With the increasing richness of electronic appliances, Chinese people's cooking methods are becoming increasingly rich. From the previous large pots of cooking rice with firewood, to the current ones using rice cookers, cooking dishes with electronic stoves, and making food with ovens. The more advanced one is the most popular air fryer . It only needs to put the ingredients into the pot and adjust the time to enjoy quick food.
Rice cooker is one of the electrical appliances in our kitchen. Friends who like to eat rice must be inseparable from rice cookers. Rice cookers bring great convenience to our lives. As the use rate of rice cooker increases, rumors about him are everywhere.
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Sister Wang accidentally saw this news when she was looking at her mobile phone: A couple induced liver cancer because they used a rice cooker to cook rice for a long time.
At this time, the eldest sister was very scared, afraid that the rice cooker she used would also have this situation. So she went to the hospital to consult a doctor expert
The doctor also felt very helpless, and finally told Sister Wang: "As long as it is a rice cooker produced by a regular manufacturer, and it is correct. There is no toxicity when using it. Unless you use it improperly during the operation or the rice cooker has been seriously damaged, it may cause harmful substances to enter the human body. "
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WHO calls on: Stop using rice cookers, may it induce liver cancer? The truth comes
There are a lot of rumors circulating on the Internet that say: WHO calls for the stop of the use of rice cooker because the inner liner of the rice cooker is a harmful substance and a catalyst for liver cancer. The news made countless people frightened. Have you used the rice cooker for so many years wrong?
The basis for the statement about "rice cookers cause cancer" is actually because most of the inner liner coatings of rice cookers are Teflon, and after Teflon is heated to a certain temperature, toxic substances may be precipitated... What is the truth?
Teflon is a polymer made of tetrafluoroethylene as a monomer polymer. It has the characteristics of heat resistance, cold resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, strong stability, etc., and is almost not eroded by any substance.
In order to verify this rumor, CCTV did an experiment. Place the polytetrafluoroethylene substance scraped off from the rice cooker at an environment of 260℃ and 350℃. It was found that the polytetrafluoroethylene substance at 260℃ had extremely stable properties and was not found to be dissolved due to 260℃, nor did other harmful substances be produced due to high temperatures. However, decomposition occurs only under an environment with a temperature above 300℃.
Only when the temperature reaches specific conditions can polytetrafluoroethylene decompose. However, the temperature of the rice cooker used in our family is basically within 110~120℃. Even some rice cookers with good performance cannot meet the standard of polytetrafluoroethylene decomposition.
So as long as you buy a regular rice cooker, no matter how you use it, you will not decompose the Teflon in the inner coating of the rice cooker, and will not cause safety problems.
However, rice cooker pot is also a consumable . After years of use, the aluminum coating in the inner liner is more likely to wear out. The aluminum ions in the pot and the fluoride contained in the tap water dissolve into each other and contaminate the food, which will cause serious damage to the liver, which induces liver cancer.
Rice cooker is scratched, can it still be used?
If you find that the rice cooker is scratched and there are small black pieces or white areas during use, it proves that the inner liner coating is falling a lot. It is best to stop using it immediately and buy a new rice cooker again.
If the aluminum inner liner comes into contact with food directly, it may lead to the precipitation of aluminum elements, causing the body's aluminum intake to exceed the standard, posing a certain health threat.
The "root" of liver cancer
——Bad lifestyle
Long-term alcoholism can easily induce liver cancer. Long-term consumption of pickled pickles, frying, and smoked foods can also induce liver cancer. Pickled foods contain nitrosamine , and fried and smoked foods contain 3,4- benzopyrene , which can all induce cancer.
Recently eating moldy foods such as peanuts, corn, rice, dried potatoes, Dried radish, , dairy products, soy products, etc., which can also induce liver cancer, because these foods contain aflatoxin, which is a strong carcinogen, so everyone should avoid eating them.
—Hepatitis
Compared with ordinary people, liver cancer is more likely to occur in people with viral hepatitis . Viral hepatitis is one of the causes of liver cancer, including hepatitis A and , hepatitis B, etc.
After suffering from viral hepatitis, if the number of viruses in the body is not actively controlled, and more and more viruses continue to attack the liver, more and more liver cells will be necrotic, causing the liver to gradually to fibrillate , and then become hardened, and eventually develop into liver cancer.
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In life, how to use the rice cooker correctly?
When purchasing, you should check whether there is a 3C logo
When purchasing a rice cooker, try to choose brand products with good reputation and good after-sales service, and try to choose products with high energy efficiency logos.
Try not to use steel wisp balls when cleaning rice cookers
This behavior is a common mistake that everyone makes in daily life. I always feel that steel wisp balls can be cleaner. Little do they know that the repeated friction of the steel wool ball will damage the coating of the inner liner, thereby accelerating the fall of the body layer. Avoid using some hard steel wool balls and other substances to clean, and it is best to wipe it lightly with a soft cloth.
avoid using metal shovels when using it. Do not place food for a long time
During the use of the rice cooker, it is best not to use a metal shovel to serve the rice, so as not to damage the coating, and the time to place the food should not be too long to avoid affecting the service life of the rice cooker.
Don't use open flame to cook the inner liner of the rice cooker
This phenomenon often occurs when hot rice is hot. Some people feel that using some hot rice is not only troublesome but also slow. At this time, the inner liner will be placed directly on the open flame for heating, but Teflon material is not heat-resistant and will damage the upper coating after reaching a certain temperature.
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Further reading - Can the sugar-removing rice cooker really reduce sugar?
Nearly sugar-depleted rice cooker has become an internet celebrity product. It is said that using it to steam rice can effectively reduce the sugar content in rice by 70%. Even if you eat two large bowls, it is not as good as a bowl of rice steamed in an ordinary rice cooker. Let diabetes patients also have confidence in eating staple food.
The principle is to filter out the rice when it is half-cooked, and then steam the remaining rice. This can take away the starch in the rice and reduce the sugar in the rice. However, is this really reliable?
However, after professional testing, only the sugar content of the rice steamed from this desugared rice cooker and the normal rice cooker has not changed significantly after eating it into the human body.
The so-called sugar-removing rice cooker does not have the effect of "removing sugar" the rice, and some sellers claim that the sugar-removing rate reaches 70% is even more indescribable.
Increased blood sugar may be caused by frequent overeating. If you want to lower blood sugar safely and reliably, you may need to take oral medication under the guidance of a doctor. At the same time, you can also inject insulin to relieve it, which can control blood sugar within a normal range.
