Everyone knows that eating junk food is bad for out health. But despite
that, we still go on to stuff our face with junk foods. It is one of
those things that people carry on doing even though they are aware of
the negative effects. But quite honestly, do people actually know why
junk food is bad? Most of them would just say that it is because you
will become fat. But that’s not all, there are multiple reasons as to
why junk food is bad for our health. Listed below are some of the
effects that junk food has on our body.
3. Metabolism Speed Decreases
Our body is built in such a way that when you eat something, almost
immediately the muscles start to break down the food and take in all the
nutrients and your muscles grow and all that. In short, the metabolism
starts to do magic. However, when you eat too much junk food, the
metabolism speed deteriorate. Even though you are eating the same amount
of calories, the body now functions differently and as a result of the
slow metabolism, you can’t break down food like you used to. Instead of
breaking them down for energy, you are now storing it as fat to break
down later on in the day. You now feel bloated, lazy and lethargic due
to the junk food.
2. Damaging overall health
If you ever plan on going on a junk food diet, you can be assured that
your health will deteriorate to the point where it can get critical.
There are several ways that this junk food will be damaging your overall
health. For starters, it will lead to a huge spike in the sugar levels
in your body. While you will feel quite energetic at first, over time
you will feel very tired and it will cause “post-prandial
hyperglycemia”, which can lead to heart attacks. The tissues in your
body will start to become inflamed like they do when infected. Your
blood pressure will rise rapidly thereby causing, even more, problems.
Apart from that, your blood vessels will start to constrict and you will
feel very much suffocated. In short, continuous consumption of junk
food will only hamper your health.
1. Junk food is Addictive
Our mind is wired in such a way that it can respond to us and let us
know when we are over eating. We can stop whenever we want. However,
with junk food, it is quite difficult. Manufacturers have found ways to
use such elements in our food that it overrides the brain’s capacity to
make us stop eating. As a result, we keep on eating even though we are
full. And even after we stop eating, our brain signals us to eat again
because the food we just consumed is addictive. So if we are constantly
eating this, we are at the risk of prolonging the effects of junk food
in our body. We become obese to the point where we can’t even see our
toes!
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