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What is junk food?



Measurements refer to grammes of sugar of full fat versions of beverage


We generally associate junk food to most fast foods such as Mcdonalds, Burger King or KFC, but in fact it is technically referring to any food that has a high content of fat, little nutritional value and an extreme amount of calories.

The ingestion of junk food is becoming a worldwide problem, causing many health scares and even irreversible diseases. An over ingestion can lead to heart failure, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's and even depression, it's no wonder it tastes so good.

However the biggest health scare of all is probably obesity - a problem that isn't being given the importance it requires. It probably won't be any time soon that junk food intake is reduced, this is mainly due to the multi million dollar campaigns that the food industry produce.

Like I mentioned before, many relate junk food to fast food, thinking that it isn't that bad for you, and well i think we can all agree it can sometimes be super convenient. 

But, if professionals are saying that junk food is any food with little nutritional value, high content of fat or sugar, doesn't that just leave with naturally grown vegetables? I mean really natural, grown in your own back yard natural, as the supermarket ones are generally manipulated during growth to get the perfect size and colour. 

This kind of food, although I admit I eat it, isn't good for you in anyway. Will the government or any other grand organisation reduce our intake of this kind of food? No country can afford the overweight epidemic it is going to eventually course, if it hasn't already.

Maybe if we reduce the availability of these foods, the result of life threatening diseases would drop too? 

The taxes on junk food alone is the main reason the above will not be happening, all over the world foods with a higher nutritional value can most of the time be more expensive than those pre-elaborated meals in the freezer or in a jar, making it harder to carry out a completely junk free diet. 

I have recently taken up yoga, and it makes you appreciate your body and what you feed it, I am not saying I will be dropping all foods out of my daily diet anytime soon, but it is something I bare in mind when I come home from uni starving thinking about what to eat. 

Something to think about this weekend when you are out with your friends going to get some lunch, maybe you don't head towards the chain restaurants, but a little picnic bar or maybe a tapa and a beer sitting in the sun, although the weather may not let you!

Please do not start consuming red bull instead of coca cola just because the picture says it has less sugar content, it doesn't mean it is good for you!!




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