Obtained from Fast Food
Most fast foods contain high calories, but are low in other important nutrients. Therefore, fast food is identical to non-nutritious food because of the minimal positive contribution to health.
Because it is synonymous with low nutrient content while abundant calories, excessive consumption of this type of food is not recommended. But because it is known to be cheap, fast, tasty, and filling, many people like it.
How Does Fast Food Affect Body Health?
Here are some problems that can befall you if you eat too often fast food.
Obesity
Calculate the amount of carbohydrates in fast food that you normally consume. Then, combine it with unhealthy fat obtained from the frying process. Not quite up there, fast food is also usually rich in sugar. Can you imagine how fast food paves your way to obesity?
Malnutrition
If you only think about filling your body, fast food is the right answer. But if you think satiety is accompanied by nourishing the body, then fast food is a bad choice. Too much carbohydrate, fat, sugar, and salt, but on the other hand is minimal in protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. What if your daily life is only filled with carbohydrates and fat? So be prepared to have a body of minimal nutrition and susceptible to disease. In children and adolescents, this can inhibit their growth.
Indigestion
The lack of fiber in fast food can cause constipation, aka difficult to defecate. In addition to minimal fiber, the amount of sodium (salt) that is contained can also cause flatulence and feel pee. This is very possible because salt has the ability to hold water.
Brain problems
Fast food is not only synonymous with high cholesterol and sugar, but also rich in additional preservatives. The content of this dangerous additive can cause memory problems and learning disorders. Research also shows that the habit of consuming fast food that is high in calories, is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia
Diabetes
Stacks of carbohydrates and sugar that are rich in calories will make blood sugar levels surge. A spike in blood sugar that is too often will certainly make the following increase in insulin production. Over time this will disrupt your normal production of insulin, leading you to diabetes.
Cardiovascular disease
Saturated fats commonly found in fast food can increase levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) while reducing levels of good cholesterol (HDL). Combined with excess salt consumption can increase blood pressure and heart workload. As we know, high cholesterol and high blood pressure are the main causes of heart disease and stroke.
Respiratory disorders
Fast food makes you more easily obese. If you are obese or just overweight, the risk of respiratory problems will increase. Difficulty breathing is the most common thing that occurs in obese people. Obesity makes it easier for someone to have sleep apnea and asthma.
Tooth easily damaged
Bacteria in the mouth will produce excess acid if you consume a lot of carbohydrates and sugar. Excess acid will make the protective layer of the teeth damaged. If the tooth is damaged, then some diseases will be easier to approach.
How to Reduce the Bad Effects of Fast Food
The following ways might help you reduce your consumption of fast food while maintaining health:
Make a healthy menu
When the stomach is hungry, we certainly want to immediately fill the stomach with food, including fast food. Therefore, make it a habit to make a healthy food menu that can supplement your nutritional adequacy, so you don’t need to eat fast food when you’re hungry. Add the food menu with fruits and vegetables, so that fiber needs can also be fulfilled.
Reduce portion
The more you consume fast food, the more carbohydrates, fats, sugar, and salt you consume.
Drink a lot of water
Change your drink from carbonated drinks to pure fruit juice, low-fat milk, or mineral water. When the body starts to get hungry, or before hungry, drinking water will reduce hunger so the urge to taste fast food will disappear.
Reduce fried food
Fried foods are rich in saturated fats, so reduce them for health.
Everything if consumed in excess will be less good for health. Similarly, fast food, as long as it is within normal limits, the risk for health can still be tolerated. But if you already have a poor health condition, avoid eating fast food as much as possible.
Sinak Gondok 