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Sewall uncovers a few culprits caught red handed, "Studies show that refined sugars, processed flours, vegetable oils, and other artificial ingredients are responsible for this plague" (Sewall). A secret ingredient that producers include in almost everything is high fructose corn syrup, also known as the hidden devil. High fructose corn syrup is found in all fast foods and is a much cheaper and dangerous alternative to cane sugar. This ingredient mimics leptin, a hormone in the brain that signals the body that it is hungry and to keep eating (Becker). Obviously, high fructose corn syrup is highly responsible for increased obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. After a Big mac from the world renowned fast food joint, McDonald's, disappears almost instantly into our bodies, the brain craves more due to leptin telling the body it is still hungry; therefore, people do not stop eating until their stomachs are literally holding the highest capacity of food possible leading to obesity. Unfortunately, the foods at fast food joints are constructed to make the brain crave more, hence the large amounts of dopamine and serotonin released. These ingredients found in fast food meals trick the brain and body eventually leading to addiction! It is all a marketing scam that works, bringing Americans back time and time again. .
Fast food restaurants have a funny way of hiding the truth from their consumers. The FDA, the Federal Drug Administration, is well aware of this too and allows it! Food labels for the meals available at these restaurants are allowed to include "all natural" as well as "farm fresh"; however, the standards the FDA goes by in order to allow these words are low, promoting a poor regulation of food safety. The only thing that producers include alongside their meals is the calorie amount; they hide the true ingredients that are responsible for the rapidly growing obesity rates in America.