Reducing the Negative Impact of Cooking Oil

In our culture, fried foods, including favorite foods. It was a tasty, crunchy, plus low price makes many popular fried. However, eating fried food can be harmful to health.

Fried food fried in oil containing saturated fatty acids would be metabolized when consumed, will eventually increase in blood lipid profile. The higher the intake of saturated fat, higher cholesterol. This will eventually lead to degenerative diseases, such as coronary heart disease or stroke.

To prevent these undesirable due to consumption of fried foods, Prof.Dr.Ir.Made Astawan, food technologists, Bogor Agricultural University, share tricks.

1. When you choose to buy cooking oil in accordance with the needs, how to read labels and packaging, with good care. Select which include cooking oil complete information on the label.

2. For high cholesterol, choose oils that contains unsaturated fatty acids (such as peanut oil and corn oil).

3. Do not choose cooking oil just by color and appearance. A clear oil is not necessarily better than the yellow oil concentrated. Color is influenced by the content of carotenoids and other components in the oil. In some cases the very beneficial carotenoids to health.

4. As far as possible gorenglah food gangsa system (less oil) to prevent excessive oil absorption in fried foods, and repeated use of oil.

5. Cooking oil so that is not easily damaged, should not use too high heat. Control the size of the flame.

6. Save the cooking oil in a sealed container, cool, and avoid sunlight to prevent oxidation and rancidity was not easy.

7. Clean the frying pan or wok with a detergent that is free from the crust or other dirt.

8. Do not get used to using used oil that has been used repeatedly to fry.

9. Drain the oil in fried food before eating. If necessary use a tissue or paper to reduce the oil layer on the surface of the food.

In our culture, fried foods, including favorite foods. It was a tasty, crunchy, plus low price makes many popular fried. However, eating fried food can be harmful to health.

Fried food fried in oil containing saturated fatty acids would be metabolized when consumed, will eventually increase in blood lipid profile. The higher the intake of saturated fat, higher cholesterol. This will eventually lead to degenerative diseases, such as coronary heart disease or stroke.

To prevent these undesirable due to consumption of fried foods, Prof.Dr.Ir.Made Astawan, food technologists, Bogor Agricultural University, share tricks.

1. When you choose to buy cooking oil in accordance with the needs, how to read labels and packaging, with good care. Select which include cooking oil complete information on the label.

2. For high cholesterol, choose oils that contains unsaturated fatty acids (such as peanut oil and corn oil).

3. Do not choose cooking oil just by color and appearance. A clear oil is not necessarily better than the yellow oil concentrated. Color is influenced by the content of carotenoids and other components in the oil. In some cases the very beneficial carotenoids to health.

4. As far as possible gorenglah food gangsa system (less oil) to prevent excessive oil absorption in fried foods, and repeated use of oil.

5. Cooking oil so that is not easily damaged, should not use too high heat. Control the size of the flame.

6. Save the cooking oil in a sealed container, cool, and avoid sunlight to prevent oxidation and rancidity was not easy.

7. Clean the frying pan or wok with a detergent that is free from the crust or other dirt.

8. Do not get used to using used oil that has been used repeatedly to fry.

9. Drain the oil in fried food before eating. If necessary use a tissue or paper to reduce the oil layer on the surface of the food.

Five Benefits of Tempe

There have been many studies that prove that tempe is a healthy food. Compared to other foods made from soy, tempeh is made from whole soybeans. That's what makes tempeh so unique with the following benefits:

1. High fiber
One serving of tempeh contains a very high fiber. Fiber is needed for digestive health and prevent various chronic diseases in the future.

2. Easily digested
Tempe is a good food choice for people who have trouble digesting high protein foods of plant origin such as nuts. Tempe fermentation process to make soybean in tempe become tender because the enzymes produced by yeast previously been digested nutrients in soybean seeds.

Tempe fungus Rhizopus in producing phytase enzyme that digests phytates, which increases the absorption of minerals such as zinc, iron, and calcium. The fermentation process also reduces the oligosaccharide that makes soybeans difficult to digest. Research shows, tempeh not cause bloating.

3. Good for low-salt diet
Unlike food fermented soy products like miso which tend to be very salty, tempeh is very low in salt, so safe to eat, people who need to reduce the salt.

4. Containing a natural antibiotic
Rhizopus fungi to produce natural antibiotic substances against a number of harmful organisms. Natural antibiotic substances in Tempe can be a cure for dysentery if taken every day.

5. Good for diabetes
The protein in tempeh is good for diabetic patients who often have problems with sources of animal protein. Protein and fiber in tempeh can also prevent an increase in blood sugar and keep blood sugar levels remain uncontrolled.