Is Fast Food Being Considered Universally Unhealthy Not Contradictory?

[MetabolicTrash]

Many tout the "good fats" and stuff like PUFA, MUFA and demonize saturated fats (this is how it's spelled out in simple research).

But if you look at most fast food places it's obvious that nearly everything has tons of PUFA/MUFA and lower saturated fat. Given this, what do most people base it being unhealthy off of? If fast food is "bad fat," why do people run from saturated fats/dairy sometimes and bask themselves in nuts, avocados and etc., which all have the same types of fats as those mostly dominating fast food? Also, same with lots of soy they add possibly too + other things. I don't get the contradiction myself.

Isn't this kind of clearly painting the picture on what's making it unhealthy then?

Also, does anyone know why fast food places rely on vegetable oils/peanut oils for cooking everything? Why can't they use butters, coconut oils, ghee, sauce-based cooking or even more "dry" cooking? You can season the burgers/chicken/etc. well without all of the oils they use, so what's the point? It's almost like it's made unhealthy on purpose.

It seems fast food is unhealthy probably because of tons of PUFA in such small amounts of food. The salt, added flavors, soy and sugars seem to be less bad than the fact that these places drown everything in peanut/vegetable oils and such, when they could make the stuff taste very similar without the PUFA at all most likely.

 

[lampofred]

Salt, chemicals, low quality meat.

But from a Peat perspective McDonald's is probably a lot healthier than vegan restaurants that soak the food in PUFA and use soy substitutes for meat.

 

[MetabolicTrash]

Salt, chemicals, low quality meat.

But from a Peat perspective McDonald's is probably a lot healthier than vegan restaurants that soak the food in PUFA and use soy substitutes for meat.

McDonald's has loads of PUFA in nearly everything they serve though -- a bigger ratio to saturated fat probably always in meats since they use fairly lean meats in most things. Plus these fast food places reuse their oil all of the time -- so almost everything is probably getting soaked in PUFA regardless. They use soy in meats in fast food too (whether in bread or some other way) -- it isn't only meat substitutes. Salt/meat quality is probably not anywhere near the issue as the oils though -- at least how I see it.

 

[rob]

Yeah, people can certainly cause themselves a lot of issues by consuming what would largely be considered ‘healthier’ choices.

Issue is when we say something is ‘healthy/unhealthy’ in isolation, what exactly do we mean?

Do we mean it’s nutritionally unhealthy simply because it contains above x mg of PUFA? Because some would say it contains harmful lectins? Because some would demonise its calorie density? Etc.

The word ‘healthy’ as applied to individual foods is usually meaninglessly stated. Moreover, some would further argue that individual foods aren’t necessarily ‘unhealthy’, it’s overall dietary patterns that matter most. Finally, some would argue that the ‘healthiness’ of certain foods/drinks should be more than nutritional. Indeed, it should also take into account the potent psychological, stress-relief benefits of so-called comfort food or food/drink that’s typically shared with family and friends.

 

[milkboi]

They blame it on the food being greasy - not on the type of fat. Also mainstream health outlets already see excess Omega 6 as bad. Also it being very processed. White flour. Gluten. Sugar.