Think twice before consuming fast foods - A single bite of burgers, pizza can leave you diseased

New Delhi: You might have to think twice before gulping fast foods as a recent study has revealed that even a single meal of burgers or pizzas can elevate the risk of diseases such as liver ailment and diabetes.

Scientists from German Diabetes Center and the Helmholtz Center in Munich found that even the one-off consumption of a greater amount of palm oil reduces the body`s sensitivity to insulin and causes increased fat deposits as well as changes in the energy metabolism of the liver.

The results, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, provided information on the earliest changes in the metabolism of the liver that in the long term lead to fatty liver disease in overweight persons as well as in those with Type-2 diabetes.

"The surprise was that a single dosage of palm oil has such a rapid and direct impact on the liver of a healthy person and that the amount of fat administered already triggered insulin resistance", explained Prof. Dr. Michael Roden from German Diabetes Center.

They conducted a study on healthy, slim men, who were given at random a flavored palm oil drink or a glass of clear water in a control experiment.

The palm oil drink contained a similar amount of saturated fat as two cheeseburgers with bacon and a large portion of French fries or two salami pizzas.

(With ANI inputs)