These restaurants include one of the most popular fast food chains world wide, McDonalds, which has been recognized to be extremely excessive in unhealthy fat and carbohydrates. ... This diet gives participants a healthy intake of a balanced amount of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein, and water, which are the six essential nutrient groups that all individuals should consume daily. ... "Fewer processed foods would indicate less overall saturated fat, sodium, and sugar in the average diet" (Fox) However, with such facts being stated, there is still an unfortunate amount of Am...

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I can not think of too many topics that raise my blood pressure quite as much as the ignorant individuals that take advantage of the civil lawsuit system. I am referring to the parents that are now jumping on the "bandwagon" to sue numerous major fast-food chains by blaming them for their o...

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William Coda Martin categorized "refined sugar as a poison because it is stripped of life forces, vitamins and minerals" leaving behind pure, refined carbohydrates that cannot be utilized by the body unless the proteins, vitamins and minerals removed during refining are available (Dufty 154). ... Without these naturally occurring, nature intended elements the body cannot metabolize the excess carbohydrates, which results in abnormal sugars containing four carbon atoms in the bloodstream that accumulate in the brain, red blood cells and nervous system, ultimately, interfering with th...

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If the school were to serve high fat or high carbohydrate foods such as pizza, fries, macaroni and cheese, and soda, children would develop a taste for this and be much less likely to have a desire to eat in a healthful manner. ...

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