How Does Greasy Food Affect Health?

High Calories, High Fat

Food usually becomes greasy because it has been deep fried in hot oil. This oil has a high fat, high calorie count. Even something nutritious, such as fish, loses that advantage when it is deep fried and greasy.

Greasy food affects your health in many negative ways. First of all, it makes you gain weight. Weight gain can lead to obesity, which can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes, and even death. Secondly, greasy food has high cholesterol. Again, this can lead to serious problems, especially because cholesterol buildup can block the blood flow in your arteries, leading to heart failure or causing a stroke.

No Nutrients

If you are spending too much time eating greasy food, you probably don't have much room for other, healthier food items such as fruits and vegetables. The more greasy food you tend to eat, the less healthy food you will tend to eat. This means your body is not getting the vitamins it needs to thrive and grow. Without these vitamins, you skin could become pallid, you could lose muscle mass, and you could become anemic. In addition, deep frying healthy foods in fatty oil can cancel out their health benefits entirely.

Digestion, Gall Stones

If you eat too much grease, your liver can't clean out all of the fat. There's simply too much for it. Therefore, the fat in the greasy foods will build up in your liver and gall bladder, and you will get gallstones, which are very tiny but extremely painful.

Greasy, fatty foods also do not digest well. This can lead to problems such as excess gas, bloating, irritable bowl syndrome, stomach pain, diarrhea, constipation, and even more serious problems such as colon cancer.

Resources

• Healthy eating tips from the Harvard School of Public Health