Foods You Should Never Eat As Leftovers
Spinach
If you’ve made too much spinach only for a quick and nutritious side dish, it’s best if you just toss it out or eat the leftovers cold. As an alternative, you can also stir it into a pasta salad.
The thing with spinach is that it contains a high quantity of nitrates, which our bodies need in order to function properly. When we eat some of these vegetables raw, our bodies turn these good-for-you nitrates into nitrites.
So, nitrates don’t represent a problem for us until the heating process activates them. They can release poisonous carcinogenic effects when they’re being processed, so it’s best to avoid reheating altogether.
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The article on foods that shouldn’t be reheated,is that only reheating in a microwave oven
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Very enlightening!!!!!
Carrots and celery you can absolutely use them yet. Just chop them up assuming they are raw one put them in the freezer
Basically what they’re saying for all these is it don’t leave them out on the counter and then eat them later as leftovers well I don’t know anybody who does such a thing of course you refrigerate it and then you reheat it completely based on this article I don’t think I’m going to read or trust anything else on this website
Where is the article
I am 75 years old and have no disease or any medicine to take like any old person does, heating rice which is 3 days old, chicken or potato or carrot or any food that you mention is common in Asian countries and has no adverse effect in our body and I my family and friends are doing it for 75 years of my life that I know. may it be true for some people who have weak guts cause I heard and read some people die by eating leaf over rice or pasta.
This article is ridiculous and instilling fear. I’ve eaten every single one of these foods hundreds of times over the years, heated and unheated, as leftovers, and never, ever have I gotten sick. I’m 75 years old so Ive been doing this for that long. As a matter of fact, many of these foods taste better and have more flavor and intensity when leftover and reheated. Back up your claims with data please!
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I’ve eaten everything on this list as leftovers, except beets, which I don’t like anyway. Maybe I’m just lucky, but I’ve never had a problem.
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is it ok to freeze already cooked food, & then reheat ???? in micro or a pan????