I-Microwave Popcorn Ibangela Umdlavuza: Iqiniso Noma Inganekwane?

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• Yini ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-microwave popcorn nomdlavuza?
• Ingabe i-microwave popcorn ibangela umdlavuza?
• Ingabe i-microwave popcorn ixhunyaniswe nezinye izinkinga zempilo?
• Ungayinciphisa kanjani ingozi yakho?
• Zama ama-popcorn avela emoyeni
• Yenza i-stovetop popcorn
• Faka ama-flavour akho
• Okubalulekile

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Yini ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-microwave popcorn nomdlavuza?

I-Popcorn iyingxenye yesiko yokubuka ama-movie. Awudingi ukuya enkundleni yemidlalo ukuze uzitike ngebhakede le-popcorn. Mane nje unamathisele isikhwama ku-microwave bese ulinda umzuzu noma kunjalo ukuze lawo mafihliki aluhlaza avuleke.

I-Popcorn nayo ayinamafutha amancane futhi inefayibha ephezulu.

Kodwa-ke amakhemikhali ambalwa ku-microwave popcorn kanye nokupakishwa kwayo axhumene nemiphumela emibi yezempilo, kufaka phakathi umdlavuza kanye nesimo samaphaphu esiyingozi.

Qhubeka ufunde izindaba zangempela ngemuva kwezimangalo mayelana ne-microwave popcorn nempilo yakho.

Ingabe i-microwave popcorn ibangela umdlavuza?

Ukuxhumeka okungenzeka phakathi kwe-microwave popcorn nomdlavuza akuveli kuma-popcorn uqobo, kodwa kusuka kumakhemikhali abizwa ngama-perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) asezikhwameni. Ama-PFC amelana nokugcoba, okwenza kube kuhle ekuvikeleni uwoyela ungangeni emasakeni e-popcorn.

Ama-PFC asetshenzisiwe naku:

• amabhokisi e-pizza
• izindwangu zesandwich
• Amapaneli e-Teflon
• ezinye izinhlobo zokupakisha kokudla

Inkinga ngama-PFCs ukuthi ihlahlela kwi-perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ikhemikhali okusolwa ukuthi lidala umdlavuza.

Lawa makhemikhali angena ku-popcorn uma uwashisa. Uma udla ama-popcorn, angena egazini lakho futhi angahlala emzimbeni wakho isikhathi eside.

Ama-PFC asetshenziswe kabanzi kangangokuba abantu baseMelika sebenayo le khemikhali egazini labo. Yingakho ochwepheshe bezempilo bezama ukuthola ukuthi ngabe ama-PFC ahlobene yini nomdlavuza noma ezinye izifo.

Ukuthola ukuthi la makhemikhali angabathinta kanjani abantu, iqembu labacwaningi elaziwa njenge-C8 Science Panel imiphumela yokuvezwa kwe-PFOA kubahlali ababehlala eduze nendawo yokukhiqiza yaseDuPont eWashington Works eWest Virginia.

Lesi sitshalo besilokhu sikhipha i-PFOA emvelweni kusukela ngawo-1950.

Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi yocwaningo, abacwaningi be-C8 PFOA bechayeka ezimeni eziningana zezempilo kubantu, kufaka phakathi umdlavuza wezinso nomdlavuza wamasende.

I-U.S. Food and Drug Administration (i-FDA) yenze eyayo i-PFOA ivela emithonjeni ehlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi izikhwama ze-microwave popcorn namapani okudla anganqamuki. Ithole ukuthi ama-microwave popcorn angabalelwa ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-20 wamazinga aphakathi e-PFOA egazini laseMelika.

Njengomphumela wocwaningo, abenzi bokudla bayeka ngokuzithandela ukusebenzisa i-PFOA ezikhwameni zabo zomkhiqizo ngo-2011. Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, i-FDA yadlulela phambili, ukusetshenziswa kwamanye ama-PFC amathathu ekupakisheni ukudla. Lokho kusho ukuthi ama-popcorn owathengayo namuhla akufanele abe nalamakhemikhali.

Kodwa-ke, selokhu kubuyekezwe i-FDA, kwethulwe inqwaba yamakhemikhali amasha okupakisha. Ngokusho kwe-Environmental Working Group, kuncane okwaziwayo ngokuphepha kwala makhemikhali.

Ingabe i-microwave popcorn ixhunyaniswe nezinye izinkinga zempilo?

I-microwave popcorn nayo ixhunyaniswe nesifo samaphaphu esibi esibizwa nge-popcorn lung. I-Diacetyl, ikhemikhali elisetshenziselwa ukunika i-microwave popcorn ukunambitheka kwayo kwe-buttery nephunga, lixhunyaniswa nomonakalo omkhulu futhi ongalungiseki wamaphaphu lapho uhogela kakhulu.

I-Popcorn lung yenza imigwaqo emincane yomoya emaphashini (ama-bronchioles) ibe nezibazi futhi inciphe ize ifike lapho ingakwazi khona ukungenisa umoya owanele. Lesi sifo sidala ukuphefumula kanzima, ukushaywa umoya, nezinye izimpawu ezifana nalezo zesifo samaphaphu esingapheliyo (COPD).

Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule iphaphu le-popcorn ikakhulu laliphakathi kwabasebenzi bezitshalo ze-microwave popcorn noma ezinye izitshalo zokukhiqiza eziphefumula ngobuningi be-diacetyl isikhathi eside. Amakhulu abasebenzi atholakale enalesi sifo, futhi abaningi bafa.

INational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ifunde ngemiphumela yokuchayeka kwe-diacetyl ezitshalweni eziyisithupha zama-microwave popcorn. Abaphenyi bathole phakathi kokuchayeka isikhathi eside nokonakala kwamaphaphu.

I-Popcorn lung ibingabhekwa njengengozi kubathengi be-microwave popcorn. Yize kunjalo enye indoda yaseColorado kubikwa ukuthi yaba nalesi simo ngemuva kokudla izikhwama ezimbili zama-microwave popcorn ngosuku iminyaka eyishumi.

Ngo-2007, abakhiqizi abakhulu bama-popcorn basusa i-diacetyl emikhiqizweni yabo.

Ungayinciphisa kanjani ingozi yakho?

Amakhemikhali ahlanganiswe nomdlavuza kanye ne-popcorn lung asusiwe kuma-microwave popcorn eminyakeni yamuva. Noma amanye amakhemikhali ahlala ekupakisheni le mikhiqizo kungabazeka, ukudla ama-microwave popcorn ngezikhathi ezithile akufanele kubeke izingozi empilweni.

Kepha uma usakhathazekile noma udla ama-popcorn amaningi, asikho isidingo sokukuyeka njengokudla okulula.

Zama ama-popcorn avela emoyeni

Faka imali ku-popper yomoya, njengale, bese wenza inguqulo yakho ye-popcorn yemidlalo yaseshashalazini. Izinkomishi ezintathu zama-popcorn avele emoyeni aqukethe ama-calories angama-90 kuphela kanye namafutha angaphansi kuka-1 gram.

Yenza i-stovetop popcorn

Yenza ama-popcorn ku-stovetop usebenzisa ibhodwe elinezigqoko kanye nomnqumo, ukhukhunathi, noma uwoyela we-avocado. Sebenzisa izipuni ezimbili zamafutha kuyo yonke inkomishi yesigamu yama-popcorn kernels.

Faka ama-flavour akho

Thuthukisa ukunambitheka kwama-popcorn aqhamuke emoyeni noma ama-stovetop ngaphandle kwanoma yimaphi amakhemikhali angaba yingozi noma usawoti oweqile ngokungeza okokufaka. Sifafaze ngamafutha omnqumo noma ushizi osanda kugaywa weParmesan. Zama ngezinongo ezihlukile, ezifana nesinamoni, i-oregano, noma i-rosemary.

Okubalulekile

Amakhemikhali ambalwa abekade ese-microwave popcorn kanye nokupakishwa kwawo axhumene nomdlavuza nesifo samaphaphu. Kepha lezi zithako zisusiwe emikhakheni eminingi yezentengiso.

Uma usakhathazekile ngamakhemikhali aku-microwave popcorn, zenzele ama-popcorn wakho ekhaya usebenzisa isitofu noma i-air popper.