Foodies, good to see you!
How often do you eat burgers?
Hamburgers.
Cheeseburgers.
Double Bacon Burgers.
Whatever...
If you’re not into them, you may be the only one.
It is estimated that Americans eat 50 billion burgers each year.
That’s 3 burgers a week for every person in the USA.
In 2016, the world consumed an estimated 130 billion pounds of beef.
Let’s discuss what would happen to your body if you ate burgers everyday.
Do you gain weight?
Is your immune system negatively affected?
Wait, are there actual health benefits?
We’re talking all that, as well as a few interesting fast food stats.
Shall we begin?
Let’s first talk about what a burger is.
I mean, of course you know what a hamburger is.
I’m not trying to be condescending.
But what is it actually made of?
Oh what am I saying?
Let’s just talk about where they come from.
While a hamburger remains a staple of North American cuisine, this food phenomenon may
have begun in Germany.
Like every popular invention, the true nature of its origin is up in the air.
But the word Hamburger derives from the German city of Hamburg.
See what they did there?
A hamburger normally consists of a grilled beef patty served between two buns.
From there, you usually add your choice of toppings.
These often include vegetables as well as condiments.
Now, it's going to be difficult to discuss their nutrition.
Afterall, burgers come in all shapes and sizes.
The average single-patty hamburger is equal to around 279 calories.
This includes 21% of your daily intake of saturated fats, 21% sodium, and 9% carbohydrates.
If you decide to get a little wild and go for a cheeseburger instead, a single patty
cheeseburger is around 319 calories.
You are recommended between 2000 to 2500 calories per day.
While the amount found in ham and cheeseburgers may seem low, you need to remember that these
are your basic choices.
Presumably the kind of burger you’d cook from home.
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If you’re a regular at fast food restaurants, you’d know that burgers can get a lot bigger,
and a heck of a lot greasier.
Let’s refer to our favourite burger joint, McDonalds.
A Quarter Pounder with Cheese, or Royale With Cheese for our viewers who are film buffs,
is equal to around 510 calories.
Think that’s a meal and a half?
It’s nothing.
The quarter pounder with cheese and bacon carries an extra 100 calories.
McDonald’s double quarter pounder contains a whopping 720!
Speaking of whoppers, let’s take a look at Burger King.
You may want to hold onto your seats.
If you’re watching your diet, let’s just say Burger King isn’t your ideal dining
destination.
Their Cheddar Bacon King Sandwich is an absolute threat to the human race!
The sandwich alone contains 1200 calories.
This includes 33 grams of saturated fat, 50 grams of carbs and oh boy-- 1930 mg of sodium.
God forbid, you have a side of large fries with that order.
You’d have to have 911 on speed dial.
This all seems pretty extreme, doesn’t it?
Don’t get me wrong, we’re not trying to stop you from eating at Burger King or Micky
D’s.
It’s not like Wendy’s is sliding us money under the table…
These burgers are always fun to eat.
And to be honest, there are other burgers that are much worse on the calorie scale.
Take the Monster Thickburger from U.S. food chain Carl’s Jr.
It’s in the neighborhood of 1340 calories.
With 3,310 milligrams of sodium.
That’s more than double the American Heart Association’s suggested daily intake.
You may be wondering what the point of me mentioning all this is.
Well while fast food is obviously fun to eat, it’s dreadfully unhealthy.
And people eat there… a lot.
Some eat there every day of the week.
In 2018, research found that 85 million Americans visit fast food establishments on any day
of the week.
Between 2013 and 2016, 37% of adults reported consuming fast food each day.
If you have an addictive personality, there’s normally one vice that you are fixated on
over others.
If that vice is McDonald’s, eating there everyday is certainly within the realm of
possibility.
The restaurant is said to feed 1% of the world’s population each day.
That’s over 68 million people.
In the same study, males were more likely to eat fast food for lunch, while women were
more likely to have it for a snack.
Before we continue, are you a female concerned about the state of their health?
Check out our recent video on 7 Symptoms of Strokes in Women.
Also, if you’re looking to improve your diet, you may want to have a look at our latest
clip discussing 9 Foods Combinations That Will Benefit Your Health.
Now back to our discussion on what Eating a Burger Everyday Will Do To Your Body.
So all of this information has brought us back to my original question.
What happens to your body when you eat a burger every day?
Well the truth is everybody’s body acts differently.
It all depends on the state of your health beforehand.
But the majority of people are going to notice a dramatic change in their wellbeing.
Likely for the worst.
Roughly 15 minutes are your first bite, the sugar content of your burger will absorb into
your bloodstream.
This results in a spike in glucose, which can eventually cause insulin resistance.
Over time, your body resistance to insulin can turn into type-2 diabetes.
This is definitely something to consider if you’ve been making daily visits to the McDonald’s
drive-thru.
It can lead to severe oxidative stress on your body’s cells.
This is something that can be prevented by dropping the burgers and adding a few more
veggies to your diet.
This is not all daily hamburger consumption can lead to.
A study from 2012 focused on a group of healthy men who ate a greasy fast food meal.
In the end, they found that their arteries were narrow.
Daily consumption of fatty burgers can only make this worse.
Eventually, your arteries will clog, obstructing blood flow to the heart.
This paves a road to heart attacks or cardiac arrest.
A burger’s sodium content can also pose a problem.
The salt you are taking in from a big greasy piece of beef can also affect your arteries.
Another study found that men who ate 1000 calorie meals loaded with saturated fat and
sodium had their blood filled with fatty acids and triglycerides.
Now let’s spice things up a little.
Remember how I said that people's bodies react in different ways?
Well, there are people who have undergone challenges where they are required to eat
burgers for a set period of time.
In the end, the challenge has little-to-no effect on their health.
In 2012, a 20-year-old man from California decided that he would scarf down a burger
every day for a whole month.
This was to be done specifically at U.S. burger joint In-N-Out.
He made a point to film himself as the challenge progressed.
By the end of the challenge, the changes to his health were minimal.
The young man reported feeling some fatigue and delirium half way through.
But that seemed to be about it.
When he started the challenge, he weighed around 158 pounds.
By the end, he weighed 160.
While the challenge didn’t have as severe an impact as he thought, he stated that it
would probably be a while before he walked through the In-N-Out doors again.
Not so compelling an example?
Okay, let me crank up the intensity.
In 2016, a man from Toronto decided to embark on a fast food challenge where he ate one
hamburger every day…
For one…
Whole…
Year.
In an interview, the man stated that he decided to go through with the challenge after making
a new years resolution that he was going to join a gym.
This way he could afford to eat burgers, as he figured he would work off the calories.
While a year long commitment to eating burgers may seem like heaven to some, it’s not as
easy an undertaking as we may think.
Despite road bumps, the man completed the challenge.
When asked if he was facing any subsequent health problems, he replied that he wasn’t.
In fact, he actually stated that he was feeling better than he did at the beginning of the
challenge.
However, this wasn’t the product of magic.
The man was heavily supported by a daily walk routine of 6 km.
He would also eat healthy meals for the majority of the day.
Engaging in sporting activities such as hockey and volleyball helped as well.
So if you are eating burgers on the regular, try to be as active as possible while also
consuming healthier foods.
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