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Default Fast food health problems.Read before you eat another big mac


"meph144" > wrote in message
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> I think we all know what fast food is.
> It is a type of food you can find almost anywhere which contains lots of
> calories, sugar, sodium and unhealthy fats.If you want some good meat
> better buy a chicken and fry it yourself because eating this kind of
> food daily is like poisoning yourself or your children!
> I will present you some facts and after reading them you still want to
> eat this junk,its your body not mine.
> It has been scientifically proven that fast foods cause a lot of
> diseases,etc.They are bad for your body as a whole,including brain.
>
> Body Mass Index, BMI, is an indicator of body fat that is measured
> according to your weight and height. High BMI causes type 2 diabetes,
> high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, gallstones and cancer.
>
> Sodium is a risk factor for high blood pressure and stroke, the third
> leading cause of death in the United States.
>
> In the recent years, many experiments have been done with rats to
> illustrate the “addiction” to high fat or high sugar foods.
> The results suggest that regular consumption of high fat food can alter
> the brain biochemistry so that we crave this food.
>
> New research shows that heavy use of fast food causes the degeneration
> of genital organs over time.Most harmfull effects were found out in
> males,showing a shrinkin of an average 1cm per year.Some women reported
> bleeding but any link with this kind of food was not found yet.
>
> Consumers of fast food, compared to those who eat little or none, are
> 51% more likely to develop depression.Furthermore, a dose-response
> relationship was observed. In other words this means that the more fast
> food you consume, the greater the risk of depression.


I have never eaten a Big Mac nor would I.