Often eat takeout food, how harmful to the body?
Studies have also found a pattern: people who "eat out" more are, on average, sicker and live shorter lives. In 2021, a study in the United States counted 35,084 adults. Among them, those who ate takeout two or more meals a day had the highest risk of death during the study period (1999 to 2014). They had 1.49 times the all-cause mortality, 1.18 times the cardiovascular mortality and 1.67 times the cancer mortality compared to those who ate out less than 1 meal per week Eating out all the time is unhealthy, which is probably in line with many people's intuition. But what is so mysterious about restaurant and take-out food that it can be so much less healthy than at home? The obvious answer is that take-out food is made with more oil, salt, calories, and possibly hidden harmful substances such as gutter oil. This is true. But high oil and salt, high calories, are not the only hazards of "eating out", even if you choose healthy dishes as much as possible, you c...