You know how you can’t resist a bag of crunchy chips you’ve hidden from yourself in the pantry? And how about all those incredibly tasty candy bars that you just love? How can something so tasty be bad for you? There’s a reason why junk food is addictive and it’s definitely not because it contains something our bodies need.
Junk food is engineered to be the most delicious food you can eat. Every piece of junk food, whether it’s a fast-food burger, a can of soda, a salty snack, a candy bar, or a donut, contains perfectly proportioned ingredients like fat (usually saturated), sugar, and salt, a combination your brain loves. The tricky thing with junk food is that the more you eat it, the more you crave it. Eating these foods that were designed to hit all the right spots in your brain makes you want more of them, and once you get going, it can be difficult to stop.
You can learn a bit more about junk food in the video below.
