Over the world, people love junk food it is defined assugars, high fats, oils, low in nutrition content or something which is notgood for health but the most likely definition of junk food is something thatis delicious. Junk food is really famous among people all over the world. But nowadayslife of people is revolving around diet plans, fresh green vegetables, Fruitdiets, fruit juice diets, banana and milk diets, high protein diets, chia seedinfused water, salads, Vegan food, sugarless snacks, low-fat foods, organicfoods, fortified foods, innumerable ranges of organic vitamins, supplementsetc.
People usually award obesity, cardiac diseases, tumor,diabetes, and many others as the cause of junk foods. But on this Junk Food Day,let’s see the positive impacts that can let you consume these delicious treatswithout any guilt in your heart. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) encouragesthe idea of eating certain foods in moderation, which means that it can be that somebad foods are good and some good ones are bad. Don’t forget that junk foodshave some nutritional value too!
So let’s discuss which type of nutrients is present injunk food. The most common junk foods that people usually consume while aregular day are cakes, cookies, pies, pastries, ice cream, puddings, sugarcandies, potato chips, and tortilla chips.
Junk foods are only harmful if they are not consumed in theright manner or are eaten too much. What people do is forget about thenutritional value that is contained in junk foods. As Tufts University Health& Nutrition’s scholarly journal article “Junk food, or junky food choices?”it was stated, for every bit of junk food one eats there is a small number ofnutrients that are consumed with the junk food. For example, vitamins A, B6,Bi2, C, folate, calcium, protein, and iron. These important nutrition elementsare actually in junk food, which is actually considered harmful.
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Are vitamins A, B6, Bi2, C, folate, calcium, protein, andiron really significant in the life of a person? The heart Stroke Foundation’snutrition chart has shown that these nutrients make a lot part of the human body. VitaminA helps the body decrease the risk of getting cancer, it normalizes the bloodsugar, prevents asthma, and it also helps construct healthier skin and hair.Vitamin B2 and B6 both help the body convert food into energy which is somethingthe body uses, metabolizes fats and protein, and the most important is that thesenutrients also help the nervous system to work efficiently. Vitamin C providesprotection against immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular diseases,prenatal health issues, eye diseases, and even skin wrinkling.
The main key component of red blood cells in the humanbody is Folate itself which is present in junk foods; this nutrient preventscancer, thwarting heart disease, and also prevents brain aging. Anotherimportant ingredient is common in junk food. It can make your bones and teethstrong, without it your bones. Junk foods also contain proteins that help inrepairing our damaged tissues; without protein, if bones and muscles are damaged, theywon’t heal. The most important nutrient present in junk food is iron; it ispresent in the red blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the whole body.Without it, one can die. That’s why junk food is a popular kind of source and isa good way to gain nutrients.
Workers usually like having junk food because it is cheapand economic, besides that it is a perfect way to socialize with friends andalso provides more time to consume. The most important reason why people eatjunk food is because of its taste.
Is eating junk food really harmful?
The most popular diets people follow nowadays are, “Juicing”and “Paleo Diet”, but do you think it is the right way to consume food? Well, eating vegetables and fruits sound perfectly good, and no problem seems to be there in it thenwhat’s wrong with it?
In a research, it was stated that juicing vegetables andfruits causes lose of all the fibers and all the good nutrition which ispresent in the vegetables as well as fruit. After the loss of all the goodcontents, the cup of juice has only a small amount of protein, and it has a highglycemic load, which means that what people consume contains more caloriesthan a burger, which will eventually cause a gain in weight instead of losing. This diet also has many side effects likefeeling weak, irritable, and exhausted, hence causing serious health problems.
Skipping of mealsand buying manufactured juice for the diet, kills the purpose of the diet. Since thesemanufactured juices do not contain a sufficient amount of good nutrition insideand only contain sugar, it will only make an individual fatter.
Talking of the second most famous Paleo diet which wasfollowed by the ancestors and basically involved food like fish, meat, poultry,seeds, vegetables, dairy products, whole grain, and fruits, which is everythingexcept most important ones. The missing components are fiber, iron, vitamin Band D, calcium. This type of diet will be a reason behind tiredness, unhealthyamount of fat and will also cause a risk of cardiac problems.
Even for junk food:if people make junk food their only meal then surely they will get more andmore obese which will eventually convert junk food from a healthy nutritiousfood to a harmful food item.