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The term “junk food” was originally used in the sixties but would become widely popular in the following decade when the song “Junk Food Junkie” reached the top of the charts in the mid-1970s.
Survey after survey of the past few decades has shown that the excessive consumption of junk food is directly connected with the increase in obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and certain cancers.
If you’re looking for someone or something to blame for the junk food culture that exists today then blame your television. It’s a proven fact that nearly 80 percent of all food commercials that air on Saturday morning children shows are for junk food.
The American snack Cracker Jack was the first to use toys to target junk food to children. No morals whatsoever!
You’ve probably heard again and again how a can of Coca-Cola has about eight or nine (or even ten, according to some) teaspoons of sugar but you’ve probably never heard that the can’s metal is by far the most expensive of all the “ingredients” since the famous soda is made mainly with water, additives, refined sugar, and caffeine.
The Tootsie Roll was named after its creator’s daughter Clara, whose nickname was Tootsie. It was the first individually wrapped penny candy. During WWII, Tootsie Rolls were placed in soldiers’ ration kits because they could survive various weather conditions. Umm, what is it made from again?
Before the term “junk food” became popular, junk food had become part of the American diet in the 1920s, but it was through television advertising after WWII that junk food became more popular and nutritionists finally became more concerned.
Did you ever wonder when or how gum became so popular? Back in 1891, William Wrigley Jr. began selling soap in Chicago. To increase his sales, he gave gum away to his customers. When his gum became a hit, he decided to start making and selling gum instead.
The vast majority of researchers and nutritionists agree that fats from junk food trigger the brain to want more food, which, of course, leads to obesity in the long term.
Twinkies are the undisputed champion of all junk food snacks, and it’s estimated that Hostess makes over 500 million Twinkies each year. For the record, it has been reported that the agent that gives Twinkies their smooth feel, cellulose gum, is also used in rocket fuel.
A Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) survey found that some baby food products may have as much, if not more, saturated fat and sugar than junk food.
For thousands of years, natural licorice was used as medicine to treat ulcers, sore throats, and coughs. The first licorice “candy” was an attempt to disguise the bitter flavor of the medicine, though now most American licorice “candy” lack licorice’s historic therapeutic qualities.
There is a theory that suggests daily consumption of candy and junk food by children has been linked to violence later in life, though there are many psychologists and scientists who openly disagree with this theory.
Alloxen is a by-product of bleaching white flour and it’s found in many products classified as junk food. What does it do? Research shows that it leads to diabetes in healthy animals by destroying their pancreatic beta cells. Imagine what it can do to humans.
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