What is junk food? Junk food is unhealthy food that contains high levels of calories with less protein, vitamins and/or minerals.
5. Reduce stress: 6. Implement crave-cutting supplements such as vitamin D and omega-3s. You can also take natural supplements for craving control.
One bad meal can mess with your heart.
The danger of the effects of junk food are underestimated. You can't even imagine what will happen to your body after only one meal.
Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology show this fact
“It doesn't take a virtual month to experience the health effects of a poor diet. In fact, the changes happen after just one meal”
Junk foods have been identified as a major cause of heart diseases, including myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, and atherosclerosis.
Learning more about what junk food can do to your heart may inspire you to make unhealthy eating an exception,
rather than a rule in your life.
Read more about the bad cholesterol and how can it damage your heart in the article titled: “The Silent Killer”.
This puts your metabolism under stress that can damage the ability of the pancreas to produce the insulin.
pump harder to move the blood through the arteries and to the organs.
The good news is that eating a healthy meal helps your body return to its normal state. The right food send a message
to your brain to shut down hunger, so your body can burn fat and feel great. Sugary, processed foods send the opposite message.
Your junk food addiction isn’t your fault.
We usually talk about alcohol and cigarettes when we refer to physical addictions. The ingredients in fast food can have a similar addictive effect that makes your mind becomes unable to resist the refined salt and sugar.
Here’s how to kick the habit.
- Awareness is an important first step. Pay attention to those moments when your cravings start, so you can figure
out what unleashed them.
- Keeping a balanced diet doesn’t mean depriving yourself from the food you love.
The meal must consist of:
Read more about the healthy food choices that can give you a way to control your risk of cardiac arrest
in the article titled “Love your Heart and Eat right”.
4. Eliminate sodas, sugar-enhanced drinks and artificial sweeteners from your diet. They are the drugs that fuel your sugar addiction.
Food has the potential to heal and hurt. Choose your health and avoid poisoning yourself with Junk food, not just to lose weight but also to gain life.
References:
https://www.medicinenet.com/fitness_exercise_for_a_healthy_heart/article.htm#what_type_of_exercise_is_best
https://www.webmd.com/women/guide/nutrition-101-how-to-eat-healthy
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/how-break-junk-food-habit
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