Junkfoods

Maybe it's nature's way of trying to clear us off the planet. Nah, I have no idea why unhealthy tastes so good. Personally though, they are loads of junk foods that don't taste so good to me anymore now that I've been a health-nut vegetarian for so long. Like chili-cheese fries, they make me want to gag! I think it's all that good nutritious food clearing all the cravings for the junk out of my system. I still find potato chips tempting though.

Sorry about that. Really, there are certain foods that our tongue gets addicted to. It is just up to us on how to discipline ourselves so that we won't eat them excessively. I think a bit of some junk foods won't hurt once in a while. I am a believer of variety as the key to health. I do think you can eat some unhealthy foods every now and then. Just don't excessively eat them. The problem is how will you know if you are already eating them excessively especially when you are munching on them delicious food.

Oh wow! i sure would love to have some at this moment, while i am responding and being active at mylot. we love junkfoods because they are delicious, and they are good, crunchy, tasty, even oily! =)

I love junk food! I know they are unhealthy, which will give me problem following the large amount of consumption. However, as you said the temptation of its delicious taste and smell I just cannot resist. Obviously the manufacture will make them more and more mouth watering...... All I can count on is my will power. I try to eat them less and reward me like a treat. Life is too short, all I can do is balance - certain amount of consumption should be fine. LOL

I do agree with you..and i will also ask WHY WHY WHY? as i know i should eat green leafy veggies, fruits and the likes... But then i cannot help but also look at those delectable cakes, ice cream and worse chocolates!

Wow- never knew they could do s much damage to our body.. i agree though, why do bad/unhealthy foods have to be so delicious.. maybe it is all the flavoring...they perfected it and even added a bit of addictive substance

Unfortunately.. the good things in life are most often the things that can hurt you! I mean even in sports...if you love bunjy jumping great..but look at the possible dangers in it! Same with food. I have been living off Sweet and Low for 30 years...they say it causes cancer etc... I, at over 50 now, have a total perfect clean bill of health! No cancer, nothing. So what do you believe? I have to say that with everything in the possible light of being a health problem...remember few years ago, eggs were like the devil himself....now they are the healthiest thing ever....coffee...now the heart docs recommend a cup or two a day! Smell of new car...was a killer few years ago, now it is nothing. Chocolate....nothing but a fat maker...now it is good for your heart! I say you just have to do the best you can at keeping up on the current things and then MODERATION. That Big Mac is unhealthy...but having one once a week or every other week isn't going to hurt you in anyway. All things like this...have a donut every friday to end the week. Things like that. If you dont' have them, you crave them and tend to eat in abundance if you ever can. But have a little here and there and you won't tend todo that. My husband now has a thing about how unhealthy ground beef is. Yes, the 30% fat is bad, but the 10% fat is so dry it is all but unedible...he just made burgers last week out of it and even he admitted that it was the dryest tasting thing he's ever eaten and said he won't buy that kind anymore. i have been telling him this for years...you take out the fat and that takes out the flavor. I have tried them all and the 80%/20% is the best as you fry in a pan and drain off the fat/grease, then put the meat on to paper towels and it absorbs even more and it is then not unhealthy not so much fat...pretty decent in the health issue. Granted you eat it three times a day, every day and you might have problems, but you will with anything you eat like that. I ate celery with a little bit of peanut butter on it(plain it has no flavor at all!)...all day that was my snack. DIdn't know why I constantly had diareha....matter of deduction and that celelry goes right through you...a "natural" solution for constipation! But they say how healthy it is. It is only healthy cause it helps keep you regular! No nutients or vitamins at all in it...mostly water! Candy... I treat myself to something once a week...and lately...not even that. Seems I have gotten used to not wanting it or craving it...and dont' even think about it. Now, take away my pizza and we got a problem. But....make a small one...individual one with homemade ingriedients and how bad is that? I mean, fresh bread as I make the dough in the bread machine..sauce is tomatoe sauce with italian spices in it, cheese...made with real california milk and the only "unhealthy" thing is the meat toppings...sausage or pepperoni. A "littel dab'll do ya" as the Brill Cream used to say...make a small pizza with 1/4 of any meat and be done with it. I make 5 minis pizzas in the bread machine, and freeze them and have a treat once a week! Kills my pizza cravings and I get to enjoy it too! I have tasted some of the "healthy" items and they are so unflavorful and gross tasting that I just dont' eat them or do without. Now that is I guess how they are so healthy...they are so horrible you don't want them and knowing that flavorless thing is what you get if you crave it....odds are you won't be craving it very often!

Haha...I also love eating junk foods but I'm trying hard to lessen their intake. If I eat them, I drink a lot of water...

Yeah. I like junk foods a lot. But I eat it with moderation. I know it's not good for you but once in a while I eat because it taste delicious. It's impossible to avoid. hehehe. Just lessen the consumption of junk foods.

Well, everything's got his price. Junk food, may be delicious, but it's very unhealthy or you can gain a lot of fats by it. Healthy food - not that delicious, but a lot more healthy than junk food. However you can't say that all of the healthy foods are tasteless. For example the beef is delicious and it's very healthy. Life's got his balance in things. Everything's got his good sides and his bad sides. Without this balance, we would live in a whole different world if you ask me.

It will take time, but you will eventually be able to eat these foods again. Till then, actually healthy foods, have gotten a lot tastier. I went through this problem a couple years back when I all of a sudden became latose intolerant, after years of practically drinking 3 glasses of milk a day, and 80 percent of my meals consisted mostly of cheese. Adjusting to the no pizza, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, cheeseburgers...etc. Was incredibly hard, but actually overall the best thing for my health. Go to a health store near you and look for cheese alternatives like soy, rice,..coconut milk icecream or soy icecream is a lot better for you, 1/2 the calories, and you won't feel guilty. Plus in the last year the amount of allergies to foods has had a major push to making these foods taste better naturally, rather than processed. And always, moderation is key for anything!

I don't know, I guess it's some kind of a treat, or feels like one. Especially as I was born in the biggest heyday of them, when everyone ate there and how unhealthy they were wasn't like a trend topic. Like every parent took their kids the McDonald's for a treat when they were good at school. For me, this kind of feeling has attached to fast food, and I like the athmosphere of these fast food restaurants, most of them (everything from Chinese fast food to hot dogs)... but I don't eat as much now because they're really expensive and I want to lose some weight, too. Sometimes I really miss a good chicken nugget box :).