Have you ever heard anyone say that just one junk food meal
won’t hurt you? Well, they’re wrong. It can, so avoid the junk
food forays this year, and stick with a consistent diet of
healthy foods instead. We already know that a fairly steady diet
of processed foods—namely fast foods or junk foods—can harm your
health. It’s no wonder, either, because they’re packed with
unhealthy fats, carbs, sugars, etc. that can mess up blood
sugar, blood pressure, your cells and metabolism—plus much more.
What may be surprising, however, is that infrequently eating
junk food—even one single meal—can be detrimental to your
health, including your arteries. In fact, a team of researchers
from the University of Montreal in Canada has published study
results in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology which point out
that eating a single junk food meal that’s full of unhealthy
saturated fats is harmful to the arteries. By contrast—and
interestingly—consumption of a Mediterranean meal rich in good
fats doesn’t cause any arterial damage