| There is absolutely no question that fast food is bad | | | | American diet suggests an intake of around 65 grams |
| for you. When you take a look at the total nutrition | | | | of fat and about 2,000 calories per day. This may vary |
| picture and hidden dangers of fast food, you find out it | | | | depending on exercise and age, but in most cases the |
| is even worse than you thought. | | | | variations call for less for dieting purposes. When you |
| Fast Food has become a part of modern American | | | | start reviewing some of the common fast food meals, |
| culture and it is spreading rapidly around the entire | | | | the problem becomes evident. At Burger King, a |
| World. In the United States, almost every town with | | | | Whopper with Cheese, French Fries, and a vanilla |
| more than 5,000 people living in it has its fast food strip | | | | shake measure in at 87 grams of fat and 1480 |
| on the edge of town. It does not matter if you live in | | | | calories. Even if this is your only meal of the day, you |
| Oregon or Maine, driving along the fast food strip will | | | | have taken in almost 1/3 too much fat. |
| make you feel at home. There is virtually no unique | | | | McDonalds Big Mac, Fries, and a shake do better. |
| American regional culture visible in these restaurants | | | | They get under the mark at 57 grams of fat and only |
| beyond the pictures on the wall. People might argue | | | | about 1200 calories. Once again, this is only for one |
| this is not a bad thing. People can go into a fast food | | | | quick meal and is usually not all that is eaten each day. |
| restaurant in any part of the country and be pretty | | | | Of course, you are being urged to "super size" |
| sure of what is on the menu. They will have their | | | | everything and doing so is going to increase the fat |
| familiar food in a very short time, and be on their way | | | | and calorie count. Excessive amounts of fat and high |
| with their stomachs filled. | | | | calorie counts may be the leading cause of problem, |
| The real problem goes beyond the loss of regional | | | | but they are not the only negatives by a long shot. |
| uniqueness in our eating habits. The fact is that fast | | | | Fast food is low in basic fibers, nutrients, and vitamins |
| food is just plain bad for you in almost every way and | | | | needed to maintain good health. |
| in almost every case. America is a country of | | | | There are also many hidden dangers to fast food. |
| overweight people who long to be thin, and yet the | | | | These dangers run the whole gamut from danger of |
| fast food industry is the leading culprit of the almost | | | | contamination to excessive amounts of Trans fats |
| epidemic obesity in the country. The problem is | | | | due to the hydrogenated cooking oil that is used. The |
| spreading to our children. It is said that Ronald | | | | body can not even recognize Trans fats as food and |
| McDonald is the second most recognized figure to | | | | so immediately stores it as fat tissue. There are even |
| American Children, second only to Santa Claus, and it | | | | social problems associated with fast food such as |
| is estimated that every American child averages at | | | | poor working conditions and inhumane treatment of |
| least one meal a month at McDonalds or a similar | | | | animals in slaughtering plants and problems associated |
| restaurant. | | | | with the underage work force that operates most fast |
| The problems are many with fast food, but the biggest | | | | food restaurants. Fast foods are very, very bad for |
| problem is the amount of fat and the high calorie count | | | | you. |
| in the average fast food meal. The recommended | | | | |