Shocking Breakdown Of A Fast Food Meal
September 13, 2010 by Mohamed
Filed under Truth About Abs, Weight Loss
I wanted to show you a surprising breakdown of a typical fast food meal that MOST people don’t realize…
Here goes… Did you realize that when you eat a typical meal at a Fast Food joint, that you are basically eating almost entirely CORN(genetically modified corn too)? And no, there is really NOTHING healthy about eating almost all of your calories from corn!
Let me explain…
Let’s think about the typical fast food meal that somebody gets at a corner fast food joint… that common meal would be:
- a cheeseburger
- a side of fries
- a soft drink (usually soda)
Surprisingly most people don’t realize they are taking in about 90-95% of their calories essentially from CORN when they eat this kind of fast food meal (if we can really call it a “meal”).
The other calories come from wheat and soy derivatives mostly… certainly nothing healthy there either! Let’s break it down…
The soda or other soft drink obtains 100% of it’s calories from a corn derivative — high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
The cheeseburger contains beef from a factory farm feedlot where the cattle ate almost entirely corn… also the cheese comes from milk from unhealthy corn-fed cows from factory farm feedlots… between the beef and the cheese, almost all of your calories are originally derived from corn, but just transformed in a way.
The bun on the burger contains corn derivatives including HFCS. The rest of the calories in the bun come from refined wheat flour and possibly a small amount of soybean oil. Basically, almost 100% of the calories from the burger come from corn, soy, and wheat.
Now comes the fries…
Most of the calories in the fries come from the oil that’s soaked into them from deep frying in either corn oil or soybean oil (hydrogenated usually). NOT good!
So basically, the ONLY calories in this typical fast food meal that don’t come from corn, soy, or wheat is the potato portion of the fries… and of course when potatoes are deep fried in oil, they create cancer-causing acrylamides.
You wonder how anybody can eat even one bite of fast food knowing these facts… or maybe they DON’T know these facts…and that’s the problem.
Now you can see how 90-95% of the calories in a typical fast food meal actually come mostly from corn, soy, and wheat derivatives… and certainly NOT healthy versions either!
A few weeks ago, I saw a really entertaining documentary about how CORN has pretty much become the majority of our food supply due to the economics of it.
The documentary was called King Corn, and I’d highly recommend picking the DVD up from Amazon and watching it… highly entertaining, but also pretty scary how we let economics ruin something as important as our food supply.
Another documentary that I think EVERYONE needs to watch is Food Inc. This is a must see, and after seeing both of these documentaries, your views on what you eat and our horrendous food supply will change.
This is why I make an effort to try to get almost 100% of my food from local farmers markets, health food stores, and a local farmer where I purchase all of my grass-fed meats, farm fresh eggs from free roaming hens, raw grass-fed milk, and tons of produce.
Til next time,
Don’t be lazy… be lean.
Mike Geary
Certified Nutrition Specialist
Certified Personal Trainer
Author – The Truth About Six Pack Abs
How to Lose Belly Fat
Truth About Abs – Lose Belly Fat
May 31, 2010 by Mohamed
Filed under Truth About Abs, Weight Loss
We’re putting together a series of posts from best-selling author, Mike Geary owner of Truth About Abs. Mike has helped thousands of people lose their belly fat (men AND women) and given them abs that they can show off.
His book, The Truth about Six Pack Abs is the #1 ranked Abdominals ebook in the world (as ranked by clickbank.com) with over 276,000 readers in 163 countries to date.
If you thought 6 pack abs were only for men, think again - women can also have 6 pack abs.
He has written several excellent articles that we will showcase here – truth about abs.
- 4 Proven Tricks to Eat Less Food
- Good Trans Fats vs Bad Trans Fats
- Are Whole Eggs or Egg Whites Better For You?
- Simple Trick To Flatten Your Stomach, Even While Driving!
- Three Ab Exercises That Don’t Feel Like Ab Exercises
- Does Diet Soda Make You Fat?
- Do Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat?
- How To Avoid Food Marketing Deception
- The Truth About Cooking Oils
If you would like to purchase his book or visit his site, click on the links in this post.
5 Facts You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat and Get Six Pack Abs – the TRUTH ABOUT ABS
1. Many so-called “health foods” are actually cleverly disguised junk foods that can actually stimulate you to gain more belly fat… yet the diet food marketing industry continues to lie to you so they can maximize their profits.
2. Ab exercises such as crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are actually the LEAST effective method of getting flat six pack abs. We’ll explore what types of exercises REALLY work in a minute.
3. Boring repetitive cardio exercise routines are NOT the best way to lose body fat and uncover those six pack abs. I’ll tell you the exact types of unique workouts that produce 10x better results below.
4. You DON’T need to waste your money on expensive “extreme fat burner” pills or other bogus supplements. I’ll show you how to use the power of natural foods in more detail below.
5. Ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks… they’re all a complete waste of your time and money. Despite the misleading infomercials, the perfectly chiseled fitness models in the commercials did NOT get their perfect body by using that “ab contraption”… they got their perfect body through REAL workouts and REAL nutrition strategies. Again, you’ll learn some of their secrets and what really works.
