The rush, its attractiveness, and, sometimes, its low price encourage the consumption of fast food. If you knew the consequences for your body, would you continue eating it? “By introducing fast food into our body, due to the type of food that characterizes it and because – as its name suggests – we tend to eat it at high speed and in greater quantity, digestion is slower and heavier, causing discomfort by making the stomach works more. It can also cause constipation and gas due to the low or no fiber intake, ”explains Mireia Elías Fernández, nutritionist at the European Medical Institute of Obesity (IMO).