What is "junk food"?

Shadowknight137

Food you regret eating later.

For me, thus far, that narrows it down to: store bought gluten-free substitutes.

_noob_

I ate chocolate covered bacon today... I'm out

_crafty_

I had White Castle cheeseburgers today . . . I'm out.

taunto

Junk foods definition is imho highly dependent on who is talking about it. Some people would say ice cream is junk food. I eat ice cream daily and call it part of my diet so I guess I'm losing weight eating junk food.

My current definition is junkfood = something thats very highly processed. eg. cheetos. And while yogurt and many other products are also highly processed, thats not part of my definition.

What I am TRYING to get my mindset to is that junk food = anything who's nutrition value isn't worth its taste. For example, about 200 calories worth ice cream will always be worth it for me to have daily. I will gladly sacrifice that amount of calories to satisfy my taste buds. Cheetos on the other hand typically won't be since its high in calories for a small amount with not a lot of bang for my caloric buck in terms of other nutrition either (Vitamins, calcium etc). Now, if I were to eat the same lunch and dinner of bbq'd chicken but cooked from 2 different places, if lunch chicken tasted nasty while dinner was delicious, I would be pissed off because I just wasted my calories on a lunch that I didn't enjoyed at all.

tl;dr: Its all about personal preferences

Sarauk2sf

Food you regret eating later.

For me, thus far, that narrows it down to: store bought gluten-free substitutes.

I bought some gluten-free cookie mix by accident once...I now read the labels more carefully - it was awful.

firstsip

A food that is extremely high in calories relative to its nutritional merit.

Bacon Covered Donuts

Donuts, period.

Get out.

Whatever, beer girl.

COME. AT. ME.

ndj1979

anything from waffle house, what a burger, mcdonalds, burger king et al ...:)

Shadowknight137

Food you regret eating later.

For me, thus far, that narrows it down to: store bought gluten-free substitutes.

I bought some gluten-free cookie mix by accident once...I now read the labels more carefully - it was awful.

Yeah... You'd be lucky to find any gluten-free goods that don't taste like *kitten*.

Sad coeliac is sad.

WendyTerry420

Junk food is a term made-up by the food police, just like the term "clean food."

1ConcreteGirl

A food that is extremely high in calories relative to its nutritional merit.

Bacon Covered Donuts

Donuts, period.

Get out.

Whatever, beer girl.

COME. AT. ME.

Oh honey. Like you can throw down while guarding your precious ale.

SideSteel

Now I want waffle house. Bad.

TylerJ76

A food that is extremely high in calories relative to its nutritional merit.

Bacon Covered Donuts

Donuts, period.

Get out.

Whatever, beer girl.

COME. AT. ME.

Oh honey. Like you can throw down while guarding your precious ale.

I'm just watching...turned on

firstsip

A food that is extremely high in calories relative to its nutritional merit.

Bacon Covered Donuts

Donuts, period.

Get out.

Whatever, beer girl.

COME. AT. ME.

Oh honey. Like you can throw down while guarding your precious ale.

WHEN THIS BOTTLE'S EMPTY, GUESS WHERE IT'S GOING.



















In the recycling, because I am a conscientious American.

WendyTerry420

anything from waffle house, what a burger, mcdonalds, burger king et al ...:)

Totally *NOT* "junk"

danamariers

Generally it's something that has little nutritional value while having high calories from added sugar and fats.

This is junk- something that is high calorie, low nutrients.

WendyTerry420

Joking aside I would say that generally speaking one should consider the entire diet as a whole rather than trying to make comparisons of singular food items in isolation.

As always, SideSteel FTW...

1ConcreteGirl

A food that is extremely high in calories relative to its nutritional merit.

Bacon Covered Donuts

Donuts, period.

Get out.

Whatever, beer girl.

COME. AT. ME.

Oh honey. Like you can throw down while guarding your precious ale.

WHEN THIS BOTTLE'S EMPTY, GUESS WHERE IT'S GOING.



















In the recycling, because I am a conscientious American.

Wow. I can't argue with that.

*leaves the room, turns out the lights*

geekyjock76

I have a very narrow definition since I believe very few foods literally fall into that category. It would have to be something offering minuscule nutritional value yet be of significant calories mainly from sugars or fats. Examples would be those sugary pixy sticks and cotton candy.

danasings

A food that is extremely high in calories relative to its nutritional merit.

Bacon Covered Donuts

Donuts, period.

Get out.

Whatever, beer girl.

COME. AT. ME.

Oh honey. Like you can throw down while guarding your precious ale.

WHEN THIS BOTTLE'S EMPTY, GUESS WHERE IT'S GOING.



















In the recycling, because I am a conscientious American.

Wow. I can't argue with that.

*leaves the room, turns out the lights*

Oh, how I love you both. You made this thread so much better.

tsh0ck

once it's in the garbage can, it becomes junk food.


unless, of course, it wasn't down in, and instead sort of right on top. above the rim. and definitely if on a magazine and still on the doily.