6 Negative effects of eating Fast Food

1. Fast food has a very high energy density. Approximately 65 percent higher than a typical diet and twice as high as recommended healthy food that makes us more than we otherwise would eat. Energy density refers to the amount of calories in that an item of food in relation to the weight. Foods with a high energy density confuse the brain's appetite control systems, which are based solely on portion size.

2. The British researchers of the Medical Research Council human nutrition Center and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have determined that repeated eat at McDonald's or burger King, KFC, or people are more likely to gain weight and become obese. This is because fast-food a lot more calories than traditional dishes, but also more likely to undermine of normal appetite control systems.

3. by eating a Big Mac and fries, consumes the body almost twice as many calories as you would if you were the same weight of ate pasta and salad. Fast Food restaurants feeding the obesity epidemic by people to eat more calories than they need through continuous advertising.

4. from McDonald 's, KFC, burger King and menu items using nutritional data of the fast-food restaurants-websites, found that when we eat high energy density, reducing the portion size so that we get a lot more calories than we need. Our current society has a weak innate ability to recognize of foods with a high energy density. Food intake shall be assessed by the size of the area, but a fast-food meal contains much more calories than a comparable size portion of a healthy meal. The conclusion is that we are all being fooled into eating too much food.

5. people get fat eating regularly portions, but since the food has a high energy density, people gain weight. In evolutionary terms, is the human appetite designed for low-energy density foods. In other parts of the world where these foods still the dietary Staples, obesity almost non-existent.Our bodies were never designed to deal with the high energy dense foods that are in the West.This is an important reason why fast food to contribute to the large increase in obesity.

6. Another fact is that fast food people's risk of clogged arteries, which can lead to heart attacks can accelerate. Researchers of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Francisco have shown that a certain type of fat, called oxidized fat, can accelerate the build-up of plaque in the arteries.And many types of fast-food such as pizza and hamburgers, French fries are loaded with oxidized fat. The conclusion is fast food meals are high in saturated fat and low quality carbohydrates, white bread and a lot of soda. our bodies need fibre and more healthy types of fats. Fast-food represents a diet that is the opposite of what is recommended for a healthy body.

Glenn Freiboth is a certified Health consultant who lives in Naperville, Illinois and has helped many people lose weight. Medifast Weight Loss products and programs can be found at http://www.getyouhealth.com