Is eating a lot of fast food bad for your health if you're still skinny and active?

[Anonymous]

If you eat a lot of fast food and unhealthy food what parts of your body is it effecting if you aren't overweight?

I eat quite a bit maybe about 3 or four combos a week on average , but I exercise quite a bit and do a lot of walking for my job, is that still real bad for me?

[Paris13]

Some Fast Food is not bad as long a s you eat this In... Moderation, Which you seem to be Doing as you are Chewing.
I like the Idea that you stay Fit, Exercise and with Cheating here and there, is okay so far. I am sure you Eat a Good diet as well.
However, if you find any Time that the Doctor would Tell you to Curve the Salts or Whatever case, then You would Know something is not Kosher for Sure.
Good luck. xx

[Paris13]

Thanks for the Like, and by the way, I eat pizza sometimes and a burger as well, I also exercise... I have Excellent health, thin and also Blood work always comes back Stupendous. xx

[Paris13]

Thank you for the Vote of Confidence. xx

[karennn]

Yup, fast food does not have the regular amount of nutrition that your body requires as you grow older. For now it doesn't seem like it has any effect on your body because of your fast metabolism but as you gradually age (hit late 30s and early 40s) the symptoms from eating junk food will start showing. Example: high cholesterol, low zinc intake, too much sodium and sugar or preservatives, etc.

[Asker]

Will those symptoms still appear if I give up?

[karennn]

if you give up what?

[Asker]

Fast food or cut down. As in will be the damage that I have done stuck?

[karennn]

I think its never too late to make changes but make sure to keep your junk food in take to a minimal. I know this will be hard becomes sometimes you just get them cravings but you have to try to eat as much healthy/ organic produce as you can.

[AynonOMouse]

The amount you eat (3 or 4 per week) should be alright if you exercise (Walking doesn't count, I mean like a workout/strength/or cardio)

If someone is just skinny and doesn't workout, but eats fast food every day, they can have a heart attack eventually due to all the cholesterol in the food.

[brocklee]

I think you are okay. The reality is, unless you shop at a farmers market and buy raw ingredients to make your meal, the stuff at the grocery store that has any sort of preparation done to it is the same as any of the fast food that is out there. Just watch your sodium and sugar intake.

[Asker]

Si is eating potato chips and things like that pretty similar?

[brocklee]

Yes, but keep in mind, chips and other snacks like that have lots of sodium. You have to watch that. It causes high blood pressure and makes your body retain fluid, which will make you gain water weight.

[nala_rawr]

Health is on the inside as well as thr outside. So u might b skinny, but ur arteries could b clogged, u could have high cholesterol or BP... just make sure I visit ghe dr so u don't all of a sudden grt hit with health issues...

[Asker]

Can you get your arteries tested? I got cholesterol and blood pressure tested which were fine

[nala_rawr]

Usually they are all connected...
As long as ur physically active u should b fine.. just stay on top of ur physicals to b safe :)

[Anonymous]

yes, that's why I like my body as I puts on weight just thinking about junk food. I have a visual ideas of the health of my body.

[Fathoms77]

Yes.

[Asker]

Why?

[Fathoms77]

Because it's doing terrible things to your body even if you're still young. Thin people can still have cholesterol that's through the roof, not to mention major digestion problems and extreme lack of nutrition, which can even impact cognitive processes.

Your metabolism is still moving quickly in your 20s but once you hit 30, it starts to slow, and continues to move slower and slower as you age. So not only will you invariably start gaining weight, you'll have a myriad of health issues caused and compounded by your years of awful eating.