What happens when you eat too much Junk food | Chatpate and PaniPuri -Yashali

 

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Chatpate and Pani puri are street snacks widely popular in countries like India, Nepal, Pakistan etc. Pani puri consists of crispy puri and mashed potato served with spicy sticky brown water. On the other hand, Chatpate is a hot, spicy and sour street food made of puffed rice, noodles, and a combination of more ingredients. 

List of similar foods of Chatpate and Panipuri:

• Dhungri
• Paau, Titaura
• Aalu chips
• Samosa, Pakoda, Papdi Chatt
• Doughnuts, Nimki
• Laphing
• Kurkure, Lays, Cheeseball

We are having such street food daily because they are easily available, cheap, tasty, and tempting food. But we are unknown about the making of street food or even we are ignoring the bad sides of such street foods only because they are rich in taste. On the other hand, we develop the daily habits of eating such spicy, hot and unhygienic food that we cannot find the flavor in our homemade food. Unhygienic because the ingredients may store for a long time which have no expiry date. 

The puri are deep fried into oil and stored for long weeks by the sellers and we find great taste in long stored food. Some street food sellers also use oil which is already used to fry those puri. Twice use of oil is not good for our health and can cause cancer and heart related diseases. The recycled oil is harmful enough to lead to cancer. But who cares? We still consume puri by dipping it into spicy and sour water. The Pani puri water contains too much salt that causes the kidney to work overtime and in some cases it leads to kidney failure too. 

Along with the Pani puri we are eating hookworms and pinworms because they spread easily through hands.

Now let’s talk about the next street food, without it we cannot imagine our life right? From the child to teenager or adult to old, this street food has stolen everyone’s heart. This famous street food that is found in every street of Kathmandu city is Chatpate.

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 As we know, Chatpate is the combination of more ingredients. Not only this, such street food is also the combination of unhealthy storage, reused ingredients, unhygienic location and poor quality spices. It is very common even in Rainy season and Typhoid is very common in the rainy season with those street foods. Wait, I will explain the close relationship between Chatpate and Typhoid. Have you ever suffered from abdominal pain or diarrhea because of large consumption of such street food? Sometimes overeating or daily consumption also cause vomiting, right? Let me drag you to the dark side of Chatpate. 

We know, Vermillion powder can be used as a cosmetic product but it is used as an edible food color in Chatpate, Pani puri and other street food. 

Breaking down nutrients in 50g Chatpate:

• Carbohydrate: 5g
• Fat: 8g
• Protein: 12g
• Others: 25g

Along with the Chatpate, we eat Vermillion powder, dust of the street, different bacteria, citric acid, boiled potatoes which are stored for a long time, chilly or onions cut by a rusty knife or scissor without washing them properly. Chatpate also includes junk foods like noodles, artificial flavors and food colors. We are enjoying the water of puri which is stored over 24 hours. 

No one knows the water of Pani puri is made by how much safe drinking water is because after the mixture of citric acid, unwashed coriander, too much salt and Pani puri masala, we found it delicious, juicy and tasty. It is not a cheapS price to pay 60-100 per plate of Pani puri.

List of news of Chatpate and Panipuri:

• Harmful 'vermillion powder' added in 'Chatpate' to give color
• A move against street food
• ‘Chatpate and Panipuri’ banned in Lalitpur Metropolis from Saturday

Ayurveda food is categorized into three parts, let’s see such spicy, hot, sour and unhygienic food comes under which category and which is the best food for our health. The category of food is also mentioned in the Book ‘Bhagavad Gita as it is’ in chapter-14.

1.   Sattvic Food:

The food which directly comes from nature or prepared in a pure way without mixture of any chemicals, onion-garlic and only with the essential fat and spices to cook is called Sattvic food. It has a very high nutritional value and highly recommended food. It includes juice, honey, grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, ghee, rice etc.

2.   Rajasic Food:

All the tempting foods come under this category. They are very hot, spicy, bitter or salty. It includes excess flavoring of salt or spices. It contains low nutritional value and those people who consume such foods tend to be egoistic, aggressive and ambitious. It increases anger, jealousy and also quickly drains mental energy. For eg: Chatpate, Pani puri, Lapping, pizza etc.

3.   Tamasic Food:

It is a very low category of food that includes meat, fish, mushroom, alcohol, onion-garlic etc. This food is not considered good for the body and mind in Ayurveda. It is the cause of anger, stress, depression and laziness. It is very harmful to health and contains no nutrition value. They are not easily digested and sometimes different diseases can be caused due to the meat of animals.

List of alternative foods of Chatpate and Panipuri:

• Fresh Juice
• Dried Fruits
• Homemade Smoothie
• Lemon Water
• Dark Chocolate

To conclude, homemade food is far better than unhygienic street food. If you enjoy street foods, then try fresh and hygienic fruit juice. Make homemade Pani puri with available fresh vegetables, fresh hot boiled potato, and safe drinking water to make water of puri. 

Instead of paying 60-100 per plate of Pani puri, buy a packet of Pani puri and fry it in home oil which is fresh and you can enjoy more plates at a cheap price. If you like to eat something different from daily taste then you can also try dried fruits, homemade smoothies, lemon water etc. If you can’t live without Pani puri then you can try once in a month because more consumption of such Rajasic and Tamasic food can cause skin problems like pimples, rashes etc. 

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In fact, Bollywood actresses also avoid the Rajasic and Tamasic food in order to maintain PH. value of skin, prevent from anti-aging and to make the natural glow in skin from inside. Therefore we recommend that you avoid those foods in street pushcarts which are sold in unhygienic fashion and take yourself to a healthier place. Health is yours and life is yours, being a conscious human it is totally up to you what to eat and what to avoid.