Dear to your heart, reduce fat from fried foods

According to statistics, approximately 17.5 million people per year die from diseases that attack the heart and blood vessels. World Health Organization (WHO) declared even chronic diseases like heart disease the leading cause of death in the world.

The high statistics are indeed a cause. Opportunities for coronary heart disease can be from different angles, both of which can not be avoided, such as genetic factors, to which risk factors are controlled, such as smoking and diet.

What can make, medical affairs is always competing with his tongue. Foods high in sugar, salt, fiber, saturated fat and excess could be the entrance to the heart and blood vessel disorders.

In a study conducted in the United States against the 87 230 respondents mentioned, the stroke risk 44 percent higher among those who like to eat fatty foods.

According to Dr. Fiastuti Witjaksono, SpGK, a nutritionist from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, the Indonesia-fat consumption is very high. Unfortunately, the consumption of fat was derived mostly from the bad fats.

"People Indonesia get the bad fats from fried foods especially. Basically, vegetable oils are unsaturated fats, but the process of heating oil in the high temperatures that turn them into saturated fats," he said on the sidelines of the launch of Philips Airfryer, tools fry without oil, in Jakarta, Friday (07/22/2011).

Fried foods can not be denied is still a favorite food community in the country. Therefore, according to Fiastuti, increased awareness of healthy food needs to be improved.

"Increasing intake of fibrous foods and reduce foods containing oils and fats can be one step to get a healthy heart," he said.

Currently, Philips has just introduced a tool for frying without the need for additional cooking oil. According to Rudi Ashari, Brand Development Manager PT Philips Indonesia, Philips Airfryer using technology that combines rapid water rapidly circulating hot air and a grill element to produce fried foods.

The innovative technology also allows the food to be fried until the temperature reaches 200 degrees Celsius even without oil. "With this tool, the fat content in foods can be reduced by 80 percent without reducing the typical crispy fried," he said.

Kompas.com