What Happens To Your Body One Hour After Eating a Big Mac

Of course, were not telling you to never eat McDonalds again, because who doesnt love a Big Mac?

Now, a new infographic from Fast Food Menu Price, reveals the significant toll a McDonald’s Big Mac can have on our bodies just an hour after eating it. Add in chips and a sip of Coke in between bites and you have reached Fast Food nirvana.

The Big Mac releases a certain set of “feel good” chemicals which they compare to taking drugs like cocaine.

After The Renegade Pharmacist – Niraj Naik – posted a breakdown of Coca-Cola’s supposed health effects in a handy infographic, the team at Fast Food Menu Price have explained exactly what process the body goes through in the 60 minutes following chowing down on the 500-calorie burger.

Indulging in a Big Mac every so often won’t kill you, but eating it on a regular basis can have consequences for your health.

Our brains evolved during a time when food was scarce, so we became adept at choosing high-calorie foods.

“For over 10 years we have been evolving our recipes to reduce salt and sugar, reducing the sugar content of our Big Mac by more than 22%”.

After 20 minutes, they claim your body is craving more and more of the fructose corn syrup found in the burger bun. Your body doesn’t always feel so hot.

A Big Mac contains 970 mg of sodium – and this huge amount will cause dehydration. Further to this, sodium can inhibit kidney function, which can cause high blood pressure and heart problems. “This was useful when food was less plentiful and less energy dense, but today makes it more likely we will overeat”, Dr Joanna Mcmillan said.

After 40 minutes, you’re still craving more because your insulin response can “bring down your glucose levels making you want to eat more”. The GI tract also begins to absorb the high fructose corn syrup found in the buns and condiments, which in turn leads to the aforementioned insulin spikes, as well as hunger pangs.

After 60 minutes: Normally the body takes about 24 to 72 hours to digest food. The Big Mac can take more than three days to fully digest. Great. Its been argued that not all of the data included in it is completely accurate, but it still gives us a general idea of whats going on in our bodies for the first hour after eating one of these delicious (but sadly quite bad for us) burgers.

It takes approximately 51 days to digest trans fat. She points to the enormous individual variation that exists between individuals, saying that numerous claims, such as the ones about blood sugar and dehydration, are impossible to predict with any certainty from one person to another.