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05/11/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Communities that restrict trans fats in their food have fewer residents admitted to hospital for heart attack and stroke

Saturated fats, monounsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, trans fats … It can get quite difficult to get the rules straight regarding fats and their impact on our health. There are good and bad fats as well as natural and unnatural fats, and cutting out all fat is not necessarily the healthiest option. One thing is for […]

03/02/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Diets known for promoting inflammation in the body also found to increase risk of colon cancer

Foods that promote inflammation in the body, such as red meat and refined grains, have been revealed to also increase the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a report published on the website NutraIngredients.com. Although inflammation is needed by the body to protect itself from harmful stimuli and start the healing process, it also plays […]

04/11/2017 / By Russel Davis

Breakthrough allows scientists to track toxic chemicals from fast food wrappers as they contaminate the body

A team of researchers have created a new method in monitoring traces of perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), chemicals commonly used in fast-food wrappers, in the body. This comes just a month after a recent study showed that such chemicals were found in more than one third of food packaging tested. Health experts at the University of […]

03/27/2017 / By Russel Davis

Fast food diets causing majority of stroke and diabetes deaths across U.S.

Health care specialists have been advising the general public to cut back on fast food consumption for years, and for good reason. Recent data showed that poor dietary habits accounted for nearly half of all cardiometabolic deaths in the U.S. Researchers at the Tufts University in Massachusetts found that there were more than 702,000 cardiometabolic deaths […]

02/12/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Antibiotic-raised meat sources being dropped by many fast-food eateries

“Clean food” and “fast-food” are two terms that most of us never dreamed would one day be related. But as the clean food movement continues to take the nation by storm, it seems that many popular fast food chains are catching on. For example, In-N-Out Burger — a popular chain rooted in California — announced […]

02/07/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Fast food packaging is making unhealthy food even more dangerous due to fluorinated compounds

Though it is true that more and more people are becoming aware of the negative impact that eating junk food can have on their health, there is a danger associated with eating these foods that most people are blissfully unaware of: The packaging around that junk food is potentially even more dangerous than what it’s […]

01/13/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Ten horrifying ingredients that prove McDonald’s is not fit for consumption

There’s no doubt that most hard-working Americans like their fast food. Even though they know the bare facts – fast food is high in fat, sodium and sugar and can cause diabetes, heart disease and obesity – they still eat tons of it every year. A 2013 Gallup survey reported that eight in 10 Americans […]

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