Just One High-Fat Meal Hurts?
A US University has carried out a small study to examine the effects of single high-fat meal. Most people know that a regular high-fat diet has a number of ill-effects on health:
On one day, the participants were served a low-fat breakfast of Frosted Flakes, skim milk and orange juice. The next day, participants ate a very high-fat breakfast, consisting of an egg McMuffin, a sausage McMuffin and two hash browns.After each meal, blood was drawn and tested. No problems were detected after the low-fat meal. But the same couldn't be said for the latter experiment.
"The thing that's very interesting in this study is that just a couple of hours after a high-fat meal, we found evidence that there was damage already in the surface of the blood vessels," De Marchena said.
The aim of the research was to determine if a single high fat meal can contribute to heart disease. It's amusing that they chose McDonald's for the high-fat breakfast. In the article, McDonald's PR once again had to respond to the bad (and a little unfair) press.
Despite being a small study (only carried out on people in their 20s) - it is surprising. I always though that the occasional high-calorie meal was good for 'spiking' metabolism - particular if you are on a restricted calorie diet.
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