Junk foods taste good that’s why it is mostly liked by everyone of any age group especially kids and school-going children. They generally ask for junk food daily because they have been the trend so by their parents from childhood. They never have been discussed by their parents about the harmful effects of junk foods on health.
According to research by scientists, it has been found that junk foods have negative effects on health in many ways. They are generally fried food found in the market in the packets. They become high in calories, high in cholesterol, low in healthy nutrients, high in sodium mineral, high in sugar, starch, unhealthy fat, lack of protein and lack of dietary fibers.
Processed and junk foods are the means of rapid and unhealthy weight gain and negatively impact the whole body throughout life. It makes able a person to gain excessive weight which is called obesity. Junk foods taste good and looks good however do not fulfill the healthy calorie requirement of the body. Some of the foods like french fries, fried foods, pizza, burgers, candy, soft drinks, baked goods, ice cream, cookies, etc are the example of high-sugar and high-fat containing foods.
It is found according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention that Kids and children eating junk food are more prone to type-2 diabetes. In type-2 diabetes, our body becomes unable to regulate blood sugar levels. The risk of getting this disease is increasing as one becomes more obese or overweight. It increases the risk of kidney failure.
Eating junk food daily leads us to the nutritional deficiencies in the body because it is lacking essential nutrients, vitamins, iron, minerals, and dietary fibers. It increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases because it is rich in saturated fat, sodium, and bad cholesterol. High sodium and bad cholesterol diet increases blood pressure and overloads the heart functioning.
One who likes junk food develops more risk to put on the extra weight and become fatter and unhealthier. Junk foods contain high-level carbohydrate which spike blood sugar level and make the person more lethargic, sleepy and less active and alert. Reflexes and senses of the people eating this food become dull day by day thus they live a more sedentary life. Junk foods are the source of constipation and other diseases like diabetes, heart ailments, clogged arteries, heart attack, strokes, etc because of being poor in nutrition.
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