survey:"junk" what foods do u consider to be junk food?

leadiax3

A friend of mine thinks she eates a lot of junk, but i think her definition of junk food is warped. What do u define as junk?

Francl27

Typically packaged cookies, candy bars, croissants, donuts, pastries, ice cream etc is what I'd call junk. Then there's 'ok' junk like ice cream, and the horrible stuff like candy bars. Doesn't mean I don't eat them though.

jfauci

To me, junk is anything that has calories and no nutritional value. Things like chips and candy bars.

magerum

Kale. it's gross, otherwise nothing.

lsmsrbls

Pretty much any food prepared in a factory that comes in a box or a bag and doesn't require refrigeration and has more than 2 ingredients.

magerum

To me, junk is anything that has calories and no nutritional value. Things like chips and candy bars.

Please explain this "no nutritional value" statement.

ldrosophila

anything covered in feces or fell on the floor also if it's rotten covered in mold

CyberEd312

Kale. it's gross, otherwise nothing.

Oh Yeah Kale sucks!! lol and I am with you lets not label food good or bad.... Enjoy the foods you love, each to your caloric intake and live your life...... Best of Luck

CyberEd312

anything covered in feces or fell on the floor also if it's rotten covered in mold

oh I agree with the feces and mold but the 5 second rule always applies on the falling on the floor..... lol

leadiax3

Yup. I totally agree with those who said anything about no nutritional value and anything made and packaged in a factory....

lilacinfinity

made and packaged in a factory...? So... peanut butter? Olive oil? Protein powder?

admegamo

Anything with no nutitional value.

LorinaLynn

Things with very little nutritional value that aren't really even all that tasty. Cheesy poofs or Twinkies.

However, potato chips and Raspberry Zingers are not junk food. Because they're delicious.

Yanagibashi

junk = things I will feel guilty about eating


















but I still eat them sometimes

leadiax3

Stuff with numerous ingredients that are difficult to pronounce. Stuff that can live on inside a package for many months... Even years.

Missjulesdid

Chips, candy, cookies,cake, pie, bread, sweetened beverages including bottled juices, anything with added sugar, anything with hydrogenated oils, pancakes, donuts, individual packets of sweetened oatmeal, cured meats, french fries, pasta, batter fried anything.

MFPRat

Chips, pizza, cookies, cake, pie, ice cream...you know...all the junky junk food. Most of which is documented in my food diary.

TheCaren

"Junk food" for me is anything that does not provide an over all nutritional benefit of some sort.

SrJoben

Pretty much any food prepared in a factory that comes in a box or a bag and doesn't require refrigeration and has more than 2 ingredients.

How would you feel about an apple that had been put in a cardboard box by assembly line workers?

Blacklance36

Pretty much any food prepared in a factory that comes in a box or a bag and doesn't require refrigeration and has more than 2 ingredients.

What about mixed nuts or trail mixes? I dont think of all of those as junk food.

highervibes

I prefer to call them "discretionary calories" and I define them as foods that offer little to no protein and are calorie dense, heavy on the carbs and fats. I don't consider them "bad" or "junk" but they don't make up a lot of my day because they don't fit my macros. Once my protein goal is met though, BRING IT!

Alluminati

Okra

Acg67

Stuff with numerous ingredients that are difficult to pronounce. Stuff that can live on inside a package for many months... Even years.

What you eat something that was made up of the below?

Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, Silver, Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lycine, Methionine, Cystine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Valine, Argenine, Histidine, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Proline, and Serine

invisibubble

Things that are basically all carbs and little to no vitamins, minerals, proteins. Things that are high in bad fats and/or high in added sugars. Or stuff with a ton of preservatives and processes added.
Still has its' place though, for the noms.

dnamouse

Don't really consider anything to be 'junk' as such. I don't eat lollies (sugary candy) that much, but only because I don't really like them.

My kid's school has been on a 'good' food/'bad' food hype this year which is driving me mental. The kids come home and say "oh we can't have that, it has fat/sugar/blah blah in it". The ONLY things I don't allow are the things they are actually allergic to, and I limit artificial colours and the nastier preservatives, because they cause my kids to have reactions. Hell, even I react to them.

So I taught them about how protein, fat, carbs etc work and now they will happily chow down on anything, although they like high protein stuff best because it helps your muscles They are both extremely active and athletic kids, so they need to eat all the food they can get

gowrirao81

Anything with artificial flavours, colours and preservatives. Sadly, a lot falls into this category by my definition.

lsmsrbls

made and packaged in a factory...? So... peanut butter? Olive oil? Protein powder?

If you were referencing my comment, you apparently stopped reading too soon. My peanut butter and olive oil wouldn't qualify as junk food under my definition.

I don't use protein powder, but some would qualify and some wouldn't.

ironanimal

Rice.

I just can't justify those carbs in place of carbs I'd actually enjoy.

lsmsrbls

Pretty much any food prepared in a factory that comes in a box or a bag and doesn't require refrigeration and has more than 2 ingredients.

How would you feel about an apple that had been put in a cardboard box by assembly line workers?

Since that would only have one ingredient, it wouldn't count as junk food under my definition.

What about mixed nuts or trail mixes? I dont think of all of those as junk food.

I agree with you, some of those shouldn't count. You found a limitation of my model. : )

lilacinfinity

made and packaged in a factory...? So... peanut butter? Olive oil? Protein powder?

If you were referencing my comment, you apparently stopped reading too soon. My peanut butter and olive oil wouldn't qualify as junk food under my definition.

I don't use protein powder, but some would qualify and some wouldn't.

I wasn't

MerlinWilliams

Pretty much any food prepared in a factory that comes in a box or a bag and doesn't require refrigeration and has more than 2 ingredients.

This!