Is fast food good for people who work out in gyms and lead an active lifestyle? Why McDonald's leads to obesity and causes various diseases. In the modern world, a paradox has arisen related to nutrition. On the one hand, more and more people are turning their attention to healthy eating, and on the other, the number of fast food restaurants around the world is growing rapidly. As a result, we all find ourselves hostage to two completely opposite poles: common sense competes with the constant lack of time and advertising of delicious tastes of various cheeseburgers. It's time to find out if there is any benefit from McDonald's.
Harmful but delicious McDonald's in bodybuilding
Anti-fast food athletes constantly accuse McDonald's of using all sorts of chemicals. However, we must admit that nothing prohibited there is not used. However, as well as something secret. All additives used are allowed, but the amount is different. To give food that refined taste, which advertisements obsessively repeat, it is necessary to use large doses of flavors and flavor enhancers.
However, for those who care about their figure, they should not be afraid of monosodium glutamate at all, but ordinary sugar. In fast food restaurants, it is added in large doses to all dishes. Of course, excluding the original ones. Any drink or dessert contains a killer dose of sugar. This fact already makes the dishes made at McDonald's unacceptable for athletes.
Thanks to chemical additives, dishes are given a pleasant taste, and with the help of sugar, their calorie content is increased. Restaurant owners get tired of counting their income, and visitors subsequently suffer from all sorts of diseases of the digestive system, the most common of which is obesity. It is in the amount of calories and simple carbohydrates that the whole danger lies. Of course, this applies to regular visitors. If you visit a restaurant once or twice a year, then there will be no harm, the body will cope with this problem. However, there is certainly no need to talk about the benefits of McDonald's. And this applies not only to athletes, but also to ordinary people.
Reasons for Obesity Bodybuilders from Eating at McDonald's
If you look closely at McDonald's advertising posters, you will immediately notice the abundance of greens added to all dishes. Virtually every one of these posters focuses on salads, giving the illusion that McDonald's is beneficial. However, this is a common advertising ploy and there are significantly fewer useful ingredients. To be convinced of this, it is enough to reveal any dish and carefully study its composition. By doing this, you will be greatly surprised. The main ingredient is not the greens promised in the advertisement, but a thick bun covered with a lot of mayonnaise. But there is very little greenery. Most often it is a tiny slice of tomato and a handful of salad. If you look at the size of chicken meat, it immediately becomes clear that the number of protein compounds also did not match the promises.
Any products of fast food restaurants, eaten in the singular, cannot cause any harm to the body. But after all, visitors always take a set of dishes, providing their body with a huge amount of harmful substances. The illusion of usefulness created with the help of advertising, low cost and various marketing gimmicks make people forget about the sense of proportion. As a result, overeating occurs, which leads to obesity. All of the above is directly related to bodybuilders, because they must maintain their weight and get rid of body fat. When visiting McDonald's, this will be very difficult to avoid. The high calorie content of fast food restaurants can quickly negate all your weight loss work.
The benefits of salads at McDonald's for athletes
Speaking on the topic of whether there is any benefit to McDonald's, it remains only to consider salads, since cheeseburgers and rolls, with their frequent use, can only be harmful. Vegetable dishes are relatively new on the menu and are a response to the growing interest in healthy eating. But here, too, not everything is so simple. This is another move by marketers who decided to increase sales and other dishes with the help of salads. At first glance, the appearance of salads on the menu could change the state of affairs for athletes and to some extent it did. But first things first.
Perhaps for some, this will seem an absurd assumption. But the challenge for marketers is to play on human psychology. Salads are low in calories and for this reason they are not capable of being a complete food. Having eaten only a salad, you will not be able to satisfy the feeling of hunger and you have to order other dishes, the same French fries. Here's an increase in sales of other dishes for the restaurant, and for visitors again a powerful dose of calories.
Before going to a fast food restaurant for a salad, you should think carefully. The dressing for it contains even fewer calories than the dish itself. It is much easier and most importantly more useful to prepare the salad yourself. Use safe olive oil or mild yogurt as a dressing. But if, nevertheless, due to a lack of time, you have to run into a fast food restaurant, then you can significantly reduce the possible harm to your body. You just need to take a vegetable salad and any burger, but no sauce. A burger bun can be safely put aside, as it is a source of a large amount of simple carbohydrates and as a result, vegetable fiber remains from the ingredients that make up the salad and a cutlet with protein compounds necessary for the body.
Of course, you shouldn't take Coca-Cola, order tea without sugar. Remember that if you frequent fast food restaurants, it will be very difficult for you to keep fit. Think well before opening the doors of McDonald's.
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