While all of us shop for way too many things to make our kitchens effective and stylish, we must also think about items that would make healthy eating an easier goal.
The world has changed a lot in the last few decades. And with it, our lifestyle and food have changed majorly too. True, the majority of students and working people prefer to eat out.This comes with an immense risk of food-related illnesses. In the past three decades, a significant increase in the proportion of food dollars spent on food eaten away from home has been seen in the United States, much like in other parts of the world. But this trend comes with a lot of problems—the risk of food-borne illnesses and the effect it has on our general health.
Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, Cryptosporidium, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 continue to be the most common and common causes of laboratory-confirmed foodborne infections in the United States, according to two recent Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) reports.
Concerns about the worrying global trend of fast food consumption and its associated cardio metabolic consequences, such as being overweight or obese, are also on the rise. Consuming fast food and eating outside the home are major risk factors for poorer dietquality, higher calorie and fat intake, and lower micronutrient densities. Overweight and belly fat accumulation, poor insulin and glucose homeostasis, lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities, induction of systemic inflammation, and oxidative stress were all associated with frequent fast food consumption. Additionally, eating more fast food raises your chance of developing diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.
If you are wondering how these facts are relevant, we were just trying to remind you why eating at home is the best thing to do. But even while cooking at home, we tend to make food unhealthy—everything from mayonnaise, sauces, oil, and fried items can make you as sick as relying on outside food.
The hack is to learn to cook and eat healthy at home. And the first step towards that is to line up a few pieces of equipment that will help you eat healthy without much work. Here, we have brought together the top five lists of the most effective healthy-eating items to have in your home kitchen.