A very popular, insanely tasty and even stylish product is potato chips. For many, this is one type of snack that is readily available and highly nutritious. Anyone who loves to use, or sometimes allows himself to be pleased with this delicacy, must understand how harmful it is to his body.
Glutamate
The flavor enhancer added to chips does not have any harmful effect on the body in small doses. It is present in many foods such as, for example, mushrooms and meat in small quantities, is well absorbed and has a natural origin.
But when eating a large amount of food containing monosodium glutamate, a person can develop neuroses, sleep disturbances and liver disease.
Fat in chips
Frying by itself does not add useful properties to the product, but it is also important to understand that the fat used in production is cheap.
Cheap refined fat is purified using chemicals and traces of these chemicals inevitably remain in the oil in small quantities. Therefore, they also get into food.
Combination with other products
Potatoes are high in carbohydrates, in particular starch. Starch is converted into sugar in the body. This process takes a long time, since the starch is thick and slowly absorbed into the blood. Therefore, starch is called a long carbohydrate.
Chips are often used with sugary sodas and low-alcohol beverages like beer or cider. It is important to understand that alcohol is also converted into sugar in the body. So these drinks are mostly fast carbs.
This combination of fast and long-lasting carbohydrates gives the body a saturation in excess of the norm. This is a direct path to obesity, diabetes and vascular problems.
Sauces
Chips can be eaten with sauces like ketchup or curry sauce, mayonnaise, or cheese sauce.
All of the above have a high sugar content in their composition. And also many of them contain additional starch to thicken the sauce.
The only sugar-free sauce is mayonnaise. If it contains sugar, then its amount is very small. But there is another side of the coin, the high content of the same cheap fat.
