Is Junk Food Bad?

So different is this food from the nutrient-rich, largely untouched food of past years, the younger generation, brought up almost entirely on, so called junk food, will be hard pressed to live as long as their parents, who were brought up on real food.

You see, although junk food is cheap, convenient and very tasty, the price you pay is simply a first payment. Because, after consuming this cheap, convenient and tasty food for a while, your doctor bills will begin to overtake the saving you made over buying real food.

Yes, junk food is very convenient, because you can zap it in the microwave or eat it on the run. But what price convenience when you are inconvenienced by a stay in hospital for kidney stone surgery or some other treatment.

So, I answer "Yes!", whenever I'm asked "Is junk food bad?"

I know what you're thinking. Now you know the answer to: "Why is junk food bad for you?", you're wondering if that's true, why is it so universally available?

That's because real food doesn't leave much scope for a profit. Real food is nutrient-rich and alive and the biggest problem with lively food is it deteriorates fast. Chilling or freezing some foods is one answer. But lively, totally beneficial foods, like olive oil, for example cause food manufacturers problems. So, purely for their convenience and profit, food processors require food with a long shelf life. preferably without costly  refrigeration. So food scientists came up with hydrogenated vegetable oil.

This is a Frankenstein fat and definitely not something you want in your body. Yet, despite that, it is found in pretty much every processed food from cookies to pizzas. But now, the tide is beginning to turn and -- now that more people are aware of this dangerous artificial fat -- some manufacturers are scoring points over their rivals by ceasing to use it in their products.

Such is the miraculous nature of our bodies, they can withstand this onslaught of empty junk food and go on for years before putting up the white flag in the form of heart disease, impotence, kidney stones, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gall bladder stones, arthritis and gout.

Even then the double miracles of our bodies and wholesome food -- if allowed to work without the "added value" and "convenience" of the food processor's input can still save the day. 

I doubt, if you've read this far, you are still wondering "Why is junk food bad for you? But, if you do, imagine your own a top of the range, high end automobile. Wouldn't you make sure you only used the highest quality fuel and the finest lubricants in it? Of course you would. And yet, there will be a newer, even better car along next year, because a car doesn't have to last a lifetime. But your body does!