How unhealthy is a doner kebab
The doner is a post pub favourite grease and salt being the main food grouppatagonia outlet store 5 below3s craved by the squiffy. Yet it also offers vegetables, protein and carbohydrates. Is the pitta pocket a wise dietary choice?
After a few refreshing ales, the populace of this fair isle like to repair to the nearestpatagonia better sweater beanie purveyor of Mediterranean cuisine and partake of a trapatagonia outlet store 5 below2ditional favourite the doner kebab.
The doner whose inventor Mahmut Aygun has passed away at the ripe old age of 87 has had much bad press of late, with reports of questionable meat and hygiene practices, and stratospheric salt and fat levels.
Yet on the face of it, the doner could seem to be a healthier choice of takeaway, says Simon Langley Evans, a professor of human nutrition at Nottingham University.
As a meal it brings together lean meat, wholemeal pitta bread, and it brings in vegetables in the form of salad. But doner kebabs tend to come smothered in dressings, which bring patagonia capilene base layer reviewin a lot of fat and salt.
Last year food scientists for Hampshire county council found that doner kebabs were the fattiest takeaways. One contained 140g of fat, twice the maximum daily allowance for women, and the calorific equivalent to a wine glass of cooking oil. And 60% of the kebabs tested were high in trans fat, which raises cholesterol levels.
Then there is the question of portion size.
These tend to be very large, and a doner kebab is usually conspatagonia houdini for saleumed on top of a day s food aspatagonia apastron hooded insulated jacket review well as alcohol. It s additional food we just don t need.
patagonia outlet store 5 below1
In common with other takeaway foods, a large doner kebab can contain up to half of one s daily calorie requirements in a single serving, he says.
People go for value for money. If they got a small portion, they would be disappointed and wouldnpatagonia rain jackets for women best prices t go back to that kebab shop. So the takeaway industry is geared to deliver large portions. The doner kebab is claimed to have been invented 40 years ago by Mr Aygun, who left Turkey aged 16 to feed Berlin s migrant workers. Like the Earl of Sandwich before him, he realised that food on the go was at its handiest when stuffed into bread.
Kebab meat roast lamb and spices is traditionally served with rice and salad on a plate, and its constipatagonia outlet store 5 below0tuent parts are drawn from the heart healthy .
But such a dish requires time, space and cutlery to eat. So in 1971 Mr Aygun tipped the meat, lettucepatagonia outlet store 5 below, tomatoes, onions and garlic dressing into a pitta pocket. And lo, the doner kebab named after the Turkish word dondurmek , meaning rotatinpatagonia adze jacket reviewsg roast was born.
The concept took off, and became a popular snack for anyone keen on portable eats notably late night revellers.
While Mr Aygun s Hasir restaurant prides itself on fresh ingredients and quality meat, the doner kebab s image has drifted decidedly downmarket.
The hand carved rotating roast that has been part of Turkish cuisine for nigh on a century has become tarnished by the mass produced elephant legs minced up cuts of indeterminate meat rotating in greasy takeaways up and down the UK.
Research by the UK s Food Standards Agency in 2006 found that 18.5% of patagonia everlong review imacdoner takeaways posed a significant threat to public health, and 0.8% posed an imminent threat.
And Trading Standards officers have found doners with up to 22% fat, and up to 12g of salt that s two heaped teaspoons, double the recommended daily intake.
But the majority of [British] people who eat doner kebabs are somewhat inebriated and so are not best placed to make decisions about healthy eating, says Professor Langleypatagonia guide jacket denim Evans.
Search term:
BBC navigation News Sport Weather Capital TV Radio More
CBBC CBeebies Comedy Food History Learning Music Science Earth Local Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Full A Z of BBC sites
BBC links Mobile site Terms of Use About the BBC Advertise With Us Privacy Accessibility Help Ad Choices Cookies Contact the BBC Parental Guidance
BBC 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.
This page is best viewed in an up to date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the cpatagonia guide pants 42x31ontent of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
