Harm of fast food is very high, and its products are the enemies of the digestive system, because they relate to junk food. Of course, if you eat a hamburger a month, special harm to the body it will not do. But if you do a regular fast food meals, as it is happening everywhere in America, obesity and other problems cannot be avoided.
Americans, whose food fast food becomes a way of life from childhood, are a good example of such a hazard supply. More than 50 million people in the United States are obese, the average person's weight is about 100 pounds. This is particularly harmful for the growing child's body.
America's First Lady Michelle Obama, is extremely preoccupied with this situation, declared war on fast foods, calling them the main culprits of obesity in children. She urged the community to actively assist in the implementation of its program to combat obesity nation. According to her, parents should not allow their children to eat at restaurants and fast food outlets as poor dietary habits is laid in childhood and then retrain the person will be much harder.
The product range consists of fast food rich diet, as part of which is very high in fat and sugar and not enough nutrients and vitamins needed by the body. Traditional lunch in such an institution, usually consisting of a sandwich, salad, French fries and cocktail contains more than 1,500 calories, which is almost a daily allowance for a person with a sedentary lifestyle.
Furthermore, a large drawback of these meals in that they contain too much saturated animal fats, which create a greater load on the liver to promote hypertension, vascular occlusion and occurrence of cholesterol in them. For reasons of economy, in fast food places use cheap substitutes for fats - margarine, which are especially dangerous because they contain trans fats, are very dangerous for the heart, and even causing some types of cancer. According to WHO, the safe use of trans fats in humans is less than 1% of the total diet, while the portion of French fries contain such fats 30-40%.
Intrigue quick meal consists in the fact that it is full of fast carbohydrates and fats, but very poor in dietary fiber, which retains a sense of satiety. So after a couple of hours after this, it would seem, a hearty lunch, you will again feel hunger. Visiting fast food contributes to overeating, because the proposed standard and the portions are far too high, and all sorts of marketing tricks such as "double", "premium" and other larger portions lead to the fact that visitors to eat a lot more than going. Fast food meals are extremely poor in protein, essential for normal body function. Eating a traditional sandwich, you get only 9 grams of protein, whereas it required amount would be for a man of about 100 grams per day.
Especially it is necessary to emphasize the danger of drinking carbonated beverages. Firstly, sweet soda and cocktails contain too much sugar, such as a bank usual soda about 6 teaspoons, which is the daily rate of sugar for men. Women in the same day, you should not use more than 4 spoons, children - just 1 spoon. It is generally known that an excess of sugar in the diet inevitably leads to obesity and symptoms of diabetes.
Secondly, carbonated drinks are very harmful for the reason that they are diuretics, thereby causing dehydration, leading gradually to many diseases. To be healthy, a person should drink plenty of plain water rather than sugary soda.
In a recent study, a group of French doctors found that young people are not getting enough sleep required 8 hours a day, tend to overeat. In a study group of subjects young people was divided into two subgroups: the first slept eight hours a night, the second - only four. In the end it turned out that the latter was eaten on the day of about 500 calories more than the first.
French physicians of the European Research Centre in Dijon say that lack of sleep and eating communication known to doctors for ten years, but to explain it fairly far so no one could. "Everyone knows that humanity on a global scale rapidly fattening at the same time, people under the influence of modern lifestyle are much less sleep," - said study author MD Lauren Brondel.
According to her research into practice confirm that the rate of sleep duration and body mass index are inversely related to each other - less than the first, the second above.
As a result, the French researchers during the week isledovali 12 young people are not exposed to serious diseases, for connection of sleep and calorie intake. One group went to bed at 12 o'clock at night and slept until 8 am, others fell asleep at 2 am and woke up at 6 am. All subjects were not told what kind of research is carried out and eat all the participants of the two groups as much as they wanted.
After a week of experiment showed that the one group that slept 4 hours, consumed an average of 22% more calories than those who slept for 8 hours. And recorded that first ate significantly more than the norm for breakfast and lunch, while dinner all consumed roughly equal amounts of calories. According to scientists, even if the person exceeds the daily calorie intake by 20%, during the years he has developed overweight, and for two - obesity.
While the exact mechanism of this process, the French scientist and could not explain it, but there is speculation that the calorie intake is closely associated with the biological clock not only in humans but also in all mammals.
Do blame fast food in childhood obesity. Fast food is not the main cause of the spread of childhood obesity. This was stated by the American researchers. They believe that children addicted to such foods - a side effect of bad eating habits.
The experiment was conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at one of the schools of the USA. He showed that many children from an early age parents or caregivers instill the wrong template power which is based on processed foods and sweetened beverages. That is why such children are more likely to be overweight and eat fast food meals.
That`s why fast food structure is part of their diet. Not the products themselves, and bad habits are to blame for the emergence of child obesity.
Virtually the entire world community, except North America, accustomed to criticize the company's products, "McDonald's." Widely discussed problem of obesity, genetically modified ingredients and a trend toward Americanization of society. The most active opponents of the "McDonald's" ready to hang on your company label "world of evil." However, evil cannot be so charitable. And over the past 25 years, the foundation of Ronald McDonald gave to needy children around the world more than 420 million dollars. And this long lasting more than a marketing ploy to cover any criticism.
The relationship with the company "McDonald's" and its products throughout the world does not quite unambiguous. For Americans, this chain of restaurants has long been the standard of the traditional national food. In Europe, often dominated by the negative perception of this kind of products. In France or Italy, the American consumption of fast food is equivalent to the manifestation of bad taste. However, on the whole European continent, there is hardly a city dweller who has never tried to be "the same burger." And digit growth of corporate profits "McDonald's" indicate a high attendance of such institutions.
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