Ketchup Can Make stretchy Belly

KOMPAS.com - Some foods are familiar with our daily life, turned out to be the cause of why our stomach becomes stretchy. Distended stomach often only temporary, due to a sense of bloating after eating these foods. What's worse is if the content in these foods can cause health problems if consumed in excessive amounts.
There are three kinds of food which, according to Kathy McManus RD, director of nutritional department at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, could cause our stomachs distended:
PopcornCorn-based snacks are actually quite healthy, because high in fiber and low in calories. Which makes no sense is when you ask for additional saturated fats like butter or salt, when bought at the cinema. High salt levels can make the popcorn flatulence caused by water retention. In the long run, blend salt and fat can increase cholesterol, which later lead to heart disease risk (such as heart attack or stroke).
Soy sauceFor your information, one tablespoon soy sauce containing an average of 1000 mg of sodium. This means that the salt content is quite high in soy sauce. Well, just like popcorn, high salt levels can cause water retention that causes flatulence.
Nevertheless, the researchers say that when you replace salt with soy sauce to flavor the dish, you can reduce the sodium content in total up to 50 percent. According to the theory of the researchers, the taste and aroma of soy sauce that is more complex to create the sensation of saltiness. Thus, you can still enjoy a meal without too much additional salt.
Dried fruitDried fruits are often added to the oatmeal is high in fiber, but also fairly high sugar content. In calories and sugar even more than fresh fruit. This is due to a sour taste in fruit such as cranberries, blueberries, or strawberries, so the sugar added to the sour taste defeat.
Other causes why dried fruits contain higher calories is due to dehydration process that removes many of the existing water content in the fruit. Water content was the cause of fresh fruit is bigger than dried fruit. So, when the dried fruit, you need more pieces to cover the required portions.
For instance, a grape and a raisin has 7 calories. But a cup of grapes contains only about 60 calories, whereas a cup of raisins contains 400 calories! This does not happen because the company raisins add sugar, but because without water, raisins shrivel and leave so much space on the cup you use. More and more raisins contained in one cup, making a cup of raisins provide more sugar and calories than a cup of wine.
However, in essence, as long as you do not eat too much and always remember what makes these foods are not healthy, you certainly will avoid health threats that followed.