Please avoid consuming tomato ketchup frequently due to these reasons!!
Posted on: 13/Jan/2022 9:46:48 AM
How would you react if you come to know that the tomato ketchup you consume frequently could be harmful for your health? Shocked right!!
Tomato ketchups combine well with foods like French Fries or Burgers or Pizza etc and the combination is sensational for the taste buds. The happiness which we could get by eating samosas, parathas etc along with this tomato ketchup is incomparable.
This delicious taste makes many of us consume tomato ketchup without knowing the truth that in the long run it would be harmful for our health. The tomato ketchups which we consume are mostly purchased from the stores and they have many chemicals and preservatives. These would be harmful for our health.
The presence of high amounts of sugar, salt, fructose, corn syrup and preservatives in the tomato ketchup makes the tomato ketchup dangerous for the health.
Various reasons why we must avoid consuming tomato ketchup frequently are
Acid reflux issues:
The citric acid and malic acid present in the tomato ketchup could lead to acidity issues in us. Intake of excess tomato ketchup could lead to acid reflux or heartburn in us. It must be noted that these 2 acids when they go into the stomach would add up to the gastric acid used by the body used to break down the food we consume. Persons having gastric issues must not consume tomato ketchup.
Obesity issues:
The presence of too much sugar and preservatives in the tomato ketchup could cause us to gain weight and lead to obesity. The truth is that intake of excess tomato ketchup could lead to reduction in the insulin in the body.
Allergies:
Frequent intake of tomato ketchup could lead to allergy in us and that is due to the presence of histamine. Person consuming excess of this could get vomiting and diarrhea also.
Heart disease:
The shocking truth is that by frequent intake of tomato ketchup, fructose corn syrup gets added in our body and this would increase the triglycerides levels in us. We might get heart diseases etc.
Severe joint pain:
Not many of us would be aware of the fact that excess intake of tomato ketchup could lead to inflammation in the body leading to severe joint pain etc. The presence of preservatives in the tomato ketchup is responsible for this.
Kidney stones:
The quantity of calcium in the body becomes more when we consume high sodium and processed foods. This would result in kidney stones etc in us.
Low nutrient density:
It is essential that we must consume nutrient dense foods as it would improve our immunity to a huge extent by providing us with protective micronutrients. Tomato ketchups have low nutrient density and do not have fibers, proteins etc.
