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Fast foods often contains high amount of fat, sugar, sodium and calories. Regular Consumption of fast foods or junk foods leads to many serious health hazards and diseases. The disadvantages of fast foods are explained here. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Why fast foods are bad for you?


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Why fast foods are bad for you?
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Fast Food
  • Fast foods are the foods that can be prepared and
    served very quickly. Most fast foods are junk
    foods. Junk foods are of little nutritional value
    and often high in fat, sugar, salt and calories.
    Prolonged consumption of fast food leads to many
    serious health hazards and diseases are shown in
    coming slides,

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Obesity
  • The extra calories and high levels of sugar, fat
    and sodium in the fast foods are the primary
    causes of obesity.

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Liver Damage
  • The trans-fat containing in fast foods gradually
    accumulate in the liver and thereby damage it.

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Heart Attack
  • Fast food contains high amount of sodium
    Cholesterol. Cholesterol accumulates inside the
    blood vessels and thereby block the arteries. The
    high amount of sodium increases the blood
    pressure. Both of these situations leads to heart
    attack over time.

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Type 2 Diabetes
  • High levels of fat, cholesterol sodium in fast
    foods leads to overweight and high blood
    pressure. These leads to Type 2 Diabetes.

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Malnutrition
  • Fast foods are often lack of minerals like
    calcium, iron, potassium, zinc and Vitamins like
    A, B complex, C, D, E. So regular use of fast
    foods leads to malnutrition and its associated
    diseases.

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Gastrointestinal Problems
  • Processed junk foods are lack of dietary fibers.
    Inadequate amounts of dietary fibers in the diet
    leads to gastrointestinal problems like irritable
    bowel syndrome, colon cancer, etc.

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