Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show the dangers about many people's diet that can lead to more serious problems, like the slow down or destruction for the immune system.
Key Information:
- After several lab tests with mice eating a high diet of lard, the mice became more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.
- The result of the fatty food is the slow down of white blood cells.
- The white blood cells help the body break down the outside bacteria and viruses that come into the body.
- Eating a very fatty diet is the main cause of the slow down of white blood cell response, but a contributing factor is also a person's genes.
Key Conclusions: After the lab tests with mice, scientists have seen how potentially dangerous this problem is. Many more people are now susceptible to having this problem because of the millions of fast food restaurants. Also, more people are able to get this food because of the trans-fat and saturated fats that are more common in food today. If this problem becomes more serious, average disease like the common flu will become more hazardous and many diseases will diminish the human population.
"Fatty Food Can Weaken the Immune System." Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment & Technology. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. .
