Fast Food Killed My Dad
by Connie
(NY, NY, USA)
My Dad died January 6, 1991 of a massive heart attack and it is my belief that fast food killed him. Granted, he did not do a lot of exercise, but he did eat a lot of fast food.
After I left home after turning 18, my Mom and Dad did not do a lot of cooking. Instead, they treated themselves to fast food. At the time, there was no nutritional information available for fast food, so they had no idea how bad it was for them.
I remember my Dad loving to go and get pizza and then afterward going to another fast food place for ice cream. Poor guy, he had a really bad sweet tooth. I wish he had the information then that we have available to us now.
Maybe if he had any idea how bad the food was for him, he might have been a little more careful. I really miss my Dad and I rarely eat fast food. I can't view it as a treat. To me, it's like putting poison in my body.
