There are some important things to consider about eating which is one of the most important elements of a healthy life. If you want to get all the vitamin and minerals you want from the food you consume, check our list.
1. Choose specific food for each season
We need to choose specific food for each season. Avoid buying crushed, spoiled, germinated products. If you have to buy a product out of its season, using frozen products is healthier.
2. Check the package
Foods in torn, damaged or crushed packaging should never be purchased. Food in such packaging always carries the risk of contamination.
3. Damages of plastic cups
Never store your food in plastic cups. Moreover, experts recommend to avoid any plastic products in your house. The food grade cups (for yogurt, cheese etc.) are manufactured not to damage health. But these are single-use. You need to consume the product until the expiration date. You need to toss it and never use it for the second time. Glass cups are the healthiest.
4. Unknown danger: Aluminium foil
When you cook food in aluminium foil and aluminium cups, the aluminium will transfer to the food. Aluminium is harmful not just for cooking but also for storing the food. This leads to bone and kidney diseases. It also increases the Alzheimer’s risk.
5. Use frozen food without defrosting
You need to use packed frozen food or frozen food you prepared at home without defrosting. This is mostly valid for peas, dumplings, dolma and frozen pastry.
6. Careless use causes danger: Teflon!
You must be extremely careful to use Teflon utensils! You need to use wooden or Teflon utensils. Any scratch on Teflon and the contact with metal or stell utensils will pose a health risk.
7. Use olive oil for frying
Experts do not recommend other oil for frying since the oil burns and carcinogen compounds are formed. But if you want to fry food, you need to use olive oil to minimize this damage. Olive oil has high antioxidant content and withstands high temperature without oxidising. The boiling temperature is 220 and its chemical structure will be intact until this temperature.
8. Importance of fridge bags
Never use a different bag other than the fridge bag when you want to store food in the freezer. Because fridge bags are food grade. Recently, glass cups that withstand cold and can be stored in the fridge are manufactured. It is healthier to use this.
9. Cooked food must be consumed fresh
The healthiest way is to consume your food fresh. The vitamin content will be lost when you heat the food. Try to cook fresh food every day and consume it on the same day. You might cook more food for the next day. Then, you need to heat up the portion you will consume rather than the entire pot. Don’t keep the cooked food for too long even if it is in the bridge. Try to consume meat dishes in 2 days and cold dishes in 3 days.
10. Add oil to carrot juice
Carrot dissolves in oil. Since it dissolves in water, add 1-2 drops of oil (preferably olive oil) when you prepare carrot juice.
11. Caffeine has negative effect on vitamin absorption
When you consume food with tea or coffee, the caffeine and tannin will have a negative effect on vitamin absorption and might even lead to mineral loss. Consume hematinic food with Vitamin C, consuming them with tea and calcium-rich food will decrease iron absorption.
12. Avoid decreased Vitamin C in fruits…
If you keep the fruit after slicing it or juicing it, the vitamin C content will decrease. We need to consume them immediately. The vitamin content of the fruit juices will decrease in the fridge.
13. Bread selection and cutting method is important
The nutrients will decrease if you slice the bread too thin. You need to opt for whole wheat, rye and bran bread instead of white bread. But anaemic people should not use bran bread too much and since bran has lots of fibre, this bread might cause diarrhoea for people with intestine problems. The best thing is to consume all breads in term.
14. Vitamin A loss in sun drying
If the vegetables and fruits are sundried, Vitamin A content might decrease. It is best to dry in the shadow. Vitamin A, C, B2, B6 and folic acid values of milk and yogurt will decrease if kept in light.
15. Danger in canned food: Botulism poisoning
When you don’t boil the homemade canned food, “clostridium botulinum” bacteria will form in the food. This bacteria is highly dangerous and might lead to botulism poisoning or death. If the covers of the homemade or purchased canned food bulges inside or outside, this might mean unhealthy canned food.
16. Keep vegetables in water with salt and vinegar
You need to keep the raw vegetables in salty or vinegar water for 15 minutes, wash them again and consume them later to make sure that the parasites, parasitic eggs and invisible bugs die. In the meantime, you mustn’t cut or break the vegetables. You can find fruit-vegetable washing products in the markets as well.
There are some important things to consider about eating which is one of the most important elements of a healthy life. If you want to get all the vitamin and minerals you want from the food you consume, check our list.
1. Choose specific food for each season
We need to choose specific food for each season. Avoid buying crushed, spoiled, germinated products. If you have to buy a product out of its season, using frozen products is healthier.
2. Check the package
Foods in torn, damaged or crushed packaging should never be purchased. Food in such packaging always carries the risk of contamination.
3. Damages of plastic cups
Never store your food in plastic cups. Moreover, experts recommend to avoid any plastic products in your house. The food grade cups (for yogurt, cheese etc.) are manufactured not to damage health. But these are single-use. You need to consume the product until the expiration date. You need to toss it and never use it for the second time. Glass cups are the healthiest.
4. Unknown danger: Aluminium foil
When you cook food in aluminium foil and aluminium cups, the aluminium will transfer to the food. Aluminium is harmful not just for cooking but also for storing the food. This leads to bone and kidney diseases. It also increases the Alzheimer’s risk.
5. Use frozen food without defrosting
You need to use packed frozen food or frozen food you prepared at home without defrosting. This is mostly valid for peas, dumplings, dolma and frozen pastry.
6. Careless use causes danger: Teflon!
You must be extremely careful to use Teflon utensils! You need to use wooden or Teflon utensils. Any scratch on Teflon and the contact with metal or stell utensils will pose a health risk.
7. Use olive oil for frying
Experts do not recommend other oil for frying since the oil burns and carcinogen compounds are formed. But if you want to fry food, you need to use olive oil to minimize this damage. Olive oil has high antioxidant content and withstands high temperature without oxidising. The boiling temperature is 220 and its chemical structure will be intact until this temperature.
8. Importance of fridge bags
Never use a different bag other than the fridge bag when you want to store food in the freezer. Because fridge bags are food grade. Recently, glass cups that withstand cold and can be stored in the fridge are manufactured. It is healthier to use this.
9. Cooked food must be consumed fresh
The healthiest way is to consume your food fresh. The vitamin content will be lost when you heat the food. Try to cook fresh food every day and consume it on the same day. You might cook more food for the next day. Then, you need to heat up the portion you will consume rather than the entire pot. Don’t keep the cooked food for too long even if it is in the bridge. Try to consume meat dishes in 2 days and cold dishes in 3 days.
10. Add oil to carrot juice
Carrot dissolves in oil. Since it dissolves in water, add 1-2 drops of oil (preferably olive oil) when you prepare carrot juice.
11. Caffeine has negative effect on vitamin absorption
When you consume food with tea or coffee, the caffeine and tannin will have a negative effect on vitamin absorption and might even lead to mineral loss. Consume hematinic food with Vitamin C, consuming them with tea and calcium-rich food will decrease iron absorption.
12. Avoid decreased Vitamin C in fruits…
If you keep the fruit after slicing it or juicing it, the vitamin C content will decrease. We need to consume them immediately. The vitamin content of the fruit juices will decrease in the fridge.
13. Bread selection and cutting method is important
The nutrients will decrease if you slice the bread too thin. You need to opt for whole wheat, rye and bran bread instead of white bread. But anaemic people should not use bran bread too much and since bran has lots of fibre, this bread might cause diarrhoea for people with intestine problems. The best thing is to consume all breads in term.
14. Vitamin A loss in sun drying
If the vegetables and fruits are sundried, Vitamin A content might decrease. It is best to dry in the shadow. Vitamin A, C, B2, B6 and folic acid values of milk and yogurt will decrease if kept in light.
15. Danger in canned food: Botulism poisoning
When you don’t boil the homemade canned food, “clostridium botulinum” bacteria will form in the food. This bacteria is highly dangerous and might lead to botulism poisoning or death. If the covers of the homemade or purchased canned food bulges inside or outside, this might mean unhealthy canned food.
16. Keep vegetables in water with salt and vinegar
You need to keep the raw vegetables in salty or vinegar water for 15 minutes, wash them again and consume them later to make sure that the parasites, parasitic eggs and invisible bugs die. In the meantime, you mustn’t cut or break the vegetables. You can find fruit-vegetable washing products in the markets as well.
There are some important things to consider about eating which is one of the most important elements of a healthy life. If you want to get all the vitamin and minerals you want from the food you consume, check our list.
1. Choose specific food for each season
We need to choose specific food for each season. Avoid buying crushed, spoiled, germinated products. If you have to buy a product out of its season, using frozen products is healthier.
2. Check the package
Foods in torn, damaged or crushed packaging should never be purchased. Food in such packaging always carries the risk of contamination.
3. Damages of plastic cups
Never store your food in plastic cups. Moreover, experts recommend to avoid any plastic products in your house. The food grade cups (for yogurt, cheese etc.) are manufactured not to damage health. But these are single-use. You need to consume the product until the expiration date. You need to toss it and never use it for the second time. Glass cups are the healthiest.
4. Unknown danger: Aluminium foil
When you cook food in aluminium foil and aluminium cups, the aluminium will transfer to the food. Aluminium is harmful not just for cooking but also for storing the food. This leads to bone and kidney diseases. It also increases the Alzheimer’s risk.
5. Use frozen food without defrosting
You need to use packed frozen food or frozen food you prepared at home without defrosting. This is mostly valid for peas, dumplings, dolma and frozen pastry.
6. Careless use causes danger: Teflon!
You must be extremely careful to use Teflon utensils! You need to use wooden or Teflon utensils. Any scratch on Teflon and the contact with metal or stell utensils will pose a health risk.
7. Use olive oil for frying
Experts do not recommend other oil for frying since the oil burns and carcinogen compounds are formed. But if you want to fry food, you need to use olive oil to minimize this damage. Olive oil has high antioxidant content and withstands high temperature without oxidising. The boiling temperature is 220 and its chemical structure will be intact until this temperature.
8. Importance of fridge bags
Never use a different bag other than the fridge bag when you want to store food in the freezer. Because fridge bags are food grade. Recently, glass cups that withstand cold and can be stored in the fridge are manufactured. It is healthier to use this.
9. Cooked food must be consumed fresh
The healthiest way is to consume your food fresh. The vitamin content will be lost when you heat the food. Try to cook fresh food every day and consume it on the same day. You might cook more food for the next day. Then, you need to heat up the portion you will consume rather than the entire pot. Don’t keep the cooked food for too long even if it is in the bridge. Try to consume meat dishes in 2 days and cold dishes in 3 days.
10. Add oil to carrot juice
Carrot dissolves in oil. Since it dissolves in water, add 1-2 drops of oil (preferably olive oil) when you prepare carrot juice.
11. Caffeine has negative effect on vitamin absorption
When you consume food with tea or coffee, the caffeine and tannin will have a negative effect on vitamin absorption and might even lead to mineral loss. Consume hematinic food with Vitamin C, consuming them with tea and calcium-rich food will decrease iron absorption.
12. Avoid decreased Vitamin C in fruits…
If you keep the fruit after slicing it or juicing it, the vitamin C content will decrease. We need to consume them immediately. The vitamin content of the fruit juices will decrease in the fridge.
13. Bread selection and cutting method is important
The nutrients will decrease if you slice the bread too thin. You need to opt for whole wheat, rye and bran bread instead of white bread. But anaemic people should not use bran bread too much and since bran has lots of fibre, this bread might cause diarrhoea for people with intestine problems. The best thing is to consume all breads in term.
14. Vitamin A loss in sun drying
If the vegetables and fruits are sundried, Vitamin A content might decrease. It is best to dry in the shadow. Vitamin A, C, B2, B6 and folic acid values of milk and yogurt will decrease if kept in light.
15. Danger in canned food: Botulism poisoning
When you don’t boil the homemade canned food, “clostridium botulinum” bacteria will form in the food. This bacteria is highly dangerous and might lead to botulism poisoning or death. If the covers of the homemade or purchased canned food bulges inside or outside, this might mean unhealthy canned food.
16. Keep vegetables in water with salt and vinegar
You need to keep the raw vegetables in salty or vinegar water for 15 minutes, wash them again and consume them later to make sure that the parasites, parasitic eggs and invisible bugs die. In the meantime, you mustn’t cut or break the vegetables. You can find fruit-vegetable washing products in the markets as well.
