挑選更爲健康的快餐
Fast food is a mainstay of the American diet. In fact, in any given day, 1 in 4 of us fills our stomachs at a fast-food chain. What does this mean to our health? America is the fattest nation in the world, with 61 percent of adults and children weighing in at overweight or obese, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
Like our bellies, the fast-food phenomenon is growing too: we plunked down $3 billion on the speedy burgers, fries, and tacos in 1992, and today that number tops a whopping $110 billion. In 2004, Morgan Spurlock chronicled his experience of eating solely fast food for one month in his Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me. The filmmaker gained 25 pounds and put his health in jeopardy, according to a panel of doctors. (Next up for this one-month fast-food junkie: His one-hour TV reality show 30 Days, which premiered June 15th on the cable channel FX. In the series, an individual takes up a completely different lifestyle -- whether religious, economic, or ethnic -- for 30 days.)
In the meantime, here are some bite-size nuggets of info about fast food that can help you navigate the counters:
Fact or fiction: Taco Bell hot sauce can clean dirty pennies.
Fact: Apparently this condiment can reinstate shine to your small change. But before you opt for south of the border fare without flair, consider this: Two of the product's ingredients, vinegar and salt, in combination seem to cause a reaction that cleans the pennies. The product itself is safe to ingest.
Fact or fiction: French fries are the most commonly consumed vegetable in America.
Fact: But you'll be much healthier if you start piling your plate with dark, leafy greens or sweet potatoes instead。快餐是美式飲食的中流砥柱。事實上，在每一工作天，我們每4個人就有一個在快餐連鎖店裏填飽肚子。這對我們的健康意味着什麼呢？根據國家健康統計中心顯示，阿美利堅是在世界上一個擁有61%成人和小孩肥胖或超重的生活節奏最快的民族。
像我們的胃，快餐現象也正在增長：在1992年我們吞下30億美元的快餐漢堡包，炸薯條，玉米麪豆卷，而今天而今天數據達到極大的1100億美元。在2004 Morgan Spurlock 在他的Acadamy Award提名紀錄片 Super Size Me 中紀錄了他一個月只吃快餐食品的經歷。通過一羣醫生的鑑定，這位電影製作人增加了25磅，並且陷入了健康危機。（接下來對這位一個月的快餐食物上癮者發生的是：他的在6月15號channel FX首演的一小時長紀錄片真實反映了30天情況。在這系列的活動中他個人採取了完全不同的生活方式，無論是宗教，經濟，還是民族習慣，總共30天。）
與此同時，這裏有一些金石良言幫助你分清快餐食物的面目。
真或假：玉米麪豆卷的熱油可以清潔髒的平鍋？
事實：明顯地這種調味料能夠讓你微微變黑的鍋從新恢復閃亮。但是在你缺乏第六感又選擇了南方邊界的食物的時候，兩種產品的原料，醋跟鹽，混合反應可以清潔鍋。發應產物可以使用。
真或假：炸薯條是美國普遍消費最多的蔬菜？
事實：但是如果你使用深綠色的葉類蔬菜或甜薯你會更加健康
