Why Do We Continuously Choose Junk

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  • Amatambi
    Amatambi Posts: 72
    Maybe because it actually does *GASP* taste good.

    I never said it did not taste good. If you read my paragraph again I just say tastes BETTER. Believe me, I know that stuff is really really good, I just refuse to believe that millions of Americans are getting more and more obese and developing health problems simply because the food they choose to eat tastes better than what is better for their bodies.

    However, reading what a lot of people have to say about our choices having something to do with our evolutionary background, it does make sense. Our bodies do, to an extent, need sodium and fat and carbs, so of course we would crave those kinds of foods. But where the problem lies is how we've trained our bodies to crave foods that have these in huge supplies and no nutritional value. We are not evolved to want to eat that big bag of potato chips. We are evolved to want the sodium and stuff that our bodies need, but because we OURSELVES choose to satisfy that craving with chips, our bodies get addicted to the other things that are in those chips that wouldn't be in other foods.

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