Pizza

There's a "rumor" going around the world that americans are the fattest people on the planet. I recently went on google trends and found something that cracked me up. Google trends is a function of google that tells you what the most searched items on the popular search engine. I wanted to see what the top 10 searches were in the United States in 2013 in the "Food and Drink" Category. I was amused to find that four of the items on that list were "pizza", "pizza hut", "dominos", and "papa johns" in that order. Check it out for yourself here.

Burgers cause asthma?

The BBC recently published a news story on a study done by professor Innes Asher from the University of Aukland in New Zealand, and professor Hywel Williams from the University of Nottingham in the UK. The study was done on 500,000 children in over 50 countries on the subject of fast food. They discovered that children who eat fast food seem to suffer from allergy like symptoms. They say this is because fast foods are often rich in different fats that are known to weaken the immune system, causing the children to develop allergies that they didn't have before. They say that this can be avoided by eating fruit, because fruits are rich in antioxidants. The risk of developing allergies increased by 27% in children 6-7. The risk increased by 39% in children in their early teens. 

This story seems pretty legit. Some people have gotten cancer and diabetes from eating fast food in the past. So it's completely plausible that someone could develop an allergy from it. But don't let me be the judge. Check out the story for yourself here.