Sure, you may think that you’re doing something right because you’re drinking diet soda with that humongous hamburger you’re devouring like a starving lion is demolishing a gazelle, but you’re actually not. In fact, you’re doing yourself a really bad favor by even thinking that. Fast foods are packed with calories; they’re high on fat (and not the good fat, either), which raises your cholesterol and clogs your arteries; and studies show that it actually causes inflammations in the brain. In fact, many diseases we’ve so far attributed to the cunning and crafty work of old age have been linked to different metabolic disorders. Our brains are not as isolated from the rest of the body as we previously thought.
But as bad as fast foods are, junk food is even worse. It allows you to put on some extra weight without even trying, and all for the low, low price of your health. Companies spend a fortune on research in order to find the best balance between taste, structure, shape, form, crispiness, and more. Ridiculous as it may sound, they actually spend a lot more money on research and advertising than on production.
This is bad news for you. Most of these foods seem “light” even though they’re packed with “energy”, thus fooling your brain that you’re not getting too many calories, even when you do. That’s what you can eat a bag of chips and immediately reach for the next one, despite the fact that it is packed with calories.
If you want to successfully lose weight, you need to stop “rewarding yourself”. “A bag of chips – it’s not that much; it won’t even satiate my hunger; what’s the big deal?” If you find yourself asking this question, you need to stop immediately. Junk food is unhealthy on several levels, so just cut it out of your diet completely.
