When I say “fast food” I primarily mean anything such as Kentucky, Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Burger King?
Health advocates say “Junk food is bad and to cut it out” but what exactly is it?
Would you describe other types of take away as being “fast food or “junk food” such as Indian take away and Chinese take away?
What primarily are the “bad parts” of “junk food”?
What types of restaurants, food outlets would not be considered “junk food”?
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Fast food tends to be very high in saturated fat, refined sugar, and/or sodium.
Humans are hardwired to crave fat, sugar, and sodium because they were very important to our survival for most of our time as a species. (Keep in mind how common famines used to be and you’ll start to understand why.) Thus, if you put lots of them into food that’s not necessarily of the finest quality, our brains and taste buds will still enjoy it.
Most types of fast food have at least some nutrients, but they tend to be low in fiber and one can get the same amount of protein, calcium, etc. so on from sources that don’t have such high amounts of saturated fat, refined sugar, and/or sodium.
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