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“TUGAS
BAHASA INGGRIS”
JUNK
FOOD
Junk Food is a term that
describes the food that is not healthy or have little nutritional content.
Nirnutrisi foods contain large amounts of fat. Fast food such as hamburgers,
french fries from McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut are often regarded as
nirnutrisi food, while the food was the same as California Pizza Kitchen or
Nando's is not considered, although it has almost the same nutrients. For those
who are suffering from gout or have high levels of uric acid, it is advisable
to avoid these types of foods as the primary cause of uric acid from the food
nirnutrisi.
Junk food is identical with fast
food. This type of food is generally consumed by urban residents who have
limited time so that they choose to consume this food that does not need to
wait for a long time to eat. Junk food is kind of food that is not advisable to
be consumed too often because this type of food is lack of nutritional value
but it contains high enough calories, fat, and sugar. Junk food has become part
of people’s life in the urban areas that are very busy with the activity of
work. Junk food includes a hamburger, hot dogs, French fries, carbonated drink,
candy and various types of cake that use an artificial sweetener.
Too often
consuming junk food can cause bad impacts for your health. The low nutritional
content as well as the high calories conceived by junk food can trigger various
diseases. The most possible impact of too much consuming junk food is obesity.
Besides, junk food can also increase the risk of diabetes, a heart attack, as
well as hypertension.
A study carried
out by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, researched the
harmful effects of junk food. This research obtain the conclusion that eating
fast food twice or more in a week have the possibility of 27 percent larger to
develop diabetes and 56 percent die because of diseases of the heart, compared
to participants who seldom or never eat fast food. Even the participants that
are known eat fast food four times or more in a week, have the risk of death
from a heart attack which increase to 80 percent. Western people are fond of
consuming junk food so that their insulin hormone remains high the rest of the
day. This case can lead to metabolic processes in the body to be disrupted as
well as raising the risk of diabetes type 2.
The women who
are pregnant should avoid eating junk food. Eating junk food is not only bad
herself but also for the baby. The baby will be so vulnerable to diabetes and
hypertension. Besides, a number of studies in china revealed that the rate of
breast cancer in the country has increased due to the modern lifestyle that
people consume junk food too often.
Furthermore, a
research from the University of Adelaide shows that eating full of junk food
for children will make their IQ two points lower than a child who does not eat
much junk food. Even though the IQ difference is not so subtle, this study
proves that children’s way of eating at age of 6 to 24 months give small but significant
effects on their IQ when they reach eight years old. Therefore, it is important
for parents to consider the long-term impact of food that is given to their
children. In addition, some junk foods have the addictive substances as well as
containing an artificial sweetener. These substances will make a child become
more hyper and easily distracted. This will cause the child, especially a male,
to like fighting.
Although junk
foods taste good and can be obtained easily and quickly, it has enough risk to
health so that you are advised not to consume this kind of food too often. It
will be better if we include green vegetables and fruits to consume. A study
conducted by the University of Leicester found that green vegetables and fruits
are able to reduce the risk of diabetes type 2 until 14 percent.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Fast Food
Nowadays, people are being busy with their job. They compete
against time to complete all of the works. This fast life makes them love
everything which is also fast and instant. It is applied in their eating habit.
They prefer the foods that are prepared and served quickly rather than the
healthy food which needs long time to serve. That food is called as fast food
or junk food. Many types of foods like perfectly become part of their lifestyle
because it does not require a long time.
This “junk food lifestyle”
raises a lot of controversy in the community. Some of them consider junk food
as dangerous foods and others still enjoy consuming this type of food. Although
there are so many debates about the advantages and disadvantages fast food, the
industry is still growing. Does fast food good or bad for health? It will be
discussed in these following paragraphs.
The most fast food
obvious advantage is those food can save time better. In this very quick of
life, there is no better option for food than fast food although there are so
many people who recommend healthy food. When someone come home with hunger and
tiring because of work, fast food becomes the main choice for them. They do not
have time to go to kitchen or shopping to supermarket just to get a various of
healthy food.
Besides saving time, it
can also save costs. It becomes the right choice for those who want to save
money such as boarding students. Buying fast food is cheaper than cooking or
buying food at the supermarket. Moreover, not all fast food is dangerous; there
is also a healthy fast food such as: salads, grain bread, and lean meats.
It is also proved to
have some disadvantages for its consumer. The largest disadvantage of fast food
is because these contain a lot of fat, sugar, oil, calories, and addictive
substances. The process of frying also makes it becomes an unhealthy food. The
frying process can destroy most of the essential nutrients inside the food
itself. If fast food is consumed continuously, it will cause very dangerous
diseases including heart disease, stroke, obesity, and many more.
The food is also
considered as a factor which reduces harmony in the family. It happened because
it makes some families are not able to spend time together. Meanwhile, meal
time with family is the most appropriate time for all family members to get
together and share their experiences. However, fast food sales center quickly
take this quality time. Especially for young people, they prefer to eat at fast
food outlets along with their friends.
From the short
discussion above, it can be concluded that fast food has its advantages and
disadvantages for its consumer. It is considered can save time and money,
besides that it is also considered as a cause of health problem and Loosening
of family relationships. Therefore, we must be smart in choosing a healthy
lifestyle for us.
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