What is processed food? What are the junk food?
By borhan
@borhan (1338)
United States
November 16, 2009 6:20am CST
I got the following definitions about Processed food and Junk food in net.
After reading the definitions, i got scared. Oh God! what we are taking? Friends, did you know these definitions? I am feeling to switch over to natural foods. Oh God! what we are feeding to our children? What we had been taking so long? The definitions are as follows.
Processed food is made from real food that has been put through devitalizing chemical processes and is infused with chemicals and preservatives. Beef jerky, canned tea, jam, hot dogs, and low-fat yogurt with sugar or aspartame are a few examples of processed food.
Junk foods contain very little real food. They're made of devitalized processed food, hydrogenated fats, chemicals, and preservatives, and include anything made with refined white flour. Canned breakfast drinks, cold/sugary cereals, doughnuts, drive-through foods, and soda are examples of junk foods.
May be all these are not much risky, but i am feeling that it is better to be with natural foods. Thank you.
2 responses
@lelin1123 (15594)
• Puerto Rico
16 Nov 09
Its really scary when you hear what they put into the food, such as the chemicals and preservatives. I didn't realize that yogurt was a processed food. Learn something new everyday. I try to eat healthy but with so much garbage put into foods of all kind its getting harder to do that.
@rakhii (1302)
• India
16 Nov 09
Its true that natural foods are always gud for health, however, these days, natural food is also polluted many times of chemicans during agriculture and later by adulteration.
also, junk food is the most attracted one for our tastebuds.
processed foods are the best available resource during travelling and in case of emergency food.
But, on top of all, natural foods should be the most preferred ones, coz they are intoxicants, inoxidants and can help us come over the ill effects of the junk food and preserved food. Whatever we have, should be in limits keeping in mind our health.
