Eating out a lot, it's really not good

With the improvement of people's living standards, eating out has become a common thing
.
Due to the busy work and the high-speed pace of life, there are not a few migrant workers who eat out three times a
day.
As we all know, eating out often is really bad
.
But to what extent is it "bad"? Researchers at the University of Iowa School of Public Health recently found that eating out ≥ 2 meals a day increased all-cause mortality by 49%, cardiovascular disease mortality by 18%, and cancer mortality by 67
% compared with people who hardly ate out.
The study was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
.

Statistics show that in 2020 Chinese ate 5 trillion yuan
just by eating out.
Not only at home, but also abroad, Americans get more energy from eating outside the home every day, from 17 percent in 1977-1978 to 34 percent
from 2011-2012.
However, the problems of eating out are also obvious, high energy density and low quality diet, which naturally cause damage
to health.

To get an accurate relationship between eating out and risk of death, the researchers followed 35,084 adult participants for up to 7.
83 years
.
A total of 2781 deaths were finally recorded, of which 511 were attributed to cardiovascular disease and 638 died from cancer
.

Participants who ate out an average of ≥ 2 times a day were male, tending to be younger and single
, compared to those who rarely ate out (< 1 time/week).
These people who eat out often have higher total energy intake and naturally have a higher BMI
than those who eat at home.

Adjusting for a number of confounding factors such as age, sex, diet and lifestyle, BMI, etc.
, showed that participants who ate out twice ≥ daily were significantly more all-cause mortality by 49% (95% CI 1.
05 to 2.
13), cardiovascular disease mortality by 18% (95% CI 0.
55 to 2.
55), and cancer mortality by 67% (95% CI 0.
87 to 3.
21)
compared with those who <ate out once a week.

The researchers also found a stronger
association between higher eating out frequency and higher all-cause mortality in people with lower incomes.
In other words, eating out often without money increased all-cause mortality by 104%.

The reason behind "frequent eating out leads to increased mortality" is also well understood, unless you actively choose salad or light food, most of the ingredients and ingredients provided by external food catering are difficult to control, compared to meals at home are naturally heavy oil and salt heavy seasoning, often containing higher saturated fatty acids, sodium, lower calcium, iron, dietary fiber, etc.
, which can be called a chronic killer of
health.
Not only that, but unhealthy cooking practices can also lead to more harmful chemicals, such as phthalates, in people who eat out regularly, which can also increase the risk of
cardiovascular disease.

A previous 10-year follow-up study in Public Health Nutrition also showed that people who love to cook live longer and more frequently, the lower the risk of death; People who cook more than 5 times a week have a 50% lower risk of death, especially women
.

(Source: Mace Medical)

China Food News (October 12, 2022, Edition 03)

(Editor: Han Songyan).