Last Updated on 2020-01-21 , 11:15 pm
I’m not an ostrich; though I’ll clarify that on the Lunar New Year’s eve I feel like one.
You see, articles that I hate most now include “CNY” kinda articles, which there are just too many of, as well cautionary mood/food dampener pieces that puts the cross-hairs on all our favourite CNY snacks in lieu of this festive period of excessive consumption.
So just imagine my horror when I received said article title in my mailbox this morning.
Talking Point / CNA Insider / 30 Jan 2019
On an episode of Talking Point published on 30 Jan 2019, Diane Ser speaks to Wendy Riddell, a nutritional director of UFIT Singapore, on the perils of consuming too much salted egg.
For a nation that has imported 3,300 tonnes of salted egg in 2018 – a 13.8% increase from 2014 – the premise of the short 2-minute plus video is nothing short of a gastronomic wet blanket.
Though on hindsight, not quite.
Seeing as to how lizards can’t even stop the Irvins salted egg bandwagon from steamrolling on as evidenced by its still-long queue at their pop-up stores island-wide.
Anyway, I digressed and moving back on point.
According to Riddell, some of the issues that may arise from consuming salted eggs are:
Hypertension – “It can affect hypertension, including people’s blood pressure.”
Tachycardia – “It can also lead to a bit of tachycardia which is an increased heart rate.”
Gastric Isses – “For a lot of people it can cause gastric issues”
Irritable Bowel Syndrome – “It can exacerbate that and make that condition feel worse.”
Dehydration – “It can lead to dehydration because we need more water for the salt that we’re including.”
Osteoporosis – “It can also cause things like Osteoporosis because it bars other minerals and vitamins [sic] being absorbed properly into our bodies”
Well, if you’ve begun to think that this was an anti-smoking feature piece, I wouldn’t be surprised.
I mean just look at that bloody queue of conditions that salted egg may bring; it will totally put Toto-queuing centenarian to shame.
If Words don’t mean anything, maybe numbers will?
Now, if words don’t mean anything to you, how about some numbers?
According to this infographic, 1 salted egg yoke is 1/3 of one’s daily recommended sodium intake and 1/2 of cholesterol intake.
And that’s just salted egg yolk alone.
Because if they are prepared in sauces, they would more likely present themselves to as these.
Now, that’s a lot of quota filled just for a single dish isn’t it?
Bu really, who cares?
Happy New Year and may you long continue to drown yourself in rich, crusty-or-creamy, golden, salted egg delights.
In any case should you choose to watch the video while downing your salted-egg fish skin snack from you-know-who, here’s the video:
Oh Hi there, little lizard.
Here’s a simplified summary of the South Korea martial law that even a 5-year-old would understand:
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