Realizing, of course, that it is best to limit fried/fast food completely, which is worse for your body: if I was to eat 4x a week but stick with a small burger and fries (burger sat 6, trans 0.5; fries sat fat 4, trans 1) or just to eat once a week but get fries, onion rings, and fried chicken (fries sat 16, trans 6; onion rings sat 4.5, trans 4; fried chicken sat 4.5, trans 3).
In this example, I would end up with more saturated fat (40 vs 25) but less trans fat (6 vs 13) by eating fast food MORE often.
So, essentially, my question is: what is it that makes fast food so undesirable? Is it the amounts of times you eat there, or the amount of bad fat that you ingest per visit, that is the real problem?
2007-10-22 04:38:23 · 5 answers · asked by Willy K 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
the main problem with fast food is the amount of nutrients that is provides as compared to the amount of calories. nutrients being vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, etc. that are actually biologically available for the human body to use after the digestion process.
one meal of fast food can contain enough calories for a single day but provide less nutrients than a bowl of fresh salad.
2007-10-22 04:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The effects of all nutritional substances are cumulative, not instantaneous. You have neglected some important factors. What about calories? Cholesterol? Sodium? Sugar? Genetics? Other lifestyle issues? All of these are factors in determining the undesirableness of fast food for each individual.
Trans fats and trans fatty acids act the same in your body as saturated fat, so there is no sense distinguishing one from the other as "better." So, I think the obvious answer to the question you have posed is, considering only the factor of trans and saturated fat, it is the total fat that matters not how many times you eat.
2007-10-22 11:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by s408c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fast food is undesirable not only because of its high fat and salt content (which in itself is ridiculous) but its lack of nutritional value. Are there any vitamins or minerals in that small burger and fries? My guess is no, probably not. So while your concern (and a very valid one) is with fat content, that's not the only thing wrong with a burger and fries. In that meal the only thing you get is fat and salt.
To answer your question: it's both the number of times you visit AND the amount of fat you have per visit. Fast food is fine as long as it's limited to "as little as possible."
2007-10-22 11:51:40 · answer #3 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fast food is the worst! Eating it once a weekwould be the best if you have to!
2007-10-22 11:48:35 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remember 1 cheeseburger = 50 apples
you can be much more satisfied (being full) eating healthy than junky.
2007-10-22 11:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋