According to experts, regular consumption of fast food items like as fried chicken, onion rings are particularly bad for the liver.
There are thousands of fast food restaurants across the country, serving millions customers daily and the bulk of the food offerings are loaded with calories from fat and added sugar.
Investigation reveals that so many people are getting into eating fast food, especially kids, as their staple.
According to experts, regular consumption of fast food items like fried chicken and onion rings are particularly bad for the liver.
These fried foods, they also explained, have many surprising complications and dangers for the people that consume them.
“The amount of fat and saturated fats creates a condition called fatty liver,’’ the experts added.
Medical practitioners are of the view that even after just a month of consistently eating fatty foods from fast food restaurants, there are significant changes in ones liver even as they said that fried foods do not just impact your cholesterol and waist line.
The medical experts, however described the changes in the liver enzymes as being surprisingly similar to the damage that is seen by hepatitis, which can ultimately lead to liver failure
To them, French fries, in particular, are one of the most dangerous foods, because of all the added ingredients to the potato.
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“We know that they are adding salt, and cooking it in fat, but they’re also putting sugar on them too. Why sugar? Because it helps get them golden crispy,” they observed.
Also, they warned that consumers should be wary of items at fast food establishments marked healthy or fresh because there aren’t clear regulations for these items, and the food can often have added chemicals, especially salads.
“Some places actually put propylene glycol on the salads, which is anti-freeze, the reason behind that is that it prevents wilting.
“And although they say a little anti-freeze isn’t going to hurt you, obviously given a choice you don’t want to be eating anti-freeze.” The experts added.