5 Side Effects Of Eating Fast Food

 

We have been always advocating for and encouraging the eating of fresh and healthy home-cooked food. However, we understand that sometimes junk food cravings are too hard to resist, especially when food companies spend millions of dollars to create a perfect combination of salt, sugar, and fat that excites your brain and gets you coming back for more.

 

Admitting that fast food is really addictive, we still have to keep in mind that there are a number of side effects leading to numerous sorts of bad health outcomes.

 

Here are top 5 things you can expect a fast-food diet can do to your body in a relatively short amount of time. 

 

Despite the common opinion that grease food may trigger skin issues, in fact, it is carbs that should be blamed. Carbs-heavy fast-food such as french fries, hamburgers, and potato chips, as well as simple sugars and white flour, may lead to breakouts. 

 

 

2. You Will Bloat

Some foods naturally contain higher amounts of sodium, but sodium is also added to many food products. Regarding dietary sodium limits, it's suggested that adults stay under 1,500 milligrams per day, and should never consume more than 2,300 milligrams day. A single fast-food meal can actually exceed 2,300 milligrams. Too much sodium causes your body to retain water, making you feel bloated and puffy.

3. Your Memory And Cognitive Function Will Decline

Fast foods like bacon burgers, some fried foods, and milkshakes are often high in saturated fats. According to Marisa Moore, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, it's been long established that saturated fats can negatively impact the heart, but there's also research that suggests high saturated fat intake may negatively impact brain function and memory. She adds that higher intakes of saturated fatty acids may impair memory speed and flexibility and prospective memory (your ability to remember to do what you intended).

4. Your Bones Could Weaken

As we mentioned, fast food is typically loaded with sodium. One Big Mac has 970 mg of sodium, well over one-third of the daily recommended allowance. High sodium intake can cause your bones to weaken, leading to possible osteoporosis, warns a founder of Real Nutrition NYC Amy Shapiro.

5. You Will Starve

The high calories in fast food are accompanied by low nutritional content. Too much of that and your body will begin to lack the necessary nutrients it needs to function properly. Amy Shapiro says that a body being temporally full with empty foods is not provided with nourishment, so even though you may have eaten a lot of calories, you won't be satisfied for long.

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