Junk Food Facts

Everybody knows and loves junk food, at least that’s like I knew. Junk food is also readily available at restaurant chains across the country in the form of French fries, chicken nuggets, shake, soda, etc. Regardless the junk food has be a good or worse for our health (mostly worse). And so far we never know facts about junk food, we only enjoy the junk food without know what kind of junk food we consume. Here’s some of facts of junk food which I have.
“Junk food” generally refers to food that contribute lots of calories, but little nutritional value. Of course, what’s considered junk food depends on whom you ask. Some might say pizza is a junk food, for example. But I personally don’t think so, since it contributes real food with nutrients, like cheese and tomato sauce. Add whole-wheat or part whole-wheat crust, plus veggies as a topping, and I’d say pizza completely exits the junk food category.
One problem with junk foods is that they’re low in satiation value which can lead to overeating. Another problem is that junk food tends to replace other, more nutritious foods. When people drinking lots of soda for example, they’re usually not getting plenty of low fat dairy or other healthful beverages like green tea or orange juice. When they’re snacking on chips and cookies, they’re usually not loading up on fruits and vegetables.
Most junk food falls into the categories of either “snack food” or “fast food”. And then there are things like breakfast cereals. They seem innocent enough, but some of them could definitely be considers “junk food”, as they mostly contain sugar or high fructose corn syrup and white flour or milled corn.