Everyone knows that all kinds of chips, crackers and other similar goodies are very harmful to health. Moreover, they are not simply not useful, but deadly. But in reality, very few people know why chips are unhealthy.

Why can not you use the popular Kirieshki, Leys, Khrustim, etc.?

Ideally, chips are just fried potatoes cut into thin slices. What is the harm here? Yes, not very useful, but not deadly. In fact, the majority of producers, in pursuit of profit, began to produce their product from potato flour, and not from whole vegetables. Potato flour is an extremely harmful ingredient, it does not carry a single useful substance. By the way, in this regard, Kirieshki and other crackers compare favorably with chips, although they also have their own nuances.

If you think that your favorite product is fried in vegetable or at least palm oil, you are severely mistaken. In order to save, it has long been replaced with technical fat. By using foods cooked in this way, you run the risk of increasing your risk of heart attack and stroke.

Chips, as well as crackers, contain a lot of salt. And salt has the ability to retain water in the body. In addition, an excessive amount of salt consumed increases the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract.

All kinds of flavors that are widely used in the manufacture of chips are extremely harmful and can be addictive. This is inherently pure chemistry, which does not carry useful substances. If you think that a brand does not add such compounds to your product, then you are mistaken. No manufacturer saves on chemical additives.

And it doesn’t matter what exactly you eat Leys, Kirieshki or Pringles. The harm is almost the same. Such products owe the lion's share of their popularity to all kinds of flavor enhancers and other additives.

In addition, if you are a lover of a meal with Lays chips, keep in mind that in terms of calorie content one pack of such delicacies equals approximately 1/3 of a person’s diet. Kirieshki or other crackers are not far from this indicator. So people who are overweight or prone to overweight, a similar product can not be consumed.

Why chips are harmful and to whom? There is a definite answer to this question: absolutely everyone. Whatever ingredient it takes, it will not carry any benefit in itself, but it will be very harmful. All ingredients are individually dangerous, but when combined together, they turn into real poison.

And what is the use?

All scientists and doctors unanimously argue that all kinds of Lays, Kirieshki, Pringles, etc. do not carry any good in themselves. Absolutely empty products. So-called food waste, which must be removed from the diet.

But why chips are harmful? How much damage can love for similar products bring?

Here is just an indicative list of diseases that can be triggered by such a meal:

• strokes and heart attacks;
• oncological diseases;
• diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• diseases of the kidneys, liver and other internal organs;
• all kinds of hormonal disruptions;
• disorders of the nervous system;
• allergic reactions;
• swelling
• intoxication of the body;
• metabolic disease;
• excess weight;
• mood swings, depression and other psychological problems;
• addiction to various food additives;
• excess cholesterol in the body.

Of course, these are far from all the problems that you can invoke on your body. Even experts find it difficult to answer the question: how much harm does the body produce products like Lays chips and Kirieshki crackers?

If you are still wondering: how much can you eat your favorite Pringles chips or Kirieshki crackers per day, or month? Not at all. Even the use of one packet of such products can cause irreparable harm.

Of course, the use of such products even to a healthy person is extremely undesirable. But here people who have chronic diseases or are struggling with excess weight, absolutely can not eat them.

Remember, the main thing is that chips are not fried potato slices. Rusks are not fried bread slices. All these products that are now popular are not the result of the work of cooks. These are the masterpieces of the work of chemists and, like any other chemical, they can be used with the greatest care, and it is better to completely abandon the use. And for people leading a healthy lifestyle and watching their diet, such a dish does not fit into any menu.

In stores, entire departments are reserved for the popular “snacks” - potato chips. Advertising on television every day convinces young people that a party without chips will not be so fun. We are offered to recharge with "energy" of a very dubious origin. And it seems everyone knows about the dangers of chips, but they continue to absorb them in incredible quantities. And their main consumers are adolescents and young people. So what are potato chips? And can they be useful?

Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you sick

Hippocrates

Composition

These words can be fully attributed to the product that is now called potato chips. In fact, this, if I may say so, a delicacy for a long time has nothing to do with the way it was made in the century before last. Then it was really thin slices of potatoes, fried in oil with added salt. Today it is modified starch, wheat flour and many chemical additives to make the chips dense, give them the right taste, and extend the shelf life. To illustrate the entire palette of harmful substances, we show what is added to the finished chips to give them a taste.

Table: substances contained in chips and their effect on the body

This table lists the most dangerous synthetic additives. Of course, there are norms for their safe use. But, taking into account how much people eat potato chips, we can only assume how much of this chemistry accumulates daily in their body. Moreover, three of them - taste enhancers - are contained in almost all chips in their entirety.

Let's continue the “mournful” list of what potato chips contain. For their production are used:

• dehydrated or frozen mashed potatoes;
• wheat gluten;
• soy and potato starch (often modified);
• unrefined oil - corn, soybean, palm, less often - sunflower.

The reasons for using such raw materials are quite understandable - the reduction in the cost of production. Whereas in stores potato chips are expensive, and even declared as a natural product. But the use of cheap raw materials was insufficient, and manufacturers began to save on oil, or rather, on its quality. What does this mean for the consumer? But with what - when frying ready-made chips, oil is rarely changed. In addition, the ingredients used form extremely dangerous compounds when heated, in particular acrylamide - a substance that is found in all fast food that goes through heat treatment. It is formed by heating carbohydrates to 120 ° C. Acrylamide is a carcinogen.

A dose of up to 1 mcg per day is considered relatively safe. It contains only 0.5 g of chips. This means that its content even in a small packet (28 g) of this product exceeds the maximum permissible level by 56 times!

And now a few words about nutritional value. Chips are a high-calorie product. The range of KBZhU values \u200b\u200bis taken for the most popular varieties.

Table: Nutritional Value of Potato Chips

Even the most "low-calorie" chips contain almost a fourth of the daily requirement of the body for energy resources. But the most unpleasant thing is that these calories are “empty”. They do not give the body those substances that it needs to work.

Are chips useful?

We believe that the answer is obvious. You can only talk about the safety of their use, but not about the benefits. Without much harm to the body, you can eat no more than one small packet of chips 2 times a month. We should not talk about any daily eating of this product (unless, of course, you take care of your health). And again I want to turn to the words of Hippocrates: "Most of the diseases come from what we introduce into ourselves."

“Introducing yourself” is better than home-made chips, which you can do with your own hands. Then there will definitely be no harm from them, and even some benefit is possible.

Harm

So what kind of harm do potato chips do? Their regular excessive consumption is extremely dangerous for children and adolescents. The harmful substances that accumulate in their bodies in a few years can “shoot” dangerous diseases:

• obesity as a result of metabolic disorders;
• the threat of diabetes (because the pancreas suffers greatly);
• gastritis, ulcer and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• the formation of malignant tumors;
• increased cholesterol and the early development of cardiovascular disease.

The constant use of chips can reduce the level of testosterone in the body, worsen sperm quality and impair reproductive function.

Chips affect women negatively. Their constant use can subsequently affect the production of breast milk.

Transisomers of fatty acids found in potato chips lead to a breakdown of the nervous system and reduce immunity.

Contraindications

A definitive contraindication for the use of chips produced industrially is childhood, pregnancy and lactation. You can’t eat them to people suffering:

• diabetes mellitus;
• heart and vascular diseases;
• gout
• asthma
• allergies
• bowel and stomach diseases;
• obese.

Is it possible to gain weight from chips?

Of course! Moreover, it is inevitable if you eat them every day. Starch, which is found in all grams of carbohydrates, is quickly processed by the body into glucose, and its excess is deposited in the liver. When she accumulates the glycogen supply she needs, they will begin to turn into body fat.

Chips during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Having become pregnant and deciding to save a child, any sensible woman should review her diet and exclude junk food from it. This primarily concerns products such as chips. Unfortunately, many are unable to deny themselves pleasure and continue to eat them at least sometimes. In this case, it is useful to know what the consequences of this weakness are:

• chips will help to gain unnecessary weight;
• they will cause heartburn and increased toxicosis in the early stages;
• a high salt content will cause the formation of edema in the later stages and provoke an increase in blood pressure.

In addition, the placenta is not a reliable barrier to the penetration of harmful chemicals in the chips to the child. At the same time, every woman knows how sometimes during pregnancy the body requires some kind of “nastiness”. Such an unbearable desire can be satisfied with a small number of chips (a few pieces), and then only in the third trimester and in the absence of edema and problems with heartburn. And it’s better to cook them at home.

During breastfeeding, potato chips should be completely excluded from the diet. With mother's milk, the baby receives the entire dose of the harmful substances that they contain. The result is digestive upset and allergic reactions.

The use of chips by a nursing mother can cause Quincke's edema in the child - the most severe reaction to food allergies.

If you are not able to completely refuse this junk food, you can afford to use chips only after the child is 4 months old and has no allergies. The permissible dose is 100 g per day and not more than 2 times a month.

Chips in the diet of children

Having once tried chips, children very quickly “sit down” on them and often beg for their parents along with sweets. Parents, unable to refuse their beloved child, follow his lead. This is completely unacceptable, because the consequences of using chips for a child are unpredictable. There is nothing in them that would be useful for the child's body, and we described the harm from them in the previous chapters. The worst thing is that the constant excessive consumption of chips can slow the growth of the child and provoke gastritis, heart problems and obesity. Ideally, children up to school age should not even suspect the existence of chips.

Chip addiction

Manufacturers add chemical flavor enhancers to the chips. As a result, natural food is perceived as absolutely fresh. The brain, accustomed to flavors, begins to demand that food from which a person enjoys. This inevitably leads to food dependence. Of course, it can not be compared with a drug, but getting rid of it for some people can be quite difficult.

Can acne and diarrhea result from eating chips?

How can they! Dietary supplement E 339 (acidity regulator) just causes digestive upset with diarrhea. With the constant use of chips, all organs of the gastrointestinal tract suffer, so loose stools may be the result of a malfunction of the liver and pancreas.

As for acne, then on the face is reflected primarily a violation of the intestines and metabolism. Chips are a fatty food, and it leads to an increase in oily skin, malfunctioning of the sebaceous glands and, as a result, to the appearance of acne.

How to cook potato chips at home?

If you want to treat yourself to crispy slices, make the chips yourself. This process is lengthy and time-consuming, but it happens that "hunting is more than captivity." So, two ways to make homemade chips.

Chips in boiling oil

To prepare one serving, you will need 1 potato. It is desirable that it be without eyes, otherwise the slices will turn out uneven and ugly. Peeled potatoes are cut into thin slices, preferably with a vegetable cutter. Then they need to be washed from excess starch in cold water - so they will not stick together when frying. Place the washed potatoes to dry on a paper towel and at this time put a container with vegetable oil on the fire. It should be so much that it covers the potatoes by 2 - 3 cm. Add the slices to the boiled oil one at a time. Cooking time is determined by the appearance of the chips. If they have acquired a golden color, then they are ready. Let the fat drain by laying the chips on a paper towel and add salt to taste.

You can use any spices, but it is better to refuse them, especially if you are preparing a treat for children.

Oven Chips

Preparation for baking is similar to that described in the first recipe. Cover the baking sheet with baking paper and grease it with vegetable oil. Sprinkle the slices themselves with oil and mix gently. Chips should be laid out on a sheet so that they do not touch each other. Place the pan in a hot oven and bake the potatoes at 200 ° C until golden brown. Ready-made chips salt to taste. They are less fatty, so they are preferable for children.

Video: 10 facts about chips

Returning to Hippocrates, we say that the wisdom of life is to know the measure in everything. Take care of yourself and the health of your children. There is nothing more important in life than their well-being.

Date of publication: 02/15/2012

Chips are one of the most harmful foods on earth. This conclusion has long been reached by many researchers who put them in the risk product group. And, probably, there are few people who do not yet know about it. Let's see if chips are bad?

Yes, because this product is a mixture of fats and carbohydrates with the addition of flavoring substitutes, salt, dyes and sugar. And the chips made from potato flour, and not from whole potatoes, are especially harmful. There is no benefit in the form of minerals or vitamins in this product at all.

Of course, potato itself is a useful product for the human body. But the process of its processing in this case leads to the loss of all useful substances, and in return only harmful properties, carcinogenic, are acquired.

To understand in more detail what harmful chips are, consider the technology of their production. So, chips are fried not in sunflower oil, as many believe, but in special technical fat. Such fats lead to an increase in cholesterol in the blood of a person, increase the likelihood of atherosclerosis, as well as heart attack and stroke. In addition, having carcinogenic properties, fats, which are contained in this product and which are called hydrogenated, can even cause cancer.

Why are chips harmful yet? Because they contain a lot of salt. And this, firstly, violates the natural metabolism in the human body, secondly, it interferes with the normal growth of bone tissue, and thirdly, it causes problems with the cardiovascular system. Hypertensive patients should be especially careful with chips, since this product can increase pressure. After all, the fact is known that in high concentrations, salt helps to retain water in the body, thereby increasing blood volume, and as a result, blood pressure rises. Chips are also not recommended for people who have kidney problems.

According to scientists, chips contain a molecule such as a transisomer. It, getting into the human body, contributes to some extent to a decrease in testosterone levels. This is a hormone that is responsible for the sexual functions of the male population. For women, this molecule is also unsafe, because it adversely affects the mammary glands, increasing the risk of breast cancer by about 30-40 percent. Also, its entry into the female body can impair the quality of milk in nursing mothers and increase the likelihood of having low birth weight babies.

This product is very harmful for people who have problems with extra pounds. After all, the content in chips of fat and carbohydrates (starch) is very high. So, 100 grams of chips is about 550 kilocalories. In addition, various flavors and colorants, which are soaked in every piece of the product in abundance, can cause allergies in some people. And on top of that, as many scientists have found, chips can be addictive.

After reading this article, the question “are chips harmful?” Can give a definite answer: yes, of course! And if there are them, and whether to give to their children, let everyone decide for himself.

Chips sold in stores are not a natural product. They contain many chemical additives that are harmful even with a single use. Why are chips harmful to human health, and how are they dangerous?

Appearance story

Once, in an American restaurant, a disgruntled visitor returned coarsely chopped potatoes a couple of times. The chef decided to make a joke on this client, sliced \u200b\u200bthe potatoes too thinly and fried in butter, making it crispy.

The visitor liked this version of the dish, and the head of the institution introduced it to the menu. Subsequently, such an appetizer began to be sold in bags.

Chemical composition

Chips of any manufacturer are dangerous for the body, because in them there is almost nothing natural. Initially, this dish was actually made from potatoes. However, chips are now made from flour or starches. Genetically modified soya starch is often used.

They also include monosodium glutamate, flavorings. This product is fried in a large amount of vegetable oil, as a result of which carcinogens appear in chips. The use of starch and vegetable fats is indicated by the fact that chips burn when they are ignited.

Are chips harmful?

The natural product is fried potatoes. So why are chips unhealthy? In fact, most manufacturers make them from potato flour. Such flour does not contain any useful element. Also, chips have a lot of salt, which traps fluid in the body. A large amount of salt increases the likelihood of kidney disease, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system.

Various flavors, flavors used in the manufacture of this product are very harmful, and they are also addictive. All manufacturers add them; no brand saves on flavor enhancers and flavorings.

This is a very high-calorie product: per 100 grams - 510 kcal. Therefore, eating chips for overweight people is harmful and not recommended.

Why chips are harmful? Any ingredient in this product is very harmful. They are dangerous separately, but when combined, a real poison is obtained.

Chips do the following damage:

1. With the daily use of such a snack after a month, any person can develop heartburn, gastritis.
2. The salt contained in them upsets the metabolism.
3. A large number of carcinogens can cause the formation of cancerous tumors.
4. Sodium chloride contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases, and also disrupts bone growth, lowers immunity, negatively affects the liver and kidneys.
5. Women are more likely to develop breast cancer. In men, it negatively affects sexual function.
6. The use of chips causes a disorder of the nervous system, which is expressed in potency and weakness in the arms and legs.

Is there any benefit?

Are chips useful at least for something? All doctors and various experts are sure that such an appetizer does not give any benefit. This is an empty product that should be discarded from your diet.

How harmful are chips? What danger is their regular use? This product can trigger the development of the following diseases:

• allergic reactions;
• heart attacks and strokes;
• malignant neoplasms;
• obesity;
• diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• swelling
• diseases of the kidneys, liver;
• hormonal disruptions;
• intoxication of the body;
• addiction to supplements;
• disorders of the nervous system;
• depression, mood swings;
• metabolic disease;
• high cholesterol.

Naturally, these are not all the problems that such an appetizer may entail. Even experts do not know the exact answer how dangerous this product is for the human body.

Many lovers of such food are looking for which chips are less harmful and how much you can safely consume them per month. However, even one package can harm the whole body.

They are not recommended for use even by absolutely healthy people. But for those who are overweight or some kind of chronic disease, gastrointestinal tract disease, such a dish is strictly contraindicated. Moreover, you can’t eat an expired product.

Currently, manufacturing chips are the result of the work of chemists, which should be abandoned altogether or used with great care. And for those who lead a healthy lifestyle and eat right food, such food is not suitable.

Harm for children

Particularly incompatible chips and children. Parents should do everything for their child to eat exclusively natural food and not let it get into harmful chips.

Caring parents will never feed them their child. They have the following negative effects on children:

1. They cause obesity.
2. Promote the development of allergies.
3. Irritating the digestive tract.
4. Reduce appetite.
5. Negatively affect the liver and kidneys.

Video: The whole truth about the dangers of chips.

Hazardous ingredients

Scientists have proved that the use of trans isomers in food is extremely dangerous, there is no safe norm.

In many developed countries, the presence of transisomers in the composition of the product must be indicated on the packaging. The conditionally permissible amount of trans isomers in products is 1%. However, in 100 g of this dish there are about 60% of them. Therefore, consuming one package per day, the diet is replenished with 3% -4% of transisomers.

Transisomers have the following effects:

• Reduce immunity.
• Double the risk of heart disease.
• Disturb the metabolism. Causes prostate and breast cancer.
• They increase the likelihood of infertility, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and loss of vision.

What else are chips made of? Another dangerous ingredient is propenamide (acrylamide), a carcinogen, a mutagen.

Acrylamide has the following effects:

1. Destroys the liver, kidneys.
2. Promotes the formation of oncology.
3. It affects the nervous system.
4. Causes gene mutations.

Doubts whether chips are harmful cannot remain. You should not buy them for your children or yourself for a snack. It is worth considering how to replace chips, and eat healthy foods. After all, first of all, you need to think about your health and the health of your children.

If you want to lose weight - no need to torture yourself with terrible diets and spend hours every day in the gym. Enough to exclude from your diet all harmful products. There are not too many of them.

1. Chips

Potato, as such, is not a very useful product - starchand only, but in chips there is nothing useful and natural in general, full of carcinogens, flavors, flavor enhancers and, of course, oil. The continued use of chips leads to cancer and weight problems. The same goes for french fries.

2. Soda

Do you know that even gouache, which is diluted in water and seasoned with sugar, is not as harmful as colored soda? They began to think that fast food is best drunk with soda, but this is only a tricky marketing move. In fact, sparkling water aggravates the feeling of hunger, and you want to eat at least one hamburger. For that matter, Coca-Cola Light is not a gram better than standard Cola. It contains a sugar substitute, which is many times more harmful.

3. Fast food

In addition to speed and price, fast food has absolutely no advantages. But to quickly and safely remove hunger, you can easily make a sandwich of vegetables, cheese and ham.

We are talking only about store mayonnaise. If you stop using it, you yourself will notice how the waist becomes much smaller in volume. You can also add ketchup and other sauces containing flavor enhancers, flavors, fats and a complete absence of natural substances. Instead, try to use low-fat sour cream. It will be tastier and healthier.

5. Salt and sugar

They are called white death. Salt interferes with the removal of water from the body and remains in the most undesirable places. Sugar for dieters -enemy number one. But if it is unlikely to completely abandon these products, then you need to try to limit consumption - for example, do not add food and get used to the natural taste of the products. And sugar can easily be replaced with honey.

6. Alcohol

The harm of alcohol has long been known to everyone. If you take alcohol at least once a week - it is considered alcoholismomo. If you don’t know how to soberly endure the holiday - too. Refusal of alcohol can begin with refusal of cheap alcoholic drinks.

7. Sausages and smoked meats

You can never guess exactly what and when the sausages were probably made. Smoked and salted meat needs only long-term storage of products. Naturally, all the benefits of the product pass over time, and cadaveric manifestations do not stop. Only here the buyer cannot understand this because of flavorings and flavor enhancers.

8. Fried

Frying on margarine and sunflower oil is fraught with the formation of carcinogens and killing all the necessary properties of food. In addition, during frying, a little liquid is replaced by oil and this entails an increase in the calorie content of the product.

9. Sweet

Among the most harmful sweetscandy, marmalade, chewing sweets stand out. In truth, they are more harmful than a piece of cake due to the content of dyes and flavorings in them. Have a sweet tooth? Eat honey, dried fruits, or dark chocolate.

10. White bread

Fresh bread rolls or white bread are without a doubt very tasty, but there is absolutely nothing useful in them, since the flour from which they are prepared is purified from nutritious fiber. So it’s much healthier to eat whole grain bread.