Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health Invite to give health baskets emphasizing organic vegetables, colorful fruits, rice or processed products from fruits and vegetables that are hygienic as New Year’s gifts. Create good health for the new year
Dr. Wachira Pengchan, Director-General of the Department of Health Revealed about choosing gifts during the New Year festival that Most people like to buy gifts to bring happiness to each other. Each person will choose to buy different types of gifts. Gift baskets are very popular because they are easy and convenient to buy. But most of the baskets sold in stores or department stores are usually baskets of sweets, cookies, crisps or canned food. But if the can is not up to standard, dented, rusted, or has cracks and leaks. Expired can cause food to become contaminated with microorganisms and be harmful to health.
Therefore, giving New Year’s gifts to each other. You should provide good health by choosing a health basket. Including colorful fruit baskets that are not sweet such as oranges, guava, bananas, mangoes, rose apples, grapes. If it is a vegetable basket. It can be arranged into various menu sets such as liang curry, bland soup, jungle curry, sour curry, pumpkin curry or stir-fry. Mixed vegetables that can be cooked, assembled and eaten immediately within the family Because eating vegetables and fruits regularly will help keep the body healthy and prevent disease.
Especially green vegetables contain chlorophyll and lutein, which help build immunity against disease. Helps fight free radicals Reduce retinal degeneration and strong cell walls dark green leafy vegetables It also contains iron and calcium that help strengthen bones and teeth. Other colored vegetables, such as red, purple, yellow, orange, contain lycopene, anthocyanin, beta-carotene. Which helps nourish the heart. Strengthen memory Treats the urinary system and reduces the risk of certain types of cancer.
Dr. Wachira Said further: For gift baskets of dry food, rice and cereals are another healthy option. Food such as rice There are various varieties of unpolished rice such as Riceberry rice, Hom Nin rice, Sangyod rice, etc. The rice has a beautiful, unusual color. It also provides nutritional benefits. and antioxidants. In addition to various varieties of rice, cereals are rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Good for the body, such as various dried beans and sesame seeds, etc.
The advantage of this rice and cereal basket is that. It can be stored for a long time without being easily spoiled. But if stored in conditions that are too humid or too hot. The quality of food may also deteriorate. Will lose nutritional value and cause harm to consumers either from bacteria or fungal toxins called aflatoxins. Which heat cannot destroy. It is a substance that can cause liver cancer as well.
Therefore, you should at least pay attention to observe abnormalities, for example, if there is mold contamination, it can be seen with the naked eye. When the mold grows, it will look like a fluffy cotton ball and have different colors according to the food it grows on. The food on which it grows is such as yellow mold, white mold, green mold, black mold, and bread mold, etc. Good prevention is to choose carefully. Store fresh, dried grains and beans in containers that are dry enough. Before using it for cooking, it should be washed thoroughly to remove contaminants in dried beans and various grains, and it should be cooked every time before consumption.
You should also avoid food gifts that are high in flour, fat, sodium, and sugar, such as cakes, cookies, crisps, and sweet drinks. Soft drinks, etc. And most importantly, you should avoid giving alcoholic beverages. Whether it’s liquor, beer, wine,สมัคร ufabet etc., it’s a New Year’s gift. Because it adversely affects health
“Fruit baskets that will be stored for a long time. You should choose fruits with thin peels or the whole peel can be eaten first, such as apples, grapes, guava, sapodilla. As they bruise easily and spoil quickly. Then discard the damaged fruit. And clean the dirt by wiping. Do not wash. Put it in the air to dry. If there is a large quantity, each type should be stored separately. Such as apples, pears, dragon fruit, mangosteen, mangoes should be stored in plastic bags with holes drilled. Papayas, melons, cantaloupes should be stored whole and wrapped in paper to be stored in plastic bags with holes drilled.
Bananas must be picked early or light yellow. By tearing apart the fruit Store in a plastic bag lined with paper. Tie the bag open enough to allow for air circulation. and stored in the refrigerator Before eating, wash thoroughly. If you want a basket that can be stored for a longer time. You should choose a vegetable basket. Processed fruits or dried fruits such as cereals, dried bananas, fried bananas, crispy pumpkin, etc., choosing those that are not too salty or too sweet,” said the Director-General of the Department of Health. finally said