Health
is one important factor to perform daily activities. Therefore, we should not
underestimate the health of our bodies. Many things can be done to maintain
health are: exercise, eat nutritious foods, eat fruit regularly, adequate rest,
drink lots of water. By eating healthy and nutritious food, the body will not
be susceptible to disease, where a variety of foods that contain lots of
nutrients and these nutrients may help remove toxins in our body, especially in
the liver. But now many people underestimate the health, such as junk food are
now favored by many circles ranging from children to adults.
WHAT IS JUNK FOOD ?
Junk food is the kind of food that
are packed, easy to prepare, practical, or processed in a simple way. Fast food
generally has a tempting flavors, and most often addictive after the first meal
times especially children. Children usually like to imitate their friends who
have eaten food like it. Junk food is generally low in nutrients, but high in
calories, mostly from added sugar, starch or fat.
DIFFERENCES IN FAST FOOD AND JUNK
FOOD
On the origin of the word fast food
which is the English consists of two words, namely: Fast = fast, and Food =
food, so if combined into fast food, or fast food. While Junk Food, which is also
derived from English, also consists of two words ie Junk = Garbage, and Food =
food, so the meaning of junk food is food waste. Glance both are almost the
same and appear identical, because the various fast foods and junk scattered in
Indonesia does have similarities in the form of presentation and appearance of
the food. But actually the most fundamental difference is in terms of the
content in each type of food.
In another explanation also
mentioned that: Fast Food is a term for food that can be prepared and
administered quickly. While any food that can be prepared at once can be called
fast food, the term usually refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with
low-quality preparations and administered to the customer in a packaged form to
be taken away. The term "fast food" was recognized in the English
language dictionary Merriam-Webster in 1951. Examples of fast food: pecel, gado-gado,
lotek, cat rice, etc.
Junk food (food Less Nutrition
(Nir-Nutrition)). Food nirnutrisi (English: Junk food) is a term that describes
the food that is not healthy or have little nutritional content. Nirnutrisi
foods contain large amounts of fat. Fast food such as burgers, fries from
McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut are often regarded as nirnutrisi food, while the
food was the same as California Pizza Kitchen or Nando's is not considered,
although it has almost the same nutrients. Examples junk food: burgers, fried
chicken,
In essence, Fast Food is not fast
food but the presentation of a technique of food to the customer, whether fast
or not, fast food is often encountered in restaurants, so not all fast food is
unhealthy like junk food. But the term fast food is actually closer to
manufacturing techniques or time of manufacture, not the result of production. Some
examples of junk food, among others, instant noodles, fried, pickled, canned
foods, processed meat foods, baked or roasted foods, processed cheese, candied
dried food, frozen sweet foods, foods with fatty meats and offal.
THE SYMPTOMS ARE TOO OFTEN EAT JUNK
FOOD
Sometimes, we just can not resist
the temptation to enjoy the delicious fries or a burger with melted cheese and
mayonnaise. The aroma alone makes your saliva dripping. So, enjoy the
occasional junk food does not matter. The problem if you make the "junk food"
as a daily food. According to Jim White, RD, owner of Jim White Fitness and
Nutrition Studios in Virginia Beach, VA, food such as carbohydrates from
starch, in the packaging of cookies, potato chips, sugary soft drinks, as well
as burgers and fries, not only adds a layer of fat in in the body. These foods
can also cause physical disorder that makes you feel uncomfortable. Too much
junk food most will not produce side effects as follows:
Wrinkles
prematurely. The ill effects of junk food was not just on weight loss, but
also on the face. Sugar, trans fats (which are typically used to extend the
period of validity of some food packaging), and flour, can cause insulin shot
up and trigger inflammation. The chemical reaction that occurs when sugar
molecules attack the protein or saturated fat accelerates the aging process, by
turning off the antioxidants in the body. You also become susceptible to skin
damage due to sun exposure, and make facial wrinkles faster.
Constipation.
Bread, rice, and other products that are made from starch, can cause
constipation due to low fiber content. In fact, fiber serves move everything
through the body. If you are dehydrated, constipated condition will get worse.
Do not ask if you offset the consequences of this food with drinks such as
soda.
Heartburn.
Consumption of too much junk food can trigger stomach acid disorders. Foods
that are high in saturated fats take longer to digest. When the burgers or
fries that you enjoy fully digested overnight before the morning, excess stomach
acid can be pushed up into the esophagus when the time comes to eat next. You
were so feel nausea and heartburn.
Aggravating
the symptoms of PMS. Food alone do
not cause the appearance of symptoms of premenstrual syndrome or PMS. There are
other sources that make it more severe. For example, sugar and starch, which
causes insulin rise and fall quickly. This will affect chemicals in the brain
and can worsen mood swings you experience. So it is with the drinks. Coffee at
the coffee shop with an added variety of sweetener will provide the most severe
effects when your hormones turbulent due to the effects of a combination of
sugar and caffeine.
Dizziness.
You have experienced headaches after eating foods consecutive paced savory and
fatty? The pain is triggered by tyramine, a chemical that is formed in the
breakdown of certain proteins in food coloring and nitrates (such as found in
hot dogs and other processed meats). Experts say these ingredients increase
blood flow to the brain, causing changes in the blood vessels that cause pain.
Therefore, you should more carefully observe your snacks. Stay away from foods
that have unnatural color.
Bloating.
Variety of processed foods that are used in junk food containing high levels of
sodium. Sodium is itself a major cause flatulence. This is because sodium
regulates the amount of blood in the blood vessels, and binding water. High
sodium intake will draw water from your cells, causing the body to retain more
fluids to compensate. Drink diet soda will make your condition worse, because
the bubble (containing air) and artificial sweeteners (which causes gas)
equally trigger bloating.
IMPACT OF JUNK FOOD
Often consume junk food is not good
for health, partly because of the loss of physical activity that is so meaningful.
Conversely, if we cultivate the food itself to be a fast food, a lot of
physical activity energy expenditure without us knowing. Lack of physical
activity can lead to excess weight, and subsequently can lead to degenerative
diseases. In addition, the perception of some of us even though they had to
consume junk food (such as pizza, burgers, white bread spread with butter /
given sweetened condensed milk which is actually high in calories), still feel
not eat if you do not eat rice.
Junk food can cause obesity, but
unfortunately the food is too cheap, tasty and addictive, so someone's hard not
to buy junk food. Overweight or obesity is a major cause of excessive junk
food. Obesity comes from our habits in childhood. Addicted to junk food starts
from the age we are still young. Small children are addicted to junk food is
not directly stop them eating nutritious foods that should they need to grow
healthy. Children living with eating too much sugar and fat tend to experience
slower growth and can damage the teeth and bones at an earlier age. If these
habits are not changed from small since, it will be more difficult to be
changed at a later date. When kids addicted to unhealthy foods, it will slow
down the metabolism in their body. In fact, more people die each year because
it is associated with obesity than cancer.