Our Food Is Fast, Our Arteries Are Hard

Chick-Fil-A, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Bojangles.....These are some of our most favorite places to grab a quick bite and satisfy that greasy craving!  I have to admit, every once in a while I stop to grab a #1 at Chick-Fil-A and LOVE those waffle fries.  I watched a YouTube video today that took two healthy individuals, one man and the other a woman.  They ate a three course meal that included fired mac and cheese as the appetizer, a burger in a soft taco with fries, and a dessert with ice cream.  The total caloric intake was 3X more than what is recommended for an entire day and the saturated fat was 10X more than what is recommended for an entire day. 

Prior to eating the meal, an ultrasound was used to hear blood flow in their veins.  It sounded great, steady and strong.  Following the consumption of the meal, the same ultrasound was performed and the blood flow was moving at a rapid weight, they both felt tired, short of breath and sluggish.  The lasting negative affects of just one meal isn't too bad - it only lasted 6 hours, but eating a meal like this every week, or every day, or multiple times a day is what eventually takes a toll on the body. 

The daily recommended caloric intake is right around 2,000 calories.  The number of calories consumed by someone changing their lifestyle in an effort to lose weight would consume even less.

Here is a popular list of fast food items that you might be consuming.  Will you think twice now before biting into that big mac?

1.  Hardee's Double Bacon Cheese Thickburger= 1,300 calories
2.  Taco Bell Chicken Burrito Supreme, Pepsi, Nachos BellGrande = 1,300 
3.  Hardee's Double ThickBurger = 1,250 calories
4.  KFC ChickenBreast 380, Mac & Cheese 280, Potatoes w/ Gravy 120, Biscuit 190, Pepsi 180=  1,250 calories
5.  Burger King TRIPLE WHOPPER Sandwich With Cheese= 1,230 calories
6.  McDonald's Deluxe Breakfast (Large Size Biscuit) w/o Syrup & Margarine= 1,140
7.  McDonad's McValue French Fry & a Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese = 1,090 calories
8.  Burger King DOUBLE WHOPPER Sandwich with Cheese = 990
9.  Hardee's Big Country Breakfast Platter - Bacon= 980
10.  Subway 6" Steak and Cheese, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Pepsi = 932 Calories

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