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Is all fast food unhealthy? 所有的快餐都不健康嗎?

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What's your fast-food IQ? Uncover the truth to these common fast food myths. Fast food is a mainstay of the American diet. In fact, in any given day, 1 in 4 of us fills our stomachs at a fast-food chain. What does this mean to our health? America is the fattest nation in the world, with 61 percent of adults and children weighing in at overweight or obese, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Like our bellies, the fast-food phenomenon is growing too: we plunked down $3 billion on the speedy burgers, fries, and tacos in 1992, and today that number tops a whopping $110 billion. In 2004, Morgan Spurlock chronicled his experience of eating solely fast food for one month in his Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me. The filmmaker gained 25 pounds and put his health in jeopardy, according to a panel of doctors. (Next up for this one-month fast-food junkie: His one-hour TV reality show 30 Days, which premiered June 15th on the cable channel FX. In the series, an individual takes up a completely different lifestyle -- whether religious, economic, or ethnic -- for 30 days.) In the meantime, here are some bite-size nuggets of info about fast food that can help you navigate the counters: Fact or fiction: Taco Bell hot sauce can clean dirty pennies. Fact: Apparently this condiment can reinstate shine to your small change. But before you opt for south of the border fare without flair, consider this: Two of the product's ingredients, vinegar and salt, in combination seem to cause a reaction that cleans the pennies. The product itself is safe to ingest. Fact or fiction: French fries are the most commonly consumed vegetable in America. Fact: But you'll be much healthier if you start piling your plate with dark, leafy greens or sweet potatoes instead。 mainstay [n] 支柱, 中流砥柱 given [adj] 贈予的, 沉溺的, 特定的, 假設(shè)的 chain [n] 鏈(條),鐐銬, 一連串, 一系列 overweight [n] 超重 obese [adj] 肥胖的, 肥大的 statistics [n] 統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué), 統(tǒng)計(jì)表 belly [n] 腹部, 胃 phenomenon [n] 現(xiàn)象 plunk [v] 砰砰地彈, 砰地投擲 burger [n] 碎肉夾餅, 各種夾餅 fry [n] 油炸食物, 油炸鍋, 魚苗, 魚秧 taco [n] (墨西哥)玉米面豆卷 whopping [adj] 巨大的, 龐大的 chronicle [v] 編入編年史 sole [adj] 單獨(dú)的, 唯一的 Academy Award <美>奧斯卡獎(美國電影藝術(shù)金像獎) nominate [v] 提名, 推薦, 任命, 命名 documentary [n] 記錄片 jeopardy [n] 危險, 危險 panel [n] 面板, 嵌板, 儀表板, 座談小組, 全體陪審員 junkie [n] 有毒癮者, 廢舊品商人 premiere [n] 初次公演, 初演主角 religious [adj] 信奉宗教的, 虔誠的, 宗教上的, 修道的, ethnic [adj] 人種的, 種族的, 異教徒的 meantime [n] 其間, 其時 bite-size nugget 小軟糖(一口大。 navigate [v] 航行, 航海, 航空 penny [n] 便士, <美> 分 condiment [n] 調(diào)味品 reinstate [v] 恢復(fù) opt [v] 選擇 flair [n] 才能, 本領(lǐng) vinegar [n] 醋 ingest [v] 攝取, 咽下, 吸收 French fries [n] 薯?xiàng)l consume [v] 消耗, 消費(fèi), 消滅, 大吃大喝, 吸引 leafy [adj] 葉狀的, 多葉的, 闊葉的, 樹葉茂盛的
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