Health & Junk Food

What is junk food?
Junk food is a slang used for food that is low or lack in nutritional values. Foods that are rich in sugars, fats. High calorie foods with very less or no fruits and vegetables make up the junk food. Junk foods include sweets, sugar cakes, chocolates, candies, gums, fried fast foods, high salted fried chips, fries, high calorie fat chicken and meat.

How to make best out of junk food?

Most of us like to enjoy junk food. It is good idea to try junk food but trying the food low in nutritional values should not become the habit to fill up stomach and cover the calories.

Try these steps to make best out of junk food:

• List out your favorite foods that are considered junk
• Check the frequency of eating them
• Find the total calories you are getting from them
• Say yourself that you are going to eat them only once in a week or in a month
• Try only one item and change the item next time to cover all kinds you like
• Remember always that taking foods without fruits and vegetables will have very less nutritional value
• Remember eating foods only from junk foods lead to malnutrition

What are the health problems with eating only junk foods?

Eating only junk food leads to malnutrition. A person gets malnutrition when he takes inadequate amounts of nutritious foods. Eating foods from various sources with high consumption of fruits and vegetables is the best way to prevent malnutrition. Malnutrition leads to

• Reduced cellular function, genetic abnormalities and abnormal metabolism
• Leads to heart diseases and diabetes
• Reduced immunity and reduced lung function
• Impaired nervous and muscular activities
• More prone to bacterial and viral infections
• More prone to various cancers