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The ready-to-eat processed and preserved junk foods are fast replacing traditional foods. Here’s why they are posing a public health challenge
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HomeParentingEat Right: Love your junk food? Here are the ingredients that are wrecking your gut health
Eat Right: Love your junk food? Here are the ingredients that are wrecking your gut health
The ready-to-eat processed and preserved junk foods are fast replacing traditional foods. Here’s why they are posing a public health challenge
Written by Manjari Chandra
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Updated: September 18, 2022 4:15:12 pm
These ingredients are wrecking your gut health (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)Increased consumption of junk food, particularly in children and young adults, has become a public health challenge with a global incidence of around 70 per cent. The ready-to-eat processed and preserved junk foods are fast replacing traditional foods, thereby affecting the health status of the people.
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Junk foods, interchangeably used as fast foods, refer to readily available, nutrient-deficient, and usually inexpensive foods. High in calories, salt, and saturated fats, junk food is associated with many serious health problems, including diabetes, obesity, strokes, heart attacks, dementia, and even cancer. Also, the absence of iron, calcium and dietary fibre in these foods aggravates their harmful effects. Common examples of junk food may include carbonated drinks, chips, desserts, chocolates, canned foods, and other processed and packaged foods.
What makes Junk Food Dangerous?
As you consume junk foods, the high glycemic index of refined flour/maida, added sweetening agents, and emulsifiers (especially palm oil) present in these foods flood the bloodstream with glucose without any nutrients, fibre, or phyto-chemicals.
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