12 Weird Effects Fast Food Has on Your Brain

You feel more impatient

In a series of different experiments, Canadian researchers found that merely thinking about fast food can prime people to feel hurried. In another experiment, people who subconsciously viewed fast food logos and then read certain passages rushed through them more quickly than people who weren’t exposed to the logos. “The way people eat has far-reaching—and often unconscious—influences on behavior and choices unrelated to eating,” the study authors noted. This is what fast food does to your immune system.

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