Wednesday 12 May 2021

Why Is Fast Food So Unhealthy? Lets Deep Dive into it in 2021

Many people think of unhealthy food when they hear the word "fast food". However, this is only partially true, all food consists of carbohydrates, protein, fat, and more or less organic substances such as vitamins, minerals and fiber.

Whether the food is unhealthy or not depends on the ratio of the ingredients. There are many different types of fast food, each with a different ratio of ingredients, for example the ratio of ingredients in a kebab is very different than in a burger or pizza.

Fast Food So Unhealthy:

Fast food makes you fat but not full. Fast food hardly contains any vitamins and minerals, but lots of salt, fat and carbohydrates. Because you eat too much due to the low fiber content and it has such a high fat content, you quickly become fat due to the frequent distortion of fast food.

A citizen, for example, usually contains too much fat and too few minerals, trace elements and vitamins, but the poor ratio of ingredients can be compensated for by healthy side dishes such as a salad or orange juice with the burger. A kebab also has a lot of fat, but mostly different types of lettuce that provide vitamins. 

But eating fast food every now and then does not harm the body, only constant consumption is unhealthy for people. However, this does not only apply to fast food, but any type of unbalanced diet is unhealthy for people or has negative effects on health.

Many fast food products, especially burgers etc., often taste salty or sweet and are often made particularly attractive to the consumer with flavor enhancers. In takeaways, food is often fried, which also makes the food richer in calories.

In addition, fast food is not consumed slowly and quietly, but is mostly eaten on the go or quickly. The enrichment of saliva, which is achieved by frequent chewing, is important for digestion. Since the food is not immediately filling due to its low fiber content, it leads to overeating and a burden on digestion. Therefore, you should take a little more time to eat and not cram it into yourself.

Since the fast food trend, obesity has risen sharply in the US and Germany. The big fast food chains reacted to this and deleted the supersize menus from their menus and increased the range of salads, which, however, did not have a great effect. The problem is that people who go to a fast food restaurant go there to have burgers and fries and not to eat a salad. What are the ingredients in fast food and how important are they?

Carbohydrates:

Carbohydrates are the energy suppliers of the cells, they include the sugar forms: simple, double and multiple sugars. Multiple sugars found in cereals, potatoes, bread etc. are broken down by the body and brought into the bloodstream, which creates a feeling of satiety. Complex sugars with a lot of fiber keep the blood sugar level up much longer than simple sugars. Fast food such as ready-made meals or French fries only contain simple sugars. It satisfies the hunger briefly, but the satiety decreases after 20-30 minutes.

Protein:

The ingested protein is broken down into amino acids in the body and is added to the body's own protein chains in the bloodstream. Protein is particularly important for muscle movements, the entire immune system and body structure. The suitable food for this is small amounts of meat or fish.

Fat:

Humans need the nutrient fat to maintain their health

The energy and flavor carrier fat is very important for the absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Unused fat is stored in unpopular fat stores, which the body can access at any time when it needs it. 

The German Nutrition Society recommends a daily fat requirement of 60 to 70g of fat. The average, however, is 80 to 100g. A currywurst, for example, contains 55 to 60g of fat, which means that you consume around 85% of the recommended daily allowance.

 It is very difficult to adhere to the recommended value. A menu at McDonalds with a BigMäc, chef's salad and French fries contains about 67g of fat, so it is impossible to stick to the recommended value if you consume fast food very often.

The consequences of permanently increased fat consumption are obesity, the consequences of which are joint problems, metabolic, heart and circulatory problems.

Fiber:

Dietary fiber is a biologically necessary food component that cannot be used by the human organism, but ensures that digestion is regulated and without constipation or other digestive problems arise

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