Man Has a Passion for Food

Man has a passion for food. Many tasty food items had been prepared by man over the years and there seems to be no end for his innovation. Junk food was one such item and the name ‘Junk food' was for the first time coined by Michael Jacobson in the year 1972.

So, what are "junk foods"?

Junk foods are carbohydrate rich potato chips, candies, chocolates etc which have plenty of fat, Salt and sugar contents, rich in calories, but less in value in terms of nutrients. Since junk foods are tasty, attractive, very easy and cheap to manufacture, they are easily and readily available in markets. Though they are particularly attractive to children, they are harmful to health. They

cause lack of concentration, cholesterol, heart ailments, liver diseases and kidney failures etc in the human beings.

Therefore, we have to necessarily eschew from the junk food in the interests of our health. The following 5 tips will be useful to avoid junk food:-

1) Children are more attracted towards junk food. They should be specifically advised and guided to eschew from the junk food, since they grow in to and form the future generation.

2) Instead of providing potato chips which are rich in salt content and carbohydrate, we may make chips out of maize flour and supply them to children