"Healthy" fast foods not easier on the heart - Yahoo! News

"Healthy" fast foods not easier on the heart - Yahoo! News:

"So-called 'healthy' fast-food alternatives to the classic burger, fries, and soft drink, appear to have similar effects on the cardiovascular system, new research suggests...."

"...Dr. Tanja K. Rudolph....and colleagues measured the initial endothelial function and other markers of cardiovascular disease in 24 healthy volunteers (average age of 32 years) ...The 14 women and 10 men then ate one of three readily available fast food meals during one week, a different meal the second week and the remaining meal the third week."

While not a professional in anyway, if I were a reviewer I would ask for more than 24 data points (although the fact that it is the same person 3 times does help). With that small of sample, standard errors likely dwarf the differences that would be visible from a single meal (a study that looked at the cumulative effects might be more interesting, albeit more difficult.