, Burger King The list can goes on and on .
This of course, is a list of fast food restaurants which now seem to .
pop up on every corner of every street. Many people like to eat fast food, especially .
for children. "Ninety-six out of every one hundred Americans eat fast food on some .
kind of regular basis." (The Negative Sides of Fast Food) However, when you are .
enjoying the fast food, do you know that what you are eating is really bad for your .
health? .
Firstly, Some fast foods are cooked in lots of oil which leads to heart disease, .
such as French Fries. This may speed up people's risk of clogged arteries that can lead .
to heart attacks." Researchers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San .
Francisco have demonstrated that a certain type of fat, called oxidized fat, can .
accelerate the buildup of plaque in arteries. And many types of fast food are loaded .
with oxidized fat." (Your Health) .
Secondly, as we see, most fast food restaurants are franchises. " which means .
that everything has to look, taste, and same way in all the restaurants of a particular .
franchise. which implies that the food has to go through a long frozen storage .
period, then a transportation period before it gets to the consumer. In order for the .
food to still taste fresh after all this time, a lot of artificial preservatives have to be .
added." (The Negative Sides of Fast Food ) For sure it's bad for your health if you eat .
the food which is not fresh and with lots of artificial preservatives.
Thirdly, some fast food are cooked in lots of fat, and if someone eats too .
much fat they normally get fat or ill. " "Fast food emphasizes primordial preferences .
for salt and fat," said researcher Mark Pereira. "This may promote overeating." "( TV, .
lots of fast food triple obesity risk) There are lots of fat people around us, we can see .
them everywhere. Do you want to be as fat as them? I am sure the answer is "NO". .
Then, try not to eat fast food.
