The
Fast Effects of Fast Food!
Did
you know that America is the most obese country in North America? An
average adult is 26 pounds heavier now than in the 1950’s.
From
the rising rates of fast food chains, of it being one of the reasons of an
unhealthy lifestyle, obesity
today has now risen to having 35% of Americans being overweight, also having
cheap ingredients, damages our bodies. We may not be the most obese country in the world, but we are certainly
not too far off to being the most obese. The United States is ranked the #12 most
obese country in the world. According to the World
Atlas it explains, “The United
States is the most obese country in North America with 35% of its population
having a body max index of over 30.0
Nearly 78 million adults and 13 million children in the United States deal
with the health and emotional effects of obesity every day.”
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You
would think that salad would be a healthier choice at a fast food restaurant,
which isn’t always the case, also they use cheap ingredients. Some healthy food choices at
fast food places, like a salad isn’t technically the best meal to get there. The
American
Heart Association says,
“Even if you’re in good health, try to avoid poor food choices, especially the
obvious culprits that are deep fried, swimming in cream or butter, showered in
salt or glittering with sugar. Even a salad that may seem healthy is just a few
dollops of fatty dressing away from being bad for your heart”. When you think
of a healthy side dish, usually you would think of salad. Since we don’t like
to eat just plain lettuce, we choose to dip it into sugary, gooey salad
dressing to make it taste better. These dressings can contain many calories,
and grams of sugars. AHA explains again, “A salad loaded with
bacon,
salty high-fat dressing and cheeses can have more calories than a hamburger
or piece of thin-crust cheese pizza,” Van Horn said. So, if you’re on a diet,
this “healthy choice”
isn’t really helping you with your healthy lifestyle.
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The
reason why many people eat fast food is because it has low prices, therefore
the chain buys cheap ingredients. Melinda Smith says, “The truth is that it’s extremely difficult
to follow a healthy diet when you’re eating regularly at fast food restaurants.
Fast food restaurants typically use the cheapest ingredients possible in order
too keep costs down. That means that foods that otherwise could be considered
healthy may not be when ordered from a fast food chain. For example, cheese can
be a good source of protein and calcium, but the cheese topping your burger or
covering your pizza is most likely heavily processed, made from non-dairy
ingredients”. Considering the food is cheap, they would obviously use cheap
ingredients. If they did have high prices, they would use better resources. Some of the
ingredients they buy aren’t probably real, or even made correctly. Or maybe it
is processed food, like from a can. You never know if the supplier cleaned it
right or treated it correctly.
What
are the effects of always eating fast food? There are many effects and illnesses
that come with always eating fast food. Ann Pietrangelo, and Elea Carey
explain, “Fast Foods often contain too many calories
and too little nutrition.
If fast food is a regular component of your diet, you might find yourself
struggling with weight
problems and ill health. One of the biggest effects of always eating fast food
is obesity. Eating these non-nutrition foods that contain many calories and
sugars can cause overweight problems. Pietrangelo, and Carey state, “These foods are often high in calories yet offer little
or no
nutritional value. When fast food frequently replaces nutritious foods in
your diet, it can
lead to poor nutrition, poor health, and weight gain. Tests
in lab animals have even shown a
negative effect in short duration diets. Being overweight is a risk factor for
a variety of chronic health problems including heart disease, diabetes, and
stroke”. Making the correct food choices, can really make a big difference in
your health. Just a simple smoothie, or eating 5 small meals instead of 3
meals, can help-out with weight gain tremendously.
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The
effects of
eating Fast Food are, extra calories, insulin resistance, high blood
pressure, bloating and puffiness, blood sugar spike, and maybe death, and those
are only half of them. You would rather have these deadly risks, than just make
a healthy homemade meal? These are the worst the effects can get, also don’t
forget the other one that can also cause death is obesity. If you are too overweight your body can
just stop functioning. Again, Pietrangelo, and Carey explain “Obesity increases the likelihood of heart
disease, high
blood pressure, kidney disease, diabetes, joint problems, and more”. Just
from eating fast food twice a week, still can cause those problems. Susan
Aldridge explains, “A 15-year study of 3000
Americans
showed that people who consume
fast food on a regular basis over a long time do have a greater tendency
towards obesity and developing type 2 diabetes”. Yes, you can fix being obese,
but sometimes you can’t help with the effects/risks you get.
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Our fast food chains had doubled and so has our obesity. Having fast food chains and obesity doubled isn’t helping Americans with staying in shape. Pietrangel, and Carey, OAC state “The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) reports that the number of fast food outlets has doubled since 1970, a period during which the number of obese Americans also doubled”. Having our world turn into a fast food ran earth, makes this situation even worse. Because now many people eat it for a quick meal. Having our fast food chains double isn’t a good thing because since there are so many around, people will just eat it now for no reason.
(http://greenlivingideas.com/2015/09/03/why-exercise-is-the-solution-to-obesity/)
Why do people choose to eat fast food? So many people eat fast food, but why do they feel the need to hurt their bodies, maybe they just don’t know what is actually happening to them. Miranda Hitti states that, “Nearly 600 adults and teens in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area were interviewed for the study in 2005-2006. Most reported eating fast food at least three times per week”. After they were interviewed some of the answers that Hitti are, they’re quick, they’re easy to get to, I like the taste of fast food, they’re inexpensive, I’m too busy to cook. Some of these answers make sense, it’s like they don’t want to eat it, but they have on other choice. Many people struggle with money, or they are busy trying to make this money. But the ones that answer with I like the taste, is because they use many dangerous chemicals to make it taste a certain way.
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Every year we open so many more fast food chains, and every year more consumers become overweight. Having America be the most obese country, in North America. Its not any better when they buy “real” or cheap products, that effects our health tremendously. This blog is very informative for today’s society, all people eat is fast food. Having me explain the effects, and unhealthy choices of fast food, helps with fast food goers decisions now on what to eat. With all this information I have given you, will you continue or stop with the obsession with eating fast food?
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