Do we really know what were putting into our bodies, when we eat fast food.What is fast food really made of? What potential health risks do we face when we eat fast food? Fast food is simply bad for your health and something needs to be done, in order to make it healthy for those who enjoy fast food, because fast food is known to cause health problems. Due to the fact that fast food isn’t natural, has a lot of added ingredients, and it is far from fresh. An article from the very well known Readers Digest states that even a healthy meal from Mc Donald’s isn’t even healthy like their crispy chicken salad has about the same calories as a Big Mac. The effects of eating fast food on a regular basis is bound to catch up to you, and some of those effects are diabetes, heart problems, high cholesterol, and nevertheless obesity. One way to simply avoid these effects is to not eat fast food or to eat it in moderation.
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In an article, from the website She Knows which talks about all the ingredients in fast food. States that most of the ingredients in fast food we’ve never even heard of but we still eat it anyways. Like one of the ingredients in some fast food place’s chicken nuggets is a chemical preservative called Tertiary Butyl Hydroquinone which is derived from petroleum, which is used in cars. Also most employees don’t get training on proper food safety so therefore they possibly could be preparing your meal without washing their hands. And fast food is filled with trans fat and sometimes the companies wont label that on the list of ingredients. She Knows has been one of the top ten most visited sites for women and provides current information on topics relevant to women's lives.
An article written by the Dr. Oz website, talks about the many secrets of fast food. Like how many fast food companies use antifreeze chemicals which help keeps food frozen, adds flavor, and adds moisture the chemical is mainly used in ice cream to keep it from melting and lettuce to help keep it crispy. Fast food places also clean with concentrated chemicals that can stay on the equipment overnight which can cause contamination in the first batches of food being made the next morning. Fast food is filled with preservatives so it can stay fresh for hours which means you’ll likely get something that wasn’t freshly made. If you order a grilled anything its most likely that the grill marks were sprayed on the meat at the factories. Also many fast food places fill their milkshakes with beef additives and disguise it as “natural flavorings” or “extract”. And nozzles on drink dispensers are the ideal home of mold because they are rarely cleaned and are filled with sugary sticky syrup. The Dr. Oz website is run by Dr. OZ who is a cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and television personality.