Effects of Fast Food


The following are the summarized effects of indulging in fast foods:
  1. Fast foods increase our appetite by making us eat more than we should. This is because of the high energy density content it has.
  2. The amount of calories gained from eating at fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, KFC or Burger King, leads to people gaining weight and becoming obese. This is a conclusive research from the Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Center, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  3. With increased arteries come clogged arteries which increase the rate of getting heart attacks.
  4. Reduced habits of physical exercises also enhance the diseases and implore people to be lazier.

Are consumers causing all these on themselves? Who is also responsible for intake of fast foods? Marketing of these types of foods by the fast food outlets and different companies have a part to play because of the advertising they are constantly carrying out . Advertising targets all groups from children to adults so all are affected and enticed to purchase the products.

Another part played by these companies is the offers they constantly have, like “value meals” where one is able to enjoy even more food and it costs them much less and they also give provision of all meals including breakfast.

Most fast food, including drinks and sides, are loaded with carbohydrates with little to no fiber.

When your digestive system breaks down these foods, the carbs are released as glucose (sugar) into your bloodstream. As a result, your blood sugar increases.

Your pancreas responds to the surge in glucose by releasing insulin. Insulin transports sugar throughout your body to cells that need it for energy. As your body uses or stores the sugar, your blood sugar returns to normal.

This blood sugar process is highly regulated by your body. As long as you’re healthy, your organs can usually handle these sugar spikes.

But frequently eating high amounts of carbs can lead to repeated spikes in your blood sugar.

Over time, these insulin spikes may cause your body’s normal insulin response to falter. This increases your risk of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and weight gain.

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