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"Junk food" is not a specific kind of food, more a category of different foods that re not very healthy adn usually are not too good for the body. Those include anyfoods high in fat, sugars, sodium / salt, and carbs. Some common example of this would be fast food, chocolates, candy, pastry / cakes, and sugary cereals.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoHere is a list of 'red flag ingredients':
- sugar
- high fructose corn syrup (worst)
- enriched white flour
- partially hydrogenated oil
- saturated fat (4-legged animal fat or lard)
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∙ 13y agoIt's called "junk food" because it contains very little useful nutrients. Junk food is mainly comprised of simple sugars (low complexity carbohydrates), and saturated and/or "trans" fats. These two groups of foods are the cause of obesity, cardiovascular disease and possibly many forms of cancers.
Healthier choices of foods would include complex carbohydrates, protein, and mono or poly unsaturated fats.
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∙ 9y agoJunk foods differ in their ingredients, but one thing junk foods have in common is that they offer little or no nutritional value. Many contain a lot of sugar.
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What foods do not contain calcium?
Ummm...candy and junk food
What foods eat fat?
If you mean what foods contain fats, it's mainly junk food
What type of foods most commonly contain fructose?
gatorade, and junk food
What types of foods contain trans fats?
fats and oil food like fry chicken and junk food
Is it healthy to eat junk foods?
no it is not healthy to eat junk foods
What kind of foods should you eat sparingly?
Foods that high in fat content such as fast foods and junk foods, fried and fatty foods.
Is organic food better for you than Twinkies?
Yes. Twinkies contain processed sugar or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). They are considered a junk food. Organic foods are much better for you than any junk foods.
Are junk foods nutritionally empty?
almost/all are. that's why there called JUNK foods.
What foods to avoid when trying to get a flat stomach?
It is basically foods that contains fat. Junk food and fast food.
Which foods are included in junk food?
Heavily processed foods are junk food. If it comes in a bag or a box, its junk food. If it doesnt grow in the ground or on an animal, its junk food.
Too much junk food?
Try incorporating more wholesome foods into your diet: Yogurt (good with some barley cereal like Grapenuts mixed in) Fruit Peanuts Cashews
What bad chemicals are in junk foods?
There are tons of bad chemicals in junk foods. Sugar is one of the worst offenders in the list of ingredients.
