French Fries are one of the most harmful foods in the American diet. They are little more than starch (which the body turns into sugar), loaded with dangerous fats and salt. They should be called “Fat Sticks” because eating them leads to the accumulation of fat, which causes heart disease, diabetes, depression, hypertension, obesity, and cancer.
Food companies begin with potatoes, remove the skin, which is the most nutritious part, then fries them in a concoction of dangerous seed oils, that removes the water, replacing it with trans fats and other chemicals. McDonalds French Fries, for example, contain 14 ingredients:
1. Potatoes
2. Canola Oil
3. Soybean Oil
4. Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
5. Natural Beef Flavor
6. Hydrolyzed Wheat
7. Hydrolyzed Milk
8. Citric Acid
9. Dimethylpolysiloxane – a silicon used in the manufacturing of silly putty
10. Dextrose – sugar
11. Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate – a chemical to prevent discoloration
12. Salt
13. Corn Oil
14. Tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)- a food additive that prevents it from oxidizing. High doses of TBHQ are toxic causing stomach cancer and damage to DNA.
So why would Americans eat 3.5 billion pounds of French Fries every year, knowing how dangerous they are?
- Because they are highly addictive. “You can’t just eat one of them”;
- They are cheap making them the ideal filler for fast food restaurants to make a profit;
- People love them and demand them (supply and demand);
- Most folks do not know just how dangerous and addictive they really are.
French fries are just one more ingredient in the American diet that has caused us to be the most obese population in the history of the world.
What is the best way to break the French Fry habit? Just say, “NO!” Then replace this dangerous habit with a healthy habit of natural snacks and meals. Stay away from Fat Food restaurants (lead me not into temptation).
