The Danger of Seasoning Food with Broth Cubes

But it can’t be just anyone, there are many miraculous “pozinhos” in the industry that are harmful to health, especially in the long term, addicting the taste buds and causing satiety in the wrong way. In addition to raising blood pressure and a lot of other things.

Have you noticed how impressive is the variety of flavors that those tablet broths have? You can buy meat, chicken, vegetables, bacon, steak, ribs… More and more, new flavors are emerging and in addition to making the food more delicious, they are also attractive because of their low fat and calories. The problem is that, as it is an industrialized food, these broths  come with a lot of chemistry.

We’re talking flavorings, colorings, flavor enhancers (like monosodium glutamate) and the worrying – and exaggerated – amount of sodium. In other words, a real bomb!

The World Health Organization says that the ideal amount of salt we can consume daily is 5 grams per day. That’s almost 1 full teaspoon. Each gram of salt contains 400 milligrams of sodium. Therefore, the daily sodium quota should be 2,000 mg per day. You must have been curious to know how much sodium is in a broth bar like that, right?

Look:

• 993 milligrams of sodium if beef broth
• 1,038 milligrams if chicken
• 900 milligrams, if it’s vegetables

This means that a tablet already has about 50% of what you can consume daily in salt. As no one will go all day without consuming salt after adding such broth to soup, vegetables or vegetables, the daily quota ends up being exceeded. But tablet broths have another big threat: monosodium glutamate.

Monosodium glutamate is linked to obesity and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as being highly toxic to neurons. The substance is a neuroblocker of the hypothalamus, controlling appetite, which increases the amount of food ingested. It is no coincidence that obesity is so common these days.

And not only in adults, but also in children, who end up being the main victims of processed foods. Therefore, the solution is to prepare your own broth at home.