Eat more popcorn can cause memory loss?

Popcorn information being mixed compound diacetyl (DA) are disturbing for the consumer. The experts confirmed the substance if used too dose will reduce the memory, causing anorexia, adverse effects on the nervous system in young children.

Eat more popcorn can cause memory loss?

Popcorn is becoming attractive gift with many people, especially thanks to the aroma and the convenience has made consumers, which is mostly the youth, like the gift of this junk. Recently, a lot of people order processing popcorn for sale, though only for a little butter on corn, but after the roast has extremely fragrant and attractive.

However, this fragrance has long ceased to be a natural fragrance that instead, the user has added a chemical called di-reductive acetyl-CoA to create the smell of butter.

Recently, experimental studies have demonstrated that SKIN substances have effects that make up the aroma of popcorn. This substance makes the protein beta-amy-loid links back into the brain, forming plaques, block leads to degeneration of the nerve cells, which affects thinking and the ability of the child's brain activity.

According to the scientific literature, it is also called diacetyl butanedione. Before this substance in cooking wines, craft beer (beer) and harm to the health of users. Diacetyl is generated in the fermentation as the byproduct of the synthesis of valin, when yeast produces α-axetolactat and decarboxyl are substances that form chemical diacetyl.

Diacetyl help for popcorn smell slightly scorched, giving the buyer feel delicious. When to eat more popcorn containing diacetyl, the Fed will feel taste khé in throat and ate will see little pain headaches.

Diacetyl is harmful toxins, if on long term use will harm nerves, causing memory loss. In particular, the child's nervous system is still immature and not yet complete, so not recommended for small children to eat foods containing diacetyl will cause the disease of brain and nerve.

According to experts, in the process of production of people for a certain amount of diacetyl in substance to create a fragrance for the popcorn. However, if the body to absorb more of the substance will lead to risk of bronchial spasm, causing asthma and the use of the substance in the long long time will affect the lungs, causing the protein metabolism disorders.

PGS. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thịnh, Institute of technology of biological and food technology (Polytechnic University of Hanoi) said: Diacetyl is a volatile liquid often found in wine, beers are very toxic. Fermentation does not take place as planned will born. When the body absorbs more diacetyl will cause pain headaches, affect the nervous system. This chemical is scented like the smell of natural butter flavor was very difficult to distinguish the substance by perception.

To identify this substance needs to be accurate through the experiments.  The experts also confirmed, bringing the furnace processing of popcorn out of the way and not processing according to the valid standards would be very dangerous to human health, is extremely toxic.

Because of this toxic substances that the Food Safety Agency (Ministry of health) has directed the two food safety Bureau in Hanoi and HO CHI MINH CITY. Ho Chi Minh conducting surveillance, sampling the popcorn to test, identify and assess the level of danger, affect human health./.=

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