go to the beach to swim this afternoon, there are so many people on the beach. While sitting on the beach and chatting, I found that many people around were eating their own food-how to say, anyway, it was rubbish-especially many people were eating a piece of ham sausage.

　　Ham sausage products are bright in color, beautiful in appearance, have various flavors, and are convenient to eat, so they have been particularly popular in recent years. However, as far as nutrition is concerned, most products are of low quality and low nutritional value, which is not the same as fresh meat.

　　Most ham sausage products contain 6%~10% starch, some even more, such as many lunch intestinal starch content as high as 25%. You know, fresh meat contains no starch at all. So these starches are added. The protein content of ham sausage products is mostly around 10%, and some products may be higher. The current national standards for this type of food only require that its protein content meet the standard, and it does not require its protein to come from fresh meat. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that there are not many products that use fresh meat to make ham sausage. Pigskin, internal organs, water, blood and other raw materials containing protein and fat are used in large quantities. In addition, "vegetable protein" should be added to most products to increase protein content and increase water absorption. In order to improve the slice performance and highlight the aroma of meat, more animal fat and salt are generally added to the intestines, and animal fat is rich in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, which is harmful to health.

The most important and worrying additive in ham sausage is sodium nitrite. Sodium nitrite has a "hair coloring" effect, which can make the ham sausages appear beautiful red, rather than gray and light brown like their own cooked meat. Sodium nitrite also has antiseptic effects. Sodium nitrite has certain toxicity. Large amounts of food can cause acute poisoning. Long-term consumption of small amounts may cause cancer. Of course, it is safe to use in accordance with national standards, and will not cause substantial harm to the human body. In order to make the ham sausage more beautiful and more attractive, some manufacturers add sodium nitrite in excess, and eating such ham sausage is particularly dangerous; some manufacturers add additional sodium D-isoascorbate to promote hair color; more manufacturers add pigment , Such as red yeast red, amaranth red, and cochineal red and other national standards allow pigments. Sodium nitrite has a certain antiseptic effect, but it is not enough. Generally, it is necessary to add preservatives, such as nisin, sodium propionate, potassium sorbate, etc.

　　 "Water absorption" is very important to maintain the elasticity and freshness of ham sausages, so it is usually necessary to add food additives such as "thickener" and "moisture retention agent". In addition, the delicious taste of ham sausage is actually not related to meat, mainly from salt, sugar, spices and "flavor enhancers" (such as MSG).

In summary, ham sausage meat products not only have low nutrient content, but also add a variety of additives. Even if each additive is added in a small amount according to the requirements of national standards, the total amount is still considerable. Those ham sausage products in bulk and without standard labels are particularly reassuring.

　　 Therefore, ham sausages should really be eaten less than buying fresh meat. In the past, I usually bought ham sausages when I was traveling. I think it is more convenient, and it can be used with bread and other flavors. Later, I read a blog from Mr. Fan Zhihong who was deeply inspired: Why do you have to eat garbage when traveling? You can also eat nutritious food when traveling, such as home-cooked eggs, salted duck eggs, yogurt, milk, pancakes, fresh Fruits, tea, juice, etc. Since then, I have rarely eaten so-called instant food such as ham sausage and instant noodles. For the same reason, in fact, you can eat healthy while playing on the beach, such as home-cooked fresh corn, edamame, peanuts, eggs, tea eggs, mixed fresh vegetables or cucumbers, tomatoes that can be eaten raw directly, and home-made sauce Beef, roasted pork ribs, pancakes, hot spoons, bean bags; fresh fruits such as watermelon, peaches; milk, yogurt, soy milk, boiled water, mung bean water, sports drinks, mineral water or purified water, tea...can bring health There are actually a lot of foods. Why do you have to eat junk food such as ham sausages, biscuits, snacks, carbonated drinks?