This would have been a better article if the author had listed the top ten least fattening fast foods in comparison to the most fattening. We all know what’s bad for us, we need help knowing what there is that’s fast and good.

Cheers to what “Activist Mommy” above me says. Fast Food is unhealthy because it is about business. Convenience. Shelf-life. Cost-cutting measures. Compared to other countries, America on the whole eats wrong. Here’s an example: Not only is everything about an iced cold soda beverage bad, but drinking with meals is bad for digestion because it dilutes the stomach acids, fills up the stomach, and causes people to chew food less thoroughly (I’ll admit there is some controversy over this on the internet but read more about it in books and decide for yourself). Drink mostly in between meals and little or not at all during. Raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and beans are best. Check out renowned nutrionist Dr. Gillian McKeith’s book “You Are What You Eat.”

I question all this.. I know I’m not fit or skinny.. However, I don’t believe that it’s bad to eat fast food. I’ve lived on Fast Food for the past 5 years. And sure maybe it’s had some internal effects. But honestly I don’t think it’s really adding anything worse, maybe it is. I think since you only got 1 life to live that you should be happy with it. And for me. I enjoy eating a good meal. And I can’t afford to eat at a nice restaurant. And honestly most ppl don’t go to restaurants alone. So Fast Food really is the answer. I’ve heard that even if you have a gastric bypass and only eat like nothing, you can still gain weight. So really there’s no stopping it. I say do whatever you like. Anyways that’s what ppl are going to do.

Unhelpful comment Jim. I’m guessing you’re British and we’re headed that way too. I visited America recently and it’s not just the fast food chains that are dishing up food unbelievably high in calories and fat. I didn’t see a healthy option in any of the 15 restaurants I visited. This has to be about demand – the sooner American citizens let chains know they want to eat fresh, nutritional food the better

As a proud American, it is difficult to sit back and watch as my country is ridiculed as the fat kid on the proverbial world playground. Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that this self-inflicted wound we call our “epidemic of obesity” traces back to a more poignant issue I’ve been littering forums with for a good while now. The truly underlying issue here is not that greedy, capitalist restaurant chains use cheap products to supply the ever-growing need for cheap, fast, crappy food. The real issue is that people don’t take responsibility for their own actions. No one is twisting your arm forcing you to eat at McDonald’s every day. Saying you’re obese because you can’t help that you crave double cheeseburgers for every meal is also not a viable excuse and blaming McDonald’s for supplying you with the means to give yourself a myocardial infarction by the age of 30 is just BS and you know it. Saying you can’t afford to eat at expensive restaurants but you like to dine out is unfortunate. I like to drive nice cars but I can’t afford a Ferrari. That doesn’t mean I’m going to go buy a Geo Metro and drive 130 mph in it. Dining out is expensive. If you can’t afford nice restaurants because you eat out all the time, try this. Eat at home more frequently and go out to a decent place where they serve decent food every once in a while. I’m 27 and I have a sedentary office job. I can easily afford to go out all the time but I choose to stay at home and cook nearly every night. Sometimes I do feel the urge to go out but I’ll usually try to order something healthy. Saying you don’t understand why you’re gaining weight when you ordered a double whopper biggie-sized with DIET COKE does not count as eating healthy.
So what’s the main point here in this ramble of a post? Make healthy choices. Eat vegetables, fruit, and other natural products. You don’t need to eat a 16 ounce steak with those two burgers so you get your 300 grams of protein that you’re gonna flush out in an hour anyways. Exercise at some point for 30 minutes a day. There is no person in this country that doesn’t have 30 minutes to do heart-rate elevating exercise. If you think you don’t, post your schedule and I’ll see if I can’t carve out a couple minutes. You may have to give something up or maybe even manage your time better, but excuses are likely what you’re doing.
Conclusion: eat better, eat LESS, exercise a bit, and stop blaming other people because you can’t get off your butt to improve your own life. Shy of maybe quadriplegics, everyone has the capacity to do these simple things. You just have to be stronger than your willingness to give in to the excuses.

I think Im gunna go get me and my boys a Triple Wopper with cheese, and large fries, and then go get a carmel cheesequake blizzard.

-Thanks

I have to agree with you Holly. Who is to blame. I think parents need to be more aware of the eating habit they are passing on to their children. Again, just because everybody else is doing it doesn’t make it right. Cheers to parents that aren’t hypnotized from the marketing of many American companies.

huh? ive been eating fast food almost my hole live and am still healthy and i am not fat i weight 120.

I recommend anyone to watch the documentary film Food Inc. It was a real eye opener on the American food industry.

Fortunately for me, I have an exceptionally high metabolism rate, minimising the possibility of becoming obese. Due to the fact that my mother is in hospital, I have consumed four triple whoppers this week, all enlarged to King size with Coke Cola. Albeit, the physical implications may manifest themselves in numerous medical complications, perhaps Type II diabetes, high cholesterol or, if current trends continue, a heart failure. I digress, the point I am trying to put across is that the aforementioned foodstuffs only contribute to one’s physical condition if they have do not possess amiable genetic characteristics.

This article makes me wanna visit BK now 😀

^ They aren’t so bad for you. Calories are not the enemy, eat whatever you want but stop eating when you have consumed the portion of the meal sufficient to have a healthy weight.

Now to bust a myth. Every single food item I could fit into a healthy daily diet. Why? Because I am an active, medium-large adult male, and by medium-large I don’t mean overweight, I mean by eating high protein value foods I maintain good muscle mass.

My daily caloric intake for weight maintenance is over 3200 calories and I don’t eat snacks or drink sugary beverages, nor eat much for breakfast so I need roughly 1200 calories per meal from both lunch and dinner. The main problem with these food items to me is not the calories it is lack of vitamins and minerals, too much use of refined white flour, and use of the fat and salt for taste instead of using spices for flavoring. Fast food is pretty bland once you get past salt, sugar, and grease content.