Always avoid the soda and anything deep fried including French fries, hash browns
If you're forced to eat fast-food, here's a tip to make sure that you're not doing much damage to your body...
Always avoid the soda and anything deep fried including French fries, hash browns, and anything breaded like chicken nuggets, chicken patties, or breaded fish sandwiches. These are all absolutely soaked in deadly trans fats from the industrial hydrogenated vegetable oils they use to fry all of these items.
Note: Even though some fast food restaurants have vowed to not use hydrogenated oils loaded with trans fats any more, they are still using highly refined processed oils, which are still inflammatory and negatively affect your health .
Remember, as I've said before, I've seen studies indicating that as little as 1 gram of artificial trans fat per day can have serious degenerative internal effects in your body such as inflammation, clogging and hardening of the arteries, heart disease, various forms of cancer...not to mention packing on the abs flab.
Consider that a typical fast-food meal of a breaded chicken sandwich (or fish sandwich), along with an order of fries can contain as much as 10 grams of trans fat! If 1 gram a day is slowly killing you, imagine what 13 grams is doing! Some people are consuming 20-30 grams of artificial trans fat per day, and not even realizing what they're doing to themselves internally.
At lunch or dinner, the best choices are a grilled chicken sandwich, the chili, a grilled chicken salad without croutons (again...croutons = more trans), or even just a plain cheeseburger.
This doesn't mean these fast-food items are truly healthy and organic, but they're the best options you have at most fast food places.
Remember that as little as one gram of trans may cause some internal harm and now you can actually see how many grams of trans fat you're eating right on the food wrapper.
Always avoid the soda and anything deep fried including French fries, hash browns, and anything breaded like chicken nuggets, chicken patties, or breaded fish sandwiches. These are all absolutely soaked in deadly trans fats from the industrial hydrogenated vegetable oils they use to fry all of these items.
Note: Even though some fast food restaurants have vowed to not use hydrogenated oils loaded with trans fats any more, they are still using highly refined processed oils, which are still inflammatory and negatively affect your health .
Remember, as I've said before, I've seen studies indicating that as little as 1 gram of artificial trans fat per day can have serious degenerative internal effects in your body such as inflammation, clogging and hardening of the arteries, heart disease, various forms of cancer...not to mention packing on the abs flab.
Consider that a typical fast-food meal of a breaded chicken sandwich (or fish sandwich), along with an order of fries can contain as much as 10 grams of trans fat! If 1 gram a day is slowly killing you, imagine what 13 grams is doing! Some people are consuming 20-30 grams of artificial trans fat per day, and not even realizing what they're doing to themselves internally.
Anyway, back to the topic of how to avoid this stuff and eat a reasonably healthy meal on the rare occasion that you're forced to eat fast-food. Here's an article I did about why diet soda makes you fat.
This doesn't mean these fast-food items are truly healthy and organic, but they're the best options you have at most fast food places.
The main take-away point from this little fast-food article is that the nastiest stuff at these fast food joints are the sodas and fries, and any other deep fried items.
Did you notice that he stated that he almost never eats the fries or soda, even though he eats the burgers every day? Personally, I can't remember the last time I ate at a fast food joint like Mickey D's or BK. If at all possible, I'll try to find some corner deli with fresh salads or sandwiches instead of fast food.
Remember that as little as one gram of trans may cause some internal harm and now you can actually see how many grams of trans fat you're eating right on the food wrapper.
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