A new study suggests our bodies may react to servings of fast food the same way it treats an invading bacterial infection, martialling certain immune cells and potentially contributing to serious inflammatory diseases.
An international team of scientists studied the short-term and long-term impact of feeding mice food that mimics a “Western diet” — high in fat, sugar, salt and carbohydrates and low in fruits and vegetables.
Scientists found that when exposed to the Western diet, inflammation was detected within the mice as an immediate response — the same response expected for invading pathogens, such as a bacterial infection.
8 in 10 Americans eat fast food at least once a month and half eat it every week according to a Gallup Poll. Bite by bite, unhealthy foods are destroying our health and marginalizing our most vulnerable populations.
As of 2016 there were 14,146 McDonald's restaurants in the United States and 1,450 McDonald's restaurants in Canada. 🤔😷☠️
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/256040/mcdonalds-restaurants-in-north-america/
https://www.google.ca/amp/nationalpost.com/health/our-bodies-may-be-treating-fast-food-like-an-invading-bacterial-infection-and-it-could-be-killing-us/amp
