'Cafeteria Diet' Leads To High Cholesterol, Blood Pressure And Obesity

Monday, October 1, 2012 - 10:20 in Health & Medicine

The classic chicken and egg puzzle asks what came first, the chicken or the egg? We can also ask that about diets.  A so-called Western diet, though it now seems to be worldwide, has high-calorie, high-sugar and high-sodium content and has been nicknamed the 'cafeteria diet' after buffet-style restaurants, has been linked to a lifetime of health problems, dramatically increasing the risk of stroke or death at a younger age. read more

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