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Cheeseburgers Research Paper

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Nearly 50 billion cheeseburgers/burgers are eaten per year, which means on average an American eats three burgers a week. My favorite meal would have to be a homemade cheeseburger with mash potatoes, fruit (strawberries and honeydew), and to top things off a fresh glass of sweet tea. All foods have their healthy and non-healthy factors but do you really know how your food is really affecting your body? The good thing about cheeseburgers, mash potatoes, fruit, and sweet tea is that they all help my body out in different ways by providing me with different vitamins, minerals, and other things my body needs. Cheeseburgers benefit my health and wellness by, the meat provides me with nutrients like iron, vitamin B-12, and protein. The iron helps carry oxygen to my cells, organs, and tissues. There’s also heme iron found in only animal meet which helps make it easier for the body to utilize. Vitamin B-12 helps produce new red blood cells that transport oxygen to the tissues. The protein in the meet gives structure to cells, helps build lean muscle mass, and can back up energy when your carbohydrates/fats aren’t able to. Mash potatoes provide my …show more content…

In a single cheeseburger serving there are 28.1 grams per serving of carbohydrates. 17.8 grams per serving of protein. 9.2 grams per serving of saturated fat. 1.5 grams per serving of polyunsaturated fat and 7.2 grams per serving of monounsaturated fat. Mash potatoes have 33.01 grams per serving of carbohydrates. 3.78 grams per serving of protein. 1.661 grams per serving of saturated fat. 2.054 grams per serving of polyunsaturated fat, and 3.312 grams per serving of monounsaturated fat. Strawberries contain 12 grams per serving of carbohydrates, 1 gram per serving of protein, and no fats. While honeydew has 16 grams per serving of carbohydrates, 1 gram per serving of protein and no fats. Sweet tea only contains .4 grams per serving of

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