Our bodies react to the western diet as dangerous infection

Our immune system reacts to fast food diet in the same way you react when you encounter a bacterial infection, says a new study that raises questions about just how harmful are regular visits to Burger restaurants or pizza chains. Laboratory mice were fed the equivalent of fast food diet in saturated fat, sugar and salt for one month. At the same time they had received no fresh fruit or vegetables and fiber. As a result, it was found that they increased significantly the number of immune cells in the body, just as when it was attacked by bacterial infection.

Remarkable was that this type of alarm the body was kept for a long time and according to the team who made the discovery this is due to the fact that our immune system can remember aspects of previous battles was fought. "Unhealthy diet increases the number of granulocytes and monocytes, which are key immune cells," explains Annette Crist from the University of Bonn, Germany. This type of cell have directed researchers to certain specific genes that are activated in the diets of mice. These genes contain etc. progenitor cells that are responsible for awakening an army of immune cells that exactly play a role in saving biological attacks.