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

leadiax3
leadiax3 Posts: 534 Member
in Food and Nutrition
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?
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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    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
    jfauci Posts: 531 Member
    To me, junk is anything that has calories and no nutritional value. Things like chips and candy bars.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Kale. it's gross, otherwise nothing.
  • lsmsrbls
    lsmsrbls Posts: 232 Member
    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
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    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
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    anything covered in feces or fell on the floor also if it's rotten covered in mold
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    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
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    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
    leadiax3 Posts: 534 Member
    Yup. I totally agree with those who said anything about no nutritional value and anything made and packaged in a factory....
  • lilacinfinity
    lilacinfinity Posts: 283 Member
    made and packaged in a factory...? So... peanut butter? Olive oil? Protein powder?
  • admegamo
    admegamo Posts: 175 Member
    Anything with no nutitional value.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    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
    Yanagibashi Posts: 58 Member
    junk = things I will feel guilty about eating


















    but I still eat them sometimes
  • leadiax3
    leadiax3 Posts: 534 Member
    Stuff with numerous ingredients that are difficult to pronounce. Stuff that can live on inside a package for many months... Even years.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    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
    MFPRat Posts: 201 Member
    Chips, pizza, cookies, cake, pie, ice cream...you know...all the junky junk food. Most of which is documented in my food diary. :tongue:
  • TheCaren
    TheCaren Posts: 894 Member
    "Junk food" for me is anything that does not provide an over all nutritional benefit of some sort.
  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
    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
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    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
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    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
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Okra
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    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
    invisibubble Posts: 662 Member
    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
    dnamouse Posts: 612 Member
    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 :wink: They are both extremely active and athletic kids, so they need to eat all the food they can get :smile:
  • gowrirao81
    gowrirao81 Posts: 139 Member
    Anything with artificial flavours, colours and preservatives. Sadly, a lot falls into this category by my definition.
  • lsmsrbls
    lsmsrbls Posts: 232 Member
    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
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Rice.

    I just can't justify those carbs in place of carbs I'd actually enjoy.
  • lsmsrbls
    lsmsrbls Posts: 232 Member
    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
    lilacinfinity Posts: 283 Member
    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
    MerlinWilliams Posts: 92 Member
    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!

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