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Junk food is the name given to the food that maintains a low in nutrition and a high in the amounts of harmful ingredients. Most of us are aware of the ill effects of the junk food yet; fail to get over the habit of consuming junk food. It is the number of calories and the huge amounts of detrimental substances present in the junk food that are responsible for the increase of the high triglyceride levels.

 Some junk food facts

The nutrients like vitamins and minerals are too less in junk food while the amount of calories are more. The enormous amount of oxychlolesterol, in these high cholesterol foods encourages the levels of high triglycerides and hence in the level of bad fats. The artificial flavors added for the children also play their part in having a negative effect on the health which has a sugar content that is twice the amount of those added in that of the adult food. There are copious levels of sugar in the junk food which sooner or later it may take a huge toll on your health.
A single soda for instance contains about ten teaspoons of sugar that may instantly raise the amount of calories in the body. Apart from colas, the cookies, desserts and chocolates have also been acknowledged as having huge amounts of sugar. The presence of hydrogenated oils and the trans fats present in the junk food such as candy bars, cookies and fried foods make the junk food all the more threatening. The salts that are added to augment the piquancy of the food are also equally harmful.

Unhelpful Effects of Junk Food
Obesity is the most common effect of regular consumption of junk food. This effect takes place pretty fast in children as the junk food meant for them has more calories. The sugars in the colas and sodas and the hydrogenated oils in fried foods are highly responsible for the fat amassment therefore in high triglyceride levels in the body. This in turn leads to the congestion in the arteries making it difficult for the free flow of blood through them, eventually leading to conditions like heart attack.
A high blood pressure is the subsequently possible baleful upshot of relishing the junk food. This effect can be attributed to the presence of the sodium that is added to the food.
The outcome of obesity caused by excessive consumption of junk food is lethargy which lulls the body and makes you lead a sedentary lifestyle thus bringing in the possibility of other harmful effects for health.
It is also credible that you can develop a liver failure as the result of the obesity-causing cholesterol and diabetes-causing sugars.

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