Mayonnaise is a cold sauce originating from French cuisine. This sauce, which consists of a mixture of raw egg yolk and vegetable oil, has entered our food culture, and therefore our kitchens, without wasting time, mostly as a fast-food style, that is, as a part of fast and ready-to-eat food culture. However, it is very difficult to resist the taste of mayonnaise. Mayonnaise , which is consumed with foods such as pasta, hamburger, meatballs and french fries that children especially love, can do more harm than good to children.
As it is known, the raw material of mayonnaise is egg. Eggs may seem quite healthy to you, but the egg used in mayonnaise is raw! This is the first detection. Mayonnaise is not limited to eggs, but plenty of oil is put into it. If the oil is vegetable like olive oil, it is fine, but if it is a fabricated oil, danger bells start to ring for our health and especially for the health of our children.
The point that makes mayonnaise dangerous and unhealthy and harmful is; additives to extend the shelf life of mayonnaise! However, this taste is much more delicious to our children, and the use of mayonnaise is increasing day by day all over the world, including our country. Unfortunately, we've become a society where we can't eat pasta, burgers and french fries without mayonnaise.
What are the Harms of Mayonnaise?
According to research by scientists , it has been revealed that foods and drinks containing coloring matter reduce the intelligence level of children, especially.
Foods containing coloring and additives such as mayonnaise increase the risk of developing cancer.
Corn starch in mayonnaise is another ingredient that makes mayonnaise harmful. Corn starch is a genetically engineered food and such foods are extremely harmful to human health.
Unless the oil in mayonnaise is herbal and natural, it will raise cholesterol and invite diseases.
Consumption of mayonnaise by diabetics is quite risky for their health.
Consuming too much mayonnaise triggers blood pressure disease and increases blood pressure values of blood pressure patients.
Does Mayonnaise Make You Gain Weight?
Along with these, we have become accustomed to listening to the warnings of experts about obesity in newspapers, health media and television almost every day. Mayonnaise is a European-style food culture. When you take a look at the statistical data of patients with obesity problems in America and Europe, it is possible to see more clearly that the situation is still serious.
Experts constantly emphasize that the problem of obesity is increasing day by day in Turkey as well. There is only one point to consider in this case; Are you eating healthy? Unfortunately, no! Just as we do not eat healthy, we eat quite wrongly. Especially our children at the age of development spend their days with fast-food meals and are deprived of even having an idea about other healthy foods. This will result in frightening results in the long run.
Mayonnaise is not a food that should never be eaten, it can be eaten. However, the mayonnaise you eat should be natural, additive-free and in a dose. The excess, especially ready-made, fabricated mayonnaises, triggers many cardiovascular diseases and serious diseases such as diabetes along with obesity.
Make Mayonnaise at Home!
For this reason, especially if your children cannot give up mayonnaise; Prepare them at home, healthy and natural mayonnaise. While not as delicious as mayonnaise packed with additives, your kids will never know the difference! In fact, pour the mayonnaise you made into the mayonnaise container you used or a different mayonnaise box.
It's okay if he doesn't understand the difference. If he understands, you will help him eat healthy by expressing that you have bought a much healthier mayonnaise for him.
For the homemade mayonnaise; You can read our article named ' Mayonnaise Recipe ' and you can make a great mayonnaise at home. In this way, you will not be exposed to the additives of ready-made mayonnaise, and you will eat healthy.
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