In a nutshell, junk foods have no nutrition. They often have loads of fat which can lead to negative health effects on those who regularly consume the products. So why do people eat junk food? Well, because it’s tasty! However, as the name suggests, junk food is primarily junk for our body.

Irrespective of how the manufacturers label them, junk foods are very high on fat and sugar content. The ill effects of junk food would be pronounced when consumed regularly. In general, teenagers are huge consumers of junk food, as they survive of stuff like fries, chips, and a host of other snack foods which are highly publicized as well, thus resulting in quite an unhealthy lifestyle. Even though a vast majority of such junk foods have zero nutritional value, a few junk foods could well form a part of your diet, even if eaten in moderate quantities.

Irrespective of your age, junk food can be bad, especially if you have no control on how much quantity you consume it in. It’s primarily because junk foods fail to balance the level of energy which you should consume, and your body craves for more junk food once you start eating it. Also, with more consumption of junk food, it would be very difficult for you to concentrate on your normal work since you just acquire fats from junk foods, and not quite healthy ingredients. Junk food also means that you would be having less of oxygen which would lead to poor functioning of the brain.

The ingredients which make junk food so tasty and attractive make them bad for your body’s health as well. Apart from a few manufacturers’ products, the content of fat in junk food has quite high levels of cholesterol. And sodium salts and sugar also have their ill effects on health. In addition, high content with too many calories and too much sugar leads to obesity. And salt and cholesterol are generally believed to set off blood pressure, heart disease and strokes. When consumed excessively, these salts can have a bad affect on the kidneys, as well.

Bad Effects of Junk Food

The bad effects of junk foods have been talked about for decades. The bad effects of these can be classified into short term and long term bad effects as follows:

– Lower energy level: Even though a person eats enough quantity of junk, it will still result in them feeling weak since it hardly contains any nutritional value.

– Lack of concentration: Excessive consumption of junk food which is high on fat and oil content, can lead to lower concentration at work, making people feel drowsy, and also decrease their blood circulation.

Junk food also has high levels of cholesterol which can affect the liver, and regular consumption may damage it or disturb the metabolism. So it can be said that having junk food occasionally is fine, but in excess can be very harmful.

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Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet
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