Key points from article :
Another link between junk food and diabetes and heart disease found.
An unhealthy diet can cause the immune system to act as if it is responding to bacterial infections.
Innate immune stimulation is more pronounced.
Changes can accelerate the development of arteriosclerosis and diabetes.
Western diet caused a strong inflammatory response throughout the body.
An increase in the number of certain immune cells was observed, particularly granulocytes and monocytes.
The study was published in Cell journal.
