How gross is fast food to you

I know how bad it is. I read the book fast food nation and I mostly trust and agree with the information in it. I've seen super size me. I regret eating that junk every single time.
Yet I find myself mindlessly driving thru ordering the usual.

I would like to know how disgusting you find fast high-calorie low nutrient food, in my effort to find it uneatable.
And for the one's who'll say it's delicious and tell us their favorite mcdonalds joke or pun, I'll let a ha ha out in advance.

But seriously does anybody else know how bad it is, and still eat it regularly? what do you tell yourself to stop it?

Thank you

Nine out of 10 people in line at the grocery store are obese, too. Maybe you shouldn't shop there, either. :-)

Depends what grocery store! Thank you for the input:)

Every one I've ever been in.

This is statistically unlikely. I don't know what country is referred to in the post(s) above, but < 1/2 of Americans are obese. I don't know of a country that has a 90% obesity rate, so it would be very unlikely that every grocery store in any area would happen to have 90% obese clientele at the time one individual chose to shop there.

Wait a moment. I realize that most are not obese but visually it can be hard to tell. I believe the obesity rate in the U.S. is in the 30% range, but the overweight rate is in the 60% range. Please feel free to check my numbers here. The point being, you see a lot of overweight people out there.

"a lot" of "overweight" people =/= 9 out of every 10 people being obese.

And to another post, yes it would be statistically unlikely to see 90% obese people in a fast food joint also. The percentages may vary statistically but I don't have the information to run those numbers.

Microsoft admitted that they spent a good amount of time and resources researching and adjusting their Surface tablet to get it to make the perfect click sound when the keypad/cover attaches to the tablet. It's physically addictive. Just like popping bubble wrap.

Scientist have previously proven links between drug addiction and fast-food addiction, but now there is a growing body of research that is finding out how junk food is hard wiring our brains for cravings.

The latest study, published March 28 in "Nature Neuroscience," likened the affects of high-fat, high-calorie fast food to those of cocaine or heroin, in animals at least.

The researchers showed that the pleasure-center in rats brains were overstimulated from the fast food similar to an addict's cocaine binge. Eventually, the pleasure centers became so overloaded that rats needed more and more food to feel normal, according to Paul H. Kenny, an associate professor of molecular therapeutics at the Scripps Research Institute.

Throughout the study, Kenny and his co-author studied three groups of lab rats for 40 days. The first group ate healthy food. The second ate a limited amount of junk food. The third group, however, was allowed to gorge on high-fat, high-calorie foods and became obese.

The startling side effect? The brains of the obese rats changed.

"The body adapts remarkably well to change -- and that's the problem," Kenny said in a press release. "When the animal overstimulates its brain pleasure centers with highly palatable food, the systems adapt by decreasing their activity. However, now the animal requires constant stimulation from palatable food to avoid entering a persistent state of negative reward".
During the study, the rats lost complete control over the ability to regulate whether they were hungry, often eating despite electric shocks. When the obese rats were put on a healthy diet, they refused to eat, starving themselves for two weeks.

Haha! It is amazing how they misread my post. It was a personal experience that I had, not a generalized statement. I was simply answering the OP of why I don't like fast food. I actually did see 9 out of 10. Does it happen all the time...no (never said it did) but it was an experience that helped shape my view on fast food.

So then it's quite possible that someone else's experience could have been seeing 9 out of 10 people in line at the grocery store as obese as well?

Microsoft admitted that they spent a good amount of time and resources researching and adjusting their Surface tablet to get it to make the perfect click sound when the keypad/cover attaches to the tablet. It's physically addictive. Just like popping bubble wrap.

You're correct about everything but the physical addiction part. I think we're just disagreeing on semantics here. A physical addiction is something that is paired with uncontrollable cravings, withdrawal symptoms, irrational thought, etc. Popping bubble wrap does none of those.Flip open a medical dictionary or psychological journal and find the definition of a physical addiction.

This is an article written about an actual study that was done at Scripps Research Institute (one of the most respected and prestigious research facilities in the world), titled "FAST FOOD AS ADDICTIVE AS HEROIN, study says."

Scientist have previously proven links between drug addiction and fast-food addiction, but now there is a growing body of research that is finding out how junk food is hard wiring our brains for cravings.

The latest study, published March 28 in "Nature Neuroscience," likened the affects of high-fat, high-calorie fast food to those of cocaine or heroin, in animals at least.

The researchers showed that the pleasure-center in rats brains were overstimulated from the fast food similar to an addict's cocaine binge. Eventually, the pleasure centers became so overloaded that rats needed more and more food to feel normal, according to Paul H. Kenny, an associate professor of molecular therapeutics at the Scripps Research Institute.

Throughout the study, Kenny and his co-author studied three groups of lab rats for 40 days. The first group ate healthy food. The second ate a limited amount of junk food. The third group, however, was allowed to gorge on high-fat, high-calorie foods and became obese.

The startling side effect? The brains of the obese rats changed.

"The body adapts remarkably well to change -- and that's the problem," Kenny said in a press release. "When the animal overstimulates its brain pleasure centers with highly palatable food, the systems adapt by decreasing their activity. However, now the animal requires constant stimulation from palatable food to avoid entering a persistent state of negative reward".
During the study, the rats lost complete control over the ability to regulate whether they were hungry, often eating despite electric shocks. When the obese rats were put on a healthy diet, they refused to eat, starving themselves for two weeks.

http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/03/30/fast-food-is-like-heroin-studies-find/


People can deny it all they want, but it's a very real thing.

I've watched 'Super Size Me'... twice.

The first time i just assumed it was just because of the fast food he got so sick.

The second time, i payed more attention. The guy was OVEREATING to the point where he threw up!

If you do that with ANY type of food... even the healthiest kind, you are going to stress out your body/organs and get sick.

It would be interesting to see blood tests/health/fitness tests done on someone who ate only McDonalds for 1 month but ate within their calorie goals/macros. (Although they would probably have to supplement with a multi-vitamin to prevent vitamin/mineral deficiencies if they continued that lifestyle longterm)

I still don't eat McDonald's, but that's more because i'm gluten-free than any other reason... and too much risk of cross-contamination there.

I'm stopping at Popeye's on the way home to get their Chicken Waffle Tenders.

I don't touch it...no reason when we have groceries and fresh/clean food available...

Microsoft admitted that they spent a good amount of time and resources researching and adjusting their Surface tablet to get it to make the perfect click sound when the keypad/cover attaches to the tablet. It's physically addictive. Just like popping bubble wrap.

You're correct about everything but the physical addiction part. I think we're just disagreeing on semantics here. A physical addiction is something that is paired with uncontrollable cravings, withdrawal symptoms, irrational thought, etc. Popping bubble wrap does none of those.Flip open a medical dictionary or psychological journal and find the definition of a physical addiction.

This is an article written about an actual study that was done at Scripps Research Institute (one of the most respected and prestigious research facilities in the world), titled "FAST FOOD AS ADDICTIVE AS HEROIN, study says."

Scientist have previously proven links between drug addiction and fast-food addiction, but now there is a growing body of research that is finding out how junk food is hard wiring our brains for cravings.

The latest study, published March 28 in "Nature Neuroscience," likened the affects of high-fat, high-calorie fast food to those of cocaine or heroin, in animals at least.

The researchers showed that the pleasure-center in rats brains were overstimulated from the fast food similar to an addict's cocaine binge. Eventually, the pleasure centers became so overloaded that rats needed more and more food to feel normal, according to Paul H. Kenny, an associate professor of molecular therapeutics at the Scripps Research Institute.

Throughout the study, Kenny and his co-author studied three groups of lab rats for 40 days. The first group ate healthy food. The second ate a limited amount of junk food. The third group, however, was allowed to gorge on high-fat, high-calorie foods and became obese.

The startling side effect? The brains of the obese rats changed.

"The body adapts remarkably well to change -- and that's the problem," Kenny said in a press release. "When the animal overstimulates its brain pleasure centers with highly palatable food, the systems adapt by decreasing their activity. However, now the animal requires constant stimulation from palatable food to avoid entering a persistent state of negative reward".
During the study, the rats lost complete control over the ability to regulate whether they were hungry, often eating despite electric shocks. When the obese rats were put on a healthy diet, they refused to eat, starving themselves for two weeks.

http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/03/30/fast-food-is-like-heroin-studies-find/


People can deny it all they want, but it's a very real thing.

I agree with you. Many people think it's silly. But, they don't understand how much money is spent on research and test groups, to find out what attracts people back to the food. It's very extensive. They also study the brain and try to understand what chemicals can hook humans, legally, in order to make you feel a certain way when you eat the food.

It's true. I understand it. I wont go into the advertising and how insidious it all is. But, it's crazy. I feel like some of us are voices of a minority that see very clearly what is happening while the rest just prefer to let it all happen. Its more insidious than people know, and if they really did know, they would really be pissed off about it all. But, it's big big big big money. So, no one's really going to touch it.

A vein in your meat isn't going to hurt you. Many parts of the animal other than just the muscle are edible.

I remember, way back in the day when i used to eat KFC, i would break the bones open and eat the bone marrow. True story. Iron deficiency anemia makes you do crazy things i guess. :P