The Dangers of High Fat Foods
4 Scary Side Effects of Super Bowl Snacks
Not only can pizza, chips, and chili wreck your waistline—a game-day binge of high-fat, high-sugar foods can have some startling and immediate effects on your health
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Super Bowl Sunday isn’t an official holiday, but our eating habits would lead you to believe otherwise. On America’s second biggest food consumption day of the year, armchair quarterbacks chow down on 30 million pounds of snack food, according to research from the Calorie Control Council and the Snack Food Association. (Search: What’s the number one eating day in America? ) The average spectator will take in 1,200 calories and 50 grams of fat from foods like potato chips, nachos, pretzels, and popcorn alone. Then comes the pizza, chicken wings, chili, and booze that are part of any party spread.
While it’s a no revelation that a Super Bowl food binge delivers enough extra calories to last you a couple of days, what’s less obvious are the frightening effects your favorite party foods can have on your health. Here’s how high-fat or high-carb foods can stick you with a head cold, a nasty case of heartburn, or even a heart attack.
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