An article on harmful effects of junk food
Junk food is the name given to the food that maintains a low in nutrition and a high in the amounts of harmful ingredients. Most of us are aware of the ill effects of the junk food yet; fail to get over the habit of consuming junk food. It is the number of calories and the huge amounts of detrimental substances present in the junk food that are responsible for the increase of the high triglyceride levels.The nutrients like vitamins and minerals are too less in junk food while the amount of calories are more. The enormous amount of oxychlolesterol, in these high cholesterol foods encourages the levels of high triglycerides and hence in the level of bad fats. The artificial flavours added for the children also play their part in having a negative effect on the health which has a sugar content that is twice the amount of those added in that of the adult food. There are copious levels of sugar in the junk food which sooner or later it may take a huge toll on your health.
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