Mayonnaise: White and sweet tasting mayonnaise is widely consumed these days. Mayonnaise is used as dressing in many fast foods and it tastes very tasty. Nowadays mayonnaise is used in sandwiches, pizza, pasta, burgers, chili potatoes etc. But very few people know that excessive consumption of mayonnaise can harm health. Let us tell you that mayonnaise may taste good but in its form you are consuming a lot of oil. Let us know what is found in mayonnaise (mayonnaise side effects) and what are its side effects.
Know here how mayonnaise is made
Mayonnaise is made from egg, oil and vinegar. Mayonnaise contains about 80 percent vegetable oil. That means if seen overall, it contains 80 percent fat. Overall, mayonnaise can be said to be a storehouse of poly unsaturated fat and mono saturated as well as trans fat. Along with apple cider vinegar, egg yolk and lemon juice are also added to mayonnaise.
At many places, soy milk is also added to it. But overall, mayonnaise rich in saturated fat cannot be said to be beneficial for health in any way. Although nowadays eggless mayonnaise is also available in the market, but if we talk about fat and calories, it increases obesity and is not beneficial for the heart. However, one good thing about mayonnaise is that it contains a lot of Vitamin E and Vitamin K.
What’s in a spoonful of mayonnaise?
If we talk about 100 grams of mayonnaise, it contains 700 calories. That means, if you eat 100 grams of mayonnaise at one go, you are consuming 700 calories at a time. One spoon of mayonnaise contains 90 to 100 calories and 10 grams of fat. If a person eats one spoon of mayonnaise a day, then he is increasing five grams of cholesterol in his body in a day.
In terms of oil, one spoon of vegetable oil contains 40 calories, which means that you are eating about two and a half spoons of oil in the form of one spoon of mayonnaise. Every spoon of mayonnaise contains about 90 grams of sodium which can become dangerous for the body. In such a situation, if you consume excessive mayonnaise, then the fat, cholesterol, sodium and calories in your body can increase excessively and you can become the home of obesity and diseases.
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