You can bet that all of their burgers and sandwiches, combined with a side of french fries and a soda, easily put you well over 1, calories. When you compare that to the Food and Drug Administration's daily calorie recommendations , which are about 2, calories for women, and about 2, calories for men, you can understand why fast food can quickly lead to weight gain and even obesity.
Not to mention, all those simple carbohydrates and added sugar will cause faster weight gain in your belly area. Belly fat has been shown to be more dangerous to human health than fat in any other part of the body. You know the secret to McDonald's addictive food? An overload of sodium.
Not only do such high amounts of sodium increase your blood pressure and put you at a significantly higher risk of a stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney disease , but they also have a more immediate effect. Because salt retains water in the body, after eating fast food, you'll likely feel bloated, puffy, or swollen. A study published in the Public Health Nutrition journal showed a link between depression and a greater consumption of fast food.
Results showed that those who eat the most fast food and commercial baked goods are also more likely to be single, less active, and have poor dietary habits, which include eating less fruit, nuts, fish, vegetables and olive oil. Studies have shown that 50 to 70 percent of the nation's health care costs are preventable, and the single most effective step most people can take to improve their health is to eat a healthier diet. If Americans were to stop overeating, to stop eating unhealthy foods and to instead eat more foods with higher nutrient densities and cancer protective properties, we could have a more affordable, sustainable and effective health care system.
Is it McDonald's fault that more than 63 percent of Americans are overweight or obese , making us the fattest nation in the history of the world? I don't think so, because each of us is responsible for what we put in our mouths and in the mouths of our children. Plus many other fast food chains serve food that is just as harmful. But the company is playing a significant role in generating our national appetite for unhealthy foods. McDonald's is by far the largest food advertiser in the country, spending more than one billion dollars a year on direct media advertising.
Much of McDonald's advertising is aimed at children, and it's been effective. Every month, approximately nine out of 10 American children eat at a McDonald's restaurant. Most U. Tragically, one in every three children born this year in the U.
Of course, fast food is not the only cause of the tragic rise of obesity and diabetes in our society. Our culture has become pathologically sedentary. Watching television and sitting in front of computer monitors for hour upon hour doesn't help.
But the high sugar and high fat foods sold by McDonald's and the other fast food restaurants is certainly a major part of the problem.
You would have to walk for seven hours without stopping to burn off the calories from a Big Mac, a Coke and an order of fries. You may also suffer from constipation due to the lack of dietary fiber.
The average amount of sugar that the body needs per day are:. You can order some healthy options at their outlets or stop eating there. If you would like to add or ask something, then you can do so in the comment section below.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Related Posts. About The Author. Arnav Gupta Arnav has a deep-rooted love for spicy food. According to MarketWatch , McDonald's uses something called the "health halo" by displaying a photo of a salad or bottled water on their menu. Studies show just this small addition makes customers perceive the entire menu to be healthier.
But, even if you do resist the urge to order a Big Mac, and go for the apple slices or the salad, it might not make a difference. In order to make "healthy" salads tastier, fast food restaurants like McDonald's pair the healthy ingredients with fried chicken, breading, and croutons, not to mention the salt, fat, and sugar in the form seasonings and dressings. With all of that stuff wrapped up in your healthy salad, you've basically just eaten a fast food meal, and added a ton of calories in the process.
With that in mind, it won't come as a surprise that regularly eating "healthily" at McDonalds is a bad idea according to Kevin Reilly, a video producer at Business Insider , who tried eating just the "healthy options" at fast food restaurants for a week, and at the end reported feeling worse than he had to begin with.
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