Fast food can harm your body in several ways: 1. It contains high amounts of unhealthy fats and preservatives but lacks nutrients. This can lead to health issues like heart disease and cancer. 2. It has high salt content which can hide poor quality and taste, and too much salt increases risks of health problems. 3. Regular consumption is linked to obesity, diabetes, and gastrointestinal issues like ulcers due to its high calories and imbalance of nutrients. Limiting fast food intake can help avoid these risks.

1. The Harms of fast food.

2. The purpose
1) to define the term "fast food." Brief History of fast
food.
2) What food can do harm to your body.
3) Warn against possible diseases connected with food.

3. Introduction.
What is junk food?
Fast food (English fast food, [f st fud] - fast food) - class fastɑ ˌ
food, usually offered by specialized institutions. The term
"fast food" refers to food that can be cooked quickly and
provide the client.

4. The history of fast food
It turned out that fast food dates back to ancient Rome. It
was called with the Latin word "thermo". The ancient
Romans called this type of service, as an inexpensive fast
food. In every Roman town mass diners markets existed,
where all sorts of foods were sold. Almost modern food
courts!

5. In Rome there even was some kind of burger - beef cake, nuts
mixed with nucleoli, which they ate with bread. Also very
popular was bread dough, tossed with olive oil, they were
conveniently used as edible plates. Many centuries later, the
cake, covered with baked cheese, sausages and vegetables
was called an Italian pizza.

6. A particularly interesting and illustrative Roman fast food available in
Pompeii. The guides there show ruins that were once fast foods and
out storefronts or anything like them on the street. In the stalls are
built premises large vats, where and preparing food. Instead of
windows in the "old fast food" was boarded sliding partitions, tightly
closed at night, but they were only used at night and during the day
they didn`t used doors.Names old fast-foods, history has not
preserved.
But that's not all. It turns out that the Romans coined yet this type
of service, as delivered meals at home. This conclusion was reached
in the course of numerous archaeological excavations have proved
that many Roman buildings in general was found kitchens. Probably
because most of the houses were made of wood, trying to cook a
meal over an open fire in the hearth, and even could result in a fire.
(According to the website Stardogs.ru)

7. And now the most inportant thing:
 How harmful
fast food is?

8. Fast food – is the cause of many diseases. Of course, if you
have a hot dog once a month, it will not affect your health
(although the risk of poisoning, even after eating a hot dog is
quite possible!) But regular consumption of "street" food is
connected with increased levels of cholesterol, implies the
occurrence of diseases of the cardiovascular system and
gastrointestinal tract.

9. Fast food contains a lot of fats and preservatives, but as for the
nutrients - vitamins and minerals - it is virtually none. For the
preparation of fast food margarine is most often used -
unnatural product, containing large quantities of synthetic
isomers of fatty acids-saturated with hydrogen. They are also
the cause of health problems, such as severe heart disease
(coronary artery disease), cancer, problems with the nervous
system, infertility, diabetes.

10. Among other things, fast food contains large amount of salt,
which prevents spoilage, and can hide the real taste of tainted
food. According to statistics, it is because of the high content of
non-natural fat and salt in fast food. And as a result about 40
thousands of British people end their lives every year.

11. Disorders of the stomach over time lead to serious illness.
Among the most common problems of the gastrointestinal tract
caused by the regular intake of fast food, the doctors called
pancreatitis, gastritis, peptic ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer.

12. Fast food - high-calorie food, so do not be surprised if the result
of the regular consumption of donuts and Big Macs you will
start gaining weight. Just look at the average American - has
long been proven that the cause of weight problems in the
American nation was the overreliance on fast food. Obesity
contributes to the imbalance between fats, proteins and
carbohydrates in the use of "fast food." "Traumatized" as a
result of these experiments with his own body endocrine
system responds immediately the appearance of extra options.

13. It is known that in summer fast food is more popular than in any
other seasons. Eating junk food during the summer time, you
take the risk of becoming a victim of food poisoning. If
consumption of fast food can not be avoided, be sure to have
plenty of water after eating a sandwich or a burger - liquid will
help your body to cope with poisoning better.

14. In addition, street fast food sellers do not bother about health
standards. Making food using bad products, "mask" it with a lot
of spices, sauces and mayonnaise. These sellers often have no
health books, cooking takes place in conditions far from
sanitary standards.
Some people suggest that the passion to fast food for them is
similar to drug addiction. In fact, this has some truth: fast food
is rich in various food additives - flavor enhancers - that "force"
people return again and again to the use of such food.

15. Of course, completely refrain from eating fast food in the
modern pace of life is impossible. However, you should try to
avoid eating it so much.