In present times, white flour has become an important part of our diet. Most of the processed foods we eat contain flour. Most people like to eat samosas, kachoris, puris and naans made of flour. Apart from this, flour is also used to make pizza, bread, biscuits and other processed food. Actually, they increase the blood sugar of the body due to their high glycemic index (GI). Things made of white flour look delicious to eat, but it can cause many types of harm to our health.
According to experts, white flour is such a food item that can be bad for health. In recently published studies, the use of refined flour in foods has been seen to be associated with heart diseases, diabetes, increasing obesity, and other diseases. Maida is made of acid, sugar and processed wheat and contains less fiber which is essential for the body. In addition, maida provides lesser amounts of vitamins, minerals and proteins than natural wheat in foods. It was also revealed in the study that high intake of flour-rich food increases the risk of obesity and can also be responsible for heart-related problems.
Disadvantages of eating maida
1. Nutrient deficiencies
Eating white flour can cause deficiency of nutrients in the body. This is because flour is prepared by removing the outer layer of wheat. Most of the nutrients and fiber are destroyed in this process. Eating flour daily can cause deficiency of essential vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals in your body.
2. Digestive Problems
Excessive consumption of maida can cause digestive problems. Due to lack of fiber in flour, it is not able to digest food easily. Eating maida can cause digestive problems like constipation, indigestion and acidity.
3. May increase blood sugar level
Eating flour can increase the blood sugar level in the body rapidly, because the glycemic index of flour is very high. Glucose starts accumulating in the blood due to excessive consumption of flour, which can further increase the problem of diabetes. Excessive consumption of flour can increase the risk of diabetes.
4. Makes bones weak
Flour is of acidic nature. The amount of protein in it is found to be negligible. Excess intake of this can increase the amount of acid in your body. Due to which there is a bad effect on the bones and there can be a problem of weakening of bones.
5. Increases cholesterol
Cholesterol level can increase due to excessive intake of flour. The thing is that the amount of starch is found in flour, due to which obesity can increase. Due to increase in obesity, the level of bad cholesterol and triglyceride also starts increasing in the body. So if you already have cholesterol problem then avoid eating white flour.
Follow these tips to avoid the disadvantages of flour
1. Ferment the flour before eating it
Try not to eat flour outside the house. Ferment the flour i.e. make yeast in it. Making yeast in flour makes it probiotic and healthy for gut health and easily digestible.
To leaven the flour, add lemon and baking soda to it or you can use curd.
2. Boil flour before frying
If you make anything with flour, then try to boil it first, due to this the flour will not stick in the stomach and it will also be digested easily. If you want, you can make it by mixing semolina or flour in the flour, even then the flour will not stick in the stomach.
3. Adopt this work to digest flour
How to digest flour, this question must be coming in everyone’s mind, so let’s know how to digest flour.
1. Exercise for 30 minutes after eating flour to digest flour.
2. Drink plenty of water after eating things made of white flour.
Curd is very effective after eating 3. flour.
Include these flour in your diet
You can include wheat, brown rice, millet, jowar and ragi instead of maida in your diet. It can become a good substitute of refined flour. Now even wheat bread, noodles and pasta are easily available in the markets.
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