Can you bring food to work?

I am an office worker, and I have no empathy for the ups and downs. Only personal experience can tell.

Everyone at work knows that lunch break is limited, and how to eat lunch has become a very big problem. If you go out to eat, your lunch break will be very long. Ordering takeout is oily and salty, which is unhealthy. In this case, bringing your own food has become a good choice for many office workers ~ ~

Everyone knows that if you bring your own food, it will save more lunch breaks and be more conducive to your health, but it also has disadvantages, that is, insufficient preparation. If you cook at night, I'm afraid the overnight food won't be good. If you cook it fresh in the morning, you really won't get up.

Is it harmful for office workers to bring their own overnight meals every day?

My opinion is that bringing your own overnight meal every day will not harm your health!

First, many people in life say that overnight meals can cause cancer. How credible is it?

Because you bring food, you should consider your health and find some reasons not to hurt your health, so that you can feel at ease with food. ...

"Overnight food" does not simply refer to food that has not been eaten overnight. Food that has been left for more than 8 hours after the first cooking is regarded as overnight food. Saying that "overnight meals can cause cancer" is actually worrying that the nitrite content in meals will increase after overnight.

The argument that overnight dishes can cause cancer comes from the fact that overnight dishes are prone to produce nitrite, which is officially certified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization. The content of nitrite in dishes stored overnight will greatly increase, and nitrite will generate nitrosamines in the body, which may induce terrible cancers such as liver cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer.

Is the power of overnight dishes really so great? That's not true. In fact, the nitrite content of overnight vegetables stored overnight is not enough to have adverse effects on the body. Eating dozens of kilograms of overnight meals at a time is likely to cause obvious adverse symptoms in the body.

The harm of overnight dishes is not so great, which does not mean that overnight dishes can be safely eaten. Overnight vegetables, especially overnight leafy vegetables, will lose their taste and nutritional value after repeated heating and overnight, and the nitrite content will be much higher than other vegetables. Therefore, overnight leafy vegetables must not be eaten.

Second, I have to think about how office workers should bring food to be healthy and safe. Everything comes from experience.

Specifically, we should do the following

1. The following dishes cannot be served overnight.

1) Green vegetables:

A dish of green vegetables, placed for more than 8 hours, is considered an "overnight dish". Green vegetables are more likely to produce nitrite than ordinary vegetables, and must not be overnight.

Spinach, vegetables, beans and green peppers are all green vegetables.

2) seafood

If fish and seafood are cooked overnight, it is easy to produce protein degradation products, which may damage the function of liver and kidney. Fish and seafood are best eaten on the same day. If you can't eat, feed first and cook as much as you can.

3) eggs that are not fully cooked

It's okay to eat hard-boiled eggs overnight in the refrigerator, but you can't eat undercooked eggs such as boiled eggs overnight, because it is likely to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

4) Mushrooms

Both wild mushrooms and cultivated mushrooms contain a lot of nitrite. Mushrooms will not only reduce nutrients overnight, but also produce nitrite, so they should be cooked and eaten now.

2. What dishes can I bring overnight?

Green leafy vegetables cannot be eaten overnight. Eggplant, potato, and stem vegetables are all acceptable.

Tomatoes, lettuce, lotus root, leek, zucchini, eggplant, garlic shoots, carrots, celery, potatoes, yam and other potato vegetables can be eaten overnight, which is a good choice for office workers.

All kinds of melons, vegetables and meat dishes are also good choices for bringing rice.

It should also be noted that after the dishes are cooked, they should not be stored at room temperature for more than 2 hours, and must be refrigerated in time. They should not be stored in the refrigerator for more than 3 days, and they should be wrapped with plastic wrap before being put in the refrigerator to avoid bacterial infection.

Thirdly, once again, overnight, we must know how to keep it healthy. Wouldn't it be better to have an extra insurance?

Specifically, we should do the following

1. When storing overnight meals, wrap them with plastic wrap, cool them and put them in the refrigerator to avoid odor and bacterial reproduction.

2. Divide leftovers into different packages, separate meat and vegetables, and separate cooked food from raw food to reduce bacterial growth.

3, eggs, vegetables, cold dishes, seafood, soy products and other foods are not recommended to be preserved, it is best to eat on the same day.

4. If you can't finish the saved overnight meal, it is recommended to heat only a part, not all.

See here, you know?

Office workers must keep the next day's meals at night, and don't move chopsticks halfway. In the process of eating, some bacteria will enter the leftovers on chopsticks; During the preservation process, some bacteria in the air may also enter. Cooked vegetables are more suitable for bacteria. Under appropriate conditions, they will grow in large quantities, and nitrate may be converted into nitrite during the growth process. After it is done, put it in a sealed box, let it cool and seal it in the refrigerator. No problem at all.