Health risks, loss of taste or nutritional value, plastic can now harm your health. In this article, we reveal the 9 foods to never put in plastic boxes to avoid food poisoning. Read on!
Poisoning: plastic contains endocrine disruptors
Storing certain foods in plastic boxes can now be practical. But this is not the case with all foodstuffs!
Sometimes they don’t mix well with plastic. Don’t worry, the Leenkus editorial staff will tell you everything about it. By reading our article, all this will have no more secrets for you. And above all, no food poisoning. Are you ready ?
What is food poisoning?
Food poisoning is a digestive infection. Food poisoning is actually a mild infection. However, in some cases they can be dangerous. Know that most of the time, no drug treatment is required to treat such poisoning. Thus, the signs of this disease appear quickly. Usually within 24 hours of eating contaminated food.
Moreover, the symptoms of this food disease should disappear on their own within a few hours at best. And not exceeding two or three days.
Thus, in order to avoid food poisoning, it is therefore essential to respect a few things. And especially not to mix certain foods with plastic. This is what we will see in the rest of this article.
What foods do not mix with plastic?
Attention ! The first food that should not be put in a plastic box to avoid food poisoning is meat.
Cooked, the meat placed in a plastic container will therefore decompose more quickly. Also, an alteration of taste and texture will then occur. But beware, raw is not better. Indeed, contact with plastic will thus accelerate its aging.
Also, be careful with the eggs. These foods should never be stored in a plastic container. And that’s actually the case with all egg foods. In particular mayonnaise, because of the risk of contamination with salmonella or E. coli bacteria.
Same thing for raw vegetables and fruits. These could soften and wilt much more quickly. And they will then lose much of their nutritional value. It is therefore best to keep them in a basket at room temperature. And it’s easier, right?
Do not put hot dishes in plastic
Food poisoning: if you have made soup and you have some left over… Do not pour it into a plastic container right away.
Why ? So if you don’t wait for it to cool down, its taste and composition will undergo an alteration in direct contact with the plastic.
“A yogurt in a plastic pot does not pose too many problems, because the contact time between the food and the container is short, and the food is cold”, explained Dr. Laurent Chevallier, nutritionist. So be very careful.
Obviously, it is now the same with all hot dishes. Ditto if you have salad with vinaigrette.
