce carcinogenic nitrosamines.

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Whether your meat or sausage contains nitrites is stated on the label of the packaged products. If you buy sausage or meat at the supermarket, it is better to ask there directly.