Eating lots of sushi is harmful to health

Sushi is the pride and passion of Japanese cuisine. But under the eyes of medical practitioners, it can bring about health risks.

Any Japanese restaurant has 2 typical dishes, sushi and roll (roll). The Australian Diet Association - with its experience - thinks that eating these two dishes may have health problems, Russian Meddaily newspaper said.

Seaweed in sushi contains too much iodine that poses risks to health.

First of all for thyroid condition, iodine is extremely necessary (so many countries are forced to supplement iodine into daily salt) but if excess iodine is a 'cruel joke' . Meanwhile, seaweed, an indispensable ingredient of sushi and rolled salad, contains too much iodine.

Researchers recommend not to eat these two "Japanese specialties" regularly, but should only limit to a maximum of 2-3 times per week. According to the calculations of experts, referring to the food standards of Australia and New Zealand, a sushi and rolled salad, although the 'intestine' has no substance that is considered to be toxic but rolled in seaweed leaves. Can contain 92 microgam iodine. Meanwhile, daily demand for iodine is only 150 micrograms per person.

The excess of iodine in the body leads to headaches, rash with pus on the skin, edema, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting . For some people, there is also insomnia and irritability.

In addition, excess iodine can cause disorders of the thyroid gland.