What is wrong with Fast Food?

Fast Food

In recent times most of the kids love to select fast foods as their meals, like bees love honey. This is not only from the kids statistics survey however, the adult also love to choose fast foods as their convenient choice in these days. Fast foods can bring a lot of bad consequences on our personal health issues. The following are the facts and studies that proved to affects someone health who frequently consume fast foods.

Consequences of fast foods on health issues
1. Obesity and overweight
Fast foods bring bad consequences to a personal health. Fast foods are the main contributing cause to obesity and overweight. Trans-fat used in the fast foods possesses risk of developing Type II Diabetes and may be contributing factor in insulin resistance. Fast foods contains high carbs and sugar, when it is consumed, the bacteria deposited in the mouth produce acid and these acids are dangerous to tooth enamel as it can corrode them and lead to poor oral health.

2. Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular heart disease
The high amount of trans-fat present in the fast foods is dangerous for daily consumptions. It has potential in clotting the blood vessel lumen which causes the lumen diameter become smaller. This lowers the blood flow speed and increases blood pressure, besides contributing to atherosclerosis and heart diseases which are the main concerns. These can lead to potent health dangers such as coronary heart disease.

3. High calorie content and food additives
The high calorie content of the foods is not healthy to the consumer and it is because the accumulation of unused energy will be stored as the fat in our body. In addition, the fast foods contain MSG which made up of high volume of sodium intended to make food tastier. Extra salt and sugar are usually added to fast foods together for a better taste. The accumulation of sodium in the bloodstream gives burden on kidney and hence increases the risks of kidney diseases especially kidney stones. Moreover, the excess sodium deposited in the body can cause osteoporosis to a person which lead to thin and fragile bones especially at the socket and joints.

4. Increases LDL and lowers HDL cholesterol

Fast foods increase the LDL cholesterol level (bad) and lower the HDL cholesterol (good) which this possess very dangerous state of health which able to lead to stroke.
5. Increases risk of developing asthma and rhinitis
There are journals suggest that children who eat fast foods frequently are at a higher risk of developing rhinitis a condition which nose is congested and drippy. Furthermore, obese people resulted from the fast foods may cause episodes of shortness of breath. This may play a role in development of sleep apnea and asthma.
6. Headache and blood sugar spike
When we take in high amount of carbs, it will lead to blood sugar spikes and this is the reason some people get headache after a heavy meal of fast foods. Besides from suffering the pain in the head, fast foods able to cause bloating and puffiness which is discomfort to anyone of us.
7. Acne development
Moreover, the research studied showed that fast food is also one of the factors that causes acne grow. Most of the fast foods are fried in the very high amount of oil, and the oil is always reused for the next cooking and is dark in colour which is not healthy for consumption.
8. Training and management in fast foods store
Have you ever thought on how the fast foods owner managed to provide enough supply of meat or storage during the peak season? Normally, the antibiotics are injected into the animals’ body in the store to avoid the animals from getting sick or deteriorate because of bacteria. This is also one of the reason contributing to the emergence of new disease like bird flu.

Besides the people who work in the fast foods shops usually do not receive and get experiences from necessary training for cooking or preparing food. Additionally to the preparation of food the personal hygiene and safety precaution steps to avoid any unhealthy maintenance are important for cooking which some of the fast foods employees are newly hired and do not acquire the related knowledge.