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Fast-Food, Causes And Effects Of Fast Food

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When you go out and buy a burger or a soft drink do you ever think about the consequences of what you’re putting into your body? One of the growing epidemics in America is the fact that people seem to be eating too much fast food that is causing obesity. Not only does fast food cause obesity but you are also at risk of other illnesses such as, heart disease, diabetes, and blood pressure. The leading cause is due to all the fast food that we have available at all times. Everywhere you look you see billboards, commercials, and restaurants. Fast food is also very addictive and is what can cause a person to become obese. And it also has a lot to do where you surround yourself, where you live, and even the people you are around that can …show more content…

Instead, they peddle mainly fast food restaurant items, sugary beverages and cereal (Barclay).” In other words, these companies intentionally are trying to promote fast food instead of nutritional food that is good for you. Why is that? Most likely this is because fast food is addicting and produces a lot of revenue to companies. Fast food companies want you to become addicted to their fattening products. First, they condition you into eating their products by advertising it everywhere and then when you eat the product you become addicted. Why is fast food so addicting? According to the article, How Food Addiction Works by Krist Gunnars it states that, “The brain knows that when we eat, we’re doing something “right,” and releases a bunch of feel-good chemicals in the reward system, such as the neurotransmitter dopamine – interpreted by our brains as pleasure (Gunnars).” In other words, when we eat fast food our brain is wired in a way where it feels like we’re rewarding ourselves with something good in our systems when in reality we’re hurting ourselves by continually eating junk food. Most of this has to do with what it in the fast food that gets people hooked. Most of the fast food we eat is filled with sugar, fat, and sodium which are very addictive. In the article from Healthline called The Effects of Fast Food on the Body by Ann Pietrangelo and Elea Carey, it talks about how, “added sugars have no nutritional value

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