Regarding poultry diets, the health-related question that comes to mind is whether to eat fatty foods. But many things are made from maida daily, like paratha, naan, samosa, etc. Pizza, burgers, pasta, and noodles that are loved by children or are becoming part of daily meals in our homes are all made from flour. 

Many sweets are also prepared from flour. We eat flour in one form or another every day, so it is essential to know the answer to this question: What are its effects on health, and whether flour is harmful to health or not? But first, see how the flour is prepared. Are wheat flour, flour, and semolina all the same? Why should we avoid eating flour? Most of us need to learn how flour is prepared. 

Some people believe that flour is made by grinding wheat. We asked pediatrician and nutrition consultant Arun Kumar what maida is. He said that ‘Rice has three layers. Removal of the first layer yields edible rice. 

Wheat is also cleaned in the same way. If wheat grains are ground with the trash, flour is prepared from which we make bread at home. But if the wheat bran is completely removed and ground very finely, it becomes flour, called flour. 

Dr. Irwin says overeating fat is not suitable for health. “There is a lot of misinformation being spread on the Internet about substance abuse,” he says. There is no need to fear the flour. We asked Dr. 

Irwin, find out how the flour is bright white instead of brown, like wheat flour when the wheat is brown, and if any chemicals are used to whiten it. According to Dr. Arun Kumar, maida wheat is obtained by grinding it finely, and it is known for its bright white color.

 According to Dr. Arun Kumar, maida wheat is obtained by grinding it finely, and it is known for its bright white color. He says that the flour’s white color is received by using bleach, a process called ‘oxidation,’ and through this chemical process, the brown color of the wheat can be removed. 

According to him, some bleaching chemicals, like chlorine gas, benzoyl peroxide, etc., are used for this. There are some guidelines on how much of these chemicals should be used. It should be used in the right amount. Dr. Arun Kumar says, ‘Apart from all this, food experts say that these chemicals should not be present when flour is made after the bleaching process. 

He said that Maida is famous for its white color. Flour is used to prepare bread, buns, cakes, biscuits, etc., and it has become an important food. In 2016, a case was filed in the Madras High Court of India, in which the petitioner argued that flour should be banned because it contains alloxan, which causes diarrhea. 

After hearing the case, the High Court directed the Food Department to inspect the flour-based foods. Later, the court said that during the inspection of the food department, it was confirmed that there were no dangerous chemicals in the food. If we look at alloxan, it is not found in the flour during the bleaching process. 

However, it is an element that can form itself during the oxidation process. It contains a minimal amount of fat. In one study, alloxan was used to induce diabetes in rats artificially. However, the alloxan used in these experiments was 25,000 times more potent than those found in the stomach, so the two cannot be compared. If so, are people who eat biscuits and other flour-based foods today at risk of developing diabetes?