Deep-fried foods are the worst of the worst for your health. I’m never ordering any again. The vegetable seed oils are pro-inflammatory and unhealthy enough in their “fresh” state. That oil gets reused many, many times in those deep fryers. Every time the oil is heated up, it accumulates trans fats, carcinogens, and oxidation products. These nasty substances multiply one’s risk of a stroke, heart attack, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other deadly diseases.
Of course, I also have short-term reasons for avoiding deep-fried foods. One is the likelihood that I’ve lost my taste for them as a result of avoiding junk foods and restaurant foods due to the pandemic. Another reason is the food coma. At this point, eating deep-fried food would be like shooting myself with one of those tranquilizer guns that they use for capturing bears and other wild animals.