Love the taste of doughnuts? If you want to be healthy you better get over it. Keep control of your life and avoid the hazards that result from unhealthy eating. One of these highly popular doughnuts contains enough unhealthy and dangerous fats to remain in your body for months.

We know you�re probably thinking, �I will choose the �cholesterol-free� doughnut and have nothing to worry about.� You may think to yourself that one Krispy Kreme here and there isn�t going to hurt anyone. You�re wrong. These crispy items are one junk food to avoid. Their bad ingredients include trans fats (liquid plastics), sugar, refined flour, artificial flavors and colors, and many other chemicals with names you can�t pronounce.

This may sound bad, but it is worse than it sounds. These ingredients tell nothing of what really gives doughnuts their unique crispy flavor. Many doughnut makers buy used oil that other fast-food operations have already used to fry their products. This tired oil has often been used to fry other foods for weeks on end. This intensely heated oil breaks down and turns some of it to soap. This combination gives doughnuts their special crispy taste and texture, something the fresh oil fails to do. There are many other flour products made with used oil out there as well, so beware.

You may be thinking to yourself, �I can�t remember the last time I had a doughnut.� If this is the case you are in luck. However, the proof that people are eating these unhealthy doughnuts is in the cash registers. Revenues from companies like Dunkin� Donuts and others are booming. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., one of the hottest new public companies, generated more than $300 million last year.

There is a lot we can say about these unhealthy foods, yet the main problem is that these oils � over-cooked trans fats � can adversely affect the delicate balance of fats in your body, producing too many cancer-promoting prostaglandins. Along the way, inflammation, increased blood pressure and other problems can be triggered too. Even one Krispy Kreme every once in a while can set you back and trigger unhealthy actions for months.

Lastly, the choice is yours. You can choose not to be unhealthy or you can choose to be healthy. There is a big difference.