If you eat fast food regularly, the effects on your health can be disastrous. Studies have shown that people who eat fast food more than twice a week drastically increase their chances of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and a host of other chronic problems.
Fast food's bad reputation stems from a number of factors, but the primary issue is that fast foods are abundant in a handful of unsavory substances: sodium and trans-fats. These compounds wreak havoc in your body, and the more of them you eat, the more damage they do.