Four foods that are not suitable for reheating

Globalization of the way we work has for years established very tight routines in our pace of life, making it difficult to find time to prepare meals and sit down to eat in peace.

This situation leads people to adopt certain rhythms or habits that are not very advisable for the care of their health. Meanwhile, organizations such as the University of Navarra in Spain emphasize that today there is a great deal of scientific evidence on the importance of good eating habits in maintaining health and preventing diseases.

The World Health Organization warns that people are currently consuming more high-calorie foods, fats, free sugars and salt/sodium. On the other hand, it points out, many people do not eat enough fruits, vegetables and dietary fiber, which shows that these are actions that do little to benefit our body.

Beyond what has been mentioned, today we want to tell you about a very common practice at mealtimes, which is reheating food prepared the day before.

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What foods should not be reheated?

This habit can be harmful to our health depending on the food we are talking about and that is why below we will tell you about four foods that you should not reheat because they affect your health.

Rice

When it comes to your food, you should know that one of the products you should not reheat is rice. This habit can affect our health since Rice can contain Bacillus cereusa pathogen that typically produces self-limiting gastrointestinal symptoms and can lead to life-threatening central nervous system infections, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Egg

The second food that appears on the list is the egg, which if after being prepared, left at room temperature for a long time can help proliferates in salmonella, a bacteria that usually lives in the intestines and is expelled through feces and which, according to the Mayo Clinic, can lead to life-threatening health complications if the infection spreads to areas outside the intestines.

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Spinach

Reheating spinach is another habit that we should eliminate from our eating routine because They contain nitrates that when heated can be converted into carcinogenic compounds.. They may also harbor listeria bacteria, which can cause intestinal illness, causing vomiting and diarrhea and potentially leading to serious invasive disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Papas

Finally, there are potatoes, for which the warning does not focus so much on the action of reheating them, but on storing them for more than two hours at room temperature once prepared. This habit can lead to growth of the Clostridium botulinuma bacteria that affects our health by causing the disease Botulism, a serious condition for which timely treatment will greatly reduce the risk of death, according to the National Institutes of Health of the United States.