Why leftover food is unhealthy?

  • The very first reason for not eating leftovers is because they lack nutrition. Food looses many of the nutrients from the time it is cut to the time it is cooked because of the process called as oxidation. When the food is in contact with the air for a long time as leftovers are, they lose many of the nutrients; also there is more loss during the process of reheating it.
  • The second reason is that leftovers are not stored properly. For the food to remain safe, you need to refrigerate it within 2-4 hours of cooking. Generally by the time we keep the food in the fridge, it already starts deteriorating. Bacteria start acting on the food and multiplying when it is out for long. The temperature of the fridge should also be below 400 F or 00 C.
  • The third reason is that once you know you have food in the fridge, you will be tempted to eat it even if you are not hungry thus aiding weight gain.

To read more tips see Leftovers: To Keep or To Discard?


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