Are Canteen Food Healthy For You?

Think twice before you agree that Canteen Food are healthy.

The canteen plays an important role in school students' and teachers' everyday lives. Nowadays, all the canteen sells are fatty food, there is not much choice of healthy food that is offered in the canteen. Mostly they are all fried. Furthermore, the main ingredient used in canteen is excessive oil in order to cook the food faster. They reuse the cooking oil for many times in order to cut the cost and save money. 

  Based on the facts, the most common danger when recycling cooking oil is that it becomes rancid or spoiled. In addition to having strange flavours and odors, rancid oil may contain possibly carcinogenic free radicals.These pesky molecules are then absorbed into the fried food and ingested by an unlucky eater. Children nowadays like to eat unhealthy fried food especially the one that has been deep fried such as nuggets, chicken, french fries and etc. The canteen provides these kind of food which constributes to one of the factors where they use too much cooking oil.The canteen  provides these kind of foods which contributes to one of the factors where they use too much cooking oil. 

Our school canteen

  Some students, teachers, family members, neighbours and the people around us go to the canteen and food stalls every day and live off it. This can lead to a various series of serious health problem if they continuously take excessive amounts of food that contains a lot of oil.

 These foods are simply irresistible for many. Scientists consider them to be high-risk foods that can be detrimental to one’s health, especially when they are not eaten in moderation as part of a well-balanced diet. French fries are among the most commonly consumed fried food products. When potatoes are cooked in trans fat at high temperatures, all sorts of interesting and very unpleasant things occur.

Fried Food Content

1.            Fried food carry dangers other than those from acrylamide. These foods are often high in fat and salt content and low in fibre and calcium content. These unhealthy, processed foods contribute to the increased prevevalence of obesity and chronic disease. 

2.            The frequency of consuming these products also decreases the frequency with which Americans consume whole grains, fruits and vegetables, causing deficiency in fibre intake. 

3.            High fat diets also tend to lack complex carbohydrates that are typically high in fibre. Fibre is associated with: lower cholesterol levels, improved digestive function, decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer.

4.            The high salt content in fried foods contributes to high blood pressure, strokes and kidney function problems.

5.            Some studies have shown that sodium competes with calcium. Therefore, as sodium intake increases, the urinary excretion of calcium also increases. This can contribute to an increased risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures.

"Different oils fill different needs - for health, taste and cooking. For good health, our bodies need a variety of healthy fats that are found naturally in different oils. When cooking, it's essential to know which oils are best for baking, sautéing and frying and which are healthiest used raw."

Have you ever wondered why we have oil?

Contrary to popular belief, fat is actually a valuable part of one's diet, allowing people to absorb nutrients that require fat in order to metabolize in the body. Natural fats contain varying ratios of three types of fats: saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated.

•                   Saturated fats are hard at room temperature. They're stable, resist oxidation, and are found primarily in meat, dairy, palm and coconut oil.
•           Polyunsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature and the least stable. They oxidize easily and are found in seafood corn, safflower, soybean, and sunflower oils.
• • Monounsaturated fats are more stable than polyunsaturated fats. They're found in canola, nut and olive oils.