Government and Fast Food

Children's obesity has tripled during recent years, and twenty-five percent of the people affected by it are under nineteen years of age, and that's according to a study made by Green Planet (the largest independent publishing platform that focuses on sustainable food, animal welfare issues, environmental protection, and green living and the biggest plant-based food and recipe site). Fast food and poor eating regimen are the primary explanations for the ascent of the weight rates. Individuals connect to fast food since it is the most effortless and least expensive alternative accessible option.

 

In the same study, it was stated that diabetes will kill twice the same number of women as breast cancer every year and that today 2 out of 3 Americans are overweight, which is basically around 67% of Americans, and that 34% of the people beyond 20 years old are obese. This study also shows that fast food is not just threatening our health, but it is also hurting the financial status of individuals as there are $150 billion that will be spent just on treating corpulence related diseases and $175 billion on treating diabetes-related illnesses. Fast food is creating a havoc for our future generations, as it impacts our health, economy, and the planet, and that's why the government should play a role to save our present that we are living and our future that we are destroying without noticing.

How is fast food harming our body?

Fast food has many negative effects on our digestive and cardiovascular systems. According to an investigation medicinally reviewed by Natalie Butler (registered/ licensed dietician who specializes in weight management , gastrointestinal diseases, food allergies and intolerances, inflammatory diseases, gut health, and functional nutrition. , most fast food contains starches with practically zero fiber, and when the digestive system separates sustenance, it releases carbohydrates and sugars as glucose in your blood stream; your pancreas changes this sugar into insulin, which moves and transports sugar to cells that need it. If you eat carbohydrates and sugars with great quantities, the sugar spikes will increase in your body beyond what your body organs can handle, and these extra insulin spikes will lead to debilitating insulin response which can lead to insulin opposition and type 2 diabetes and result in gaining weight. This is significant because many Americans now are consuming fast food and it became a habit for them, they don't realize that they are killing themselves.

 

This investigation additionally expresses that the number of calories that fast food gives to individuals is critical, which will cause stoutness in the long haul. Obesity increases chances of respiratory problems such as asthma and shortness of breath, as the pounds increases causing more pressure on the heart and lungs. Even more, individuals who expend fast food have a 51% possibility of having depression.

 

As indicated by Mayo Clinic, carbohydrate rich sustenance can cause sugar spikes in the blood, causing sudden hops in glucose levels, which can cause acne breakouts. Children who eat fast food more than three times each week are more susceptible of developing eczema, which is a skin condition that causes aggravated patches of inflamed, itchy skin. Fast food contains many carbs and sugars, which increase acids in your mouth, causing the breakdown of tooth enamel, which then can lead to cavities and bacteria in your mouth. These dense sugars and carbs in junk food will eventually cause obesity, and obese individuals have a higher danger of breaking bones while falling, as their bones are weaker than more healthy individuals, and this supports that obesity and fast food places many risks on the individuals and causes them to grow weaker, and lessens their body's ability to protect them in times of danger or injuries.

Effects on immunity and reproductive system, and future generations

 Green Planet also states in the same study used previously that processed foods have some chemicals that can alter the way hormones act in your body, called phthalates. High levels of exposure to these chemicals could prompt birth issues, for example, birth defects(abnormalities). As stated in an environmental nutrition study by Palmer, Sharon(an award-winning blogger, author, registered dietitian nutritionist, and plant-based food and nutrition expert) and in a recent National Institutes of Health survey of the science on the theme of the western eating routine and its impacts on our immunity demonstrates that the Western eating diet is colossal in sugar, sodium, and saturated fat; (which have a provocative inflammatory impact), and is low in omega-3s (which has a calming anti-inflammatory impact), this style of diet can be hazardous and could hurt our gut microbiota, which will debilitate the immune system.

 

This can eventually lead to changes in the host environment, shifts in immune cell functions, and changes in nutrient accessibility for the gut microbiota, causing the immune response to weaken. Obesity additionally makes a provocative reaction that can dull the immune system's ability to protect the body. Even more frustrating is that mother's eating habits can affect the gut microbiota of the unborn kid, causing the child to have an impaired immune system, which make the immune system vulnerable to infection, auto immune and allergic diseases, so this diet can affect our genes, ability to fight diseases, and it passes on to future generations, which indicates the danger that we are placing on our own future.

Effects on animals and the planet

         These are little of many fast food effects on our body, and if we leave fast food control us and have more power over us, our future is going to suffer. The government is there to protect the people and support its nation, but if we are going to grow and seeing our kids growing developing all these diseases, we will be like a deceased nation, or a nation living to survive its various diseases, people will spend their money on treating themselves and there will not even be enough healthy people to work and support or economy. The government needs to play a role to save our generations. Many people need restrictions to guide their decisions, the government applied restrictions on consuming of tobacco, as it killed many people, but what about fast food that will destroy our future and we are just watching it?

 

Citations:

1. Pietrangelo , Ann, et al. 13 Effects of Fast Food on the Body. Healthline, Healthline Media, www.healthline.com/health/fast-food-effects-on-body#sugar-and-fat.

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