Health Desk. Often you go to a restaurant to get food or bring something else. Shopkeepers give you hot vegetables packed in black plastic boxes. You bring him. You order food from any online platform and from here also you get hot food in a black plastic box. These boxes are very good in terms of packing. Food does not come out from these and they also look fine. You bring or order food in these boxes. After this they eat food without any worries. But do you know that by doing this you are knowingly or unknowingly preventing many diseases. Doing this can be harmful for you and your family from health point of view.
Nowadays, if you go to buy anything from the market like Chowmein Momos or Pav Bhaji, it is given packed in a black box. Plastic boxes used to pack food items are made by adding carbon black pigment to plastic resin. This pigment works to give black color to the plastic. In such a situation, when we eat hot food etc. in this container, some particles of the chemicals present in it get mixed in our food. This chemical goes into our body with food. Which harms us. If very hot food is kept in this plastic box, or if food is kept in it and heated in the microwave, then the risk of cancer increases. Apart from this, many other diseases can also occur due to this.
According to a research by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the presence of carbon black pigment in black plastic makes it harmful for health. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are present in carbon black plastic. Due to which there is a risk of cancer. Not only this, it can also cause respiratory problems. When the chemical reaches the body, it is most affected by the stomach, followed by the hormone secreting system. According to an expert doctor, when hot food is packed in black plastic, cancer causing chemicals get mixed into the food. Due to this, cases including stomach cancer and other cases are continuously increasing in recent times.
Eating food from heated plastic containers increases BPA levels. This can cause heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, allergies, mood swings, anxiety and stress. According to a study published in the National Institute of Health, BPA causes stress in the body by damaging your mitochondria. Due to which appetite increases along with swelling. And it becomes difficult to control weight.
