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7 Foods That Become Toxic When You Reheat Them

Fresh and homemade meals are becoming a luxury in the fast life everyone’s leading. Reheating our meals has become a necessity but some reheated foods can be hazardous for our health.

Here are the foods that you must avoid reheating:

Potatoes

Potatoes are highly nutritive but you must avoid reheating them because that way they lose their nutritive values and even become toxic. Eat your potatoes freshly prepared or cold, but never reheat it.

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Meat

Reheating meat can cause protein change. If you really want to reheat meat, then do it on medium heat.

Spinach

Spinach is rich in nitrates that turn to nitrites when reheating it. Nitrites can cause cancer and that’s why doctors recommend eating your spinach fresh.

Turnip

Turnip contains nitrates that can be toxic. This doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to eat your turnip the next day, you just need to eat it cold without reheating it.

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Celery

Celery also contains nitrites and that’s why you should eat only fresh celery and avoid reheating it.

Eggs

Eggs are high risk food that can become toxic when exposed to high temperatures. Eat your eggs freshly prepared and avoid reheating them.

Mushrooms

The best way to eat mushrooms is when they’re freshly prepared but if you have any leftovers, we recommend you eating them cold. Eating reheated mushrooms can cause digestion problems.