Disadvantages of Junk Food
Today the advertising that reaches across all media is full of products better known as junk food. This junk food is very attractive in their wrappers, but in regard to nourish the body really is not much (though the label says so) because it has several disadvantages, let’s see why.
Disadvantages junk food and prejudice
- By the way have been prosecuted, have lost all their nutritional and only serve to create generations of children and adults obese and malnourished.
- In its manufacture are used at very high temperatures which destroys all the vitamins found in fruits and vegetables in their natural state.
- They add chemicals to keep up for many months without spoiling, additives, flavorings, coloring, etc., that do not benefit at all to the body.
- And the worst, are sold at enormous prices which only serve to enrich the producer and the consumer continues to nutrient deficiency in the long run will bring him various ailments.
- Junk foods have been identified as a major cause of heart diseases including myocardial infraction, cardiac arrest and atherosclerosis. This is due to the fact that junk food contains excessive amount of low-density lipoproteins and cholesterol that get deposited on the inner linings of blood vessels.
- Even liver gets damaged due to presence of ingredients such as fat, cholesterol and salt inside the junk foods.
- Junk foods also cause damage to the pancreas resulting in insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
