Street Food Health Risks

Street Foods has been a part of the Filipino culture where foods are readily prepared along the streets. These are foods that are already either commercially of manually prepared by vendors that you can see along the way. Most street foods are those you can dip with a unique sauce that is prepared by the vendors itself to make the food taste even better.

There are plenty of choices when it comes to street foods, starting from fish balls, squid balls, sweet corn, shawarma, flour-coated quail eggs, grilled squid, sausage varieties, barbecue, exotic animals, and the famous ISAW (chicken intestines). Most of these foods are instantly prepared to lessen the waiting time of customers walking along the streets.

However, most consumers were not fully aware of the dangers these foods may contain when consumed regularly. The reason might be because they tend to acquire health risks associated with the consumption of these foods that came from unknown sources, which may contain threats that will affect their health and well-being.

For people who loves to eat this kind of foods, you might consider these health risks.

• Acquiring contagious diseases: If you eat street foods, you often acquire a several variety of diseases that affects your health on either a temporary or permanent basis. When your disease is caused by a species of bacteria, you can treat these through antibiotic as prescribed. However, if you contracted a viral-borne disease, the condition will be permanent, especially if there is still no known cure for it.

• You can contract worms: Streets are some of the most dirtiest parts of the cities. Streets are filled with fecal matters being left behind by animals who always dwell along the street and defecate. The dust and air that is carried by the wind will descend in some of the street food, which you will eventually consume when you buy it.

• Develop allergies: Eating street foods could cause a severe allergic reaction to your body, especially if you are eating foods that are mixed with ingredients that contain allergens. When you contract these allergens, you might experience discomforts. Your skin starts to react severely, causing inflammation to some parts of your body.

• You are at risk of developing cancer: Street foods are always prepared in charcoal. The problem with charcoal is when it get stuck to the food while you are going to consume it. These substances are referred to as carcinogens, which are substances that increases the amount of free radicals in your body to cause cancerous substances.

• Suffer from food-borne diseases: Unsanitary street foods can cause food-borne diseases such as bacterial infection to your digestive system. If you happen to consumer some of these harmful pathogens in your body, you develop diarrhea, vomiting, and loose watery stool. When you suffer from this particular ailment, you might be at risk for dehydration.