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Junk Food Poll

jpaulie
jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
For those of you on a well-balanced diet, does a junk food meal have a negative affect on you? Yea or Nay (let's leave out the healthy vs bad food posts, not the point, just a poll)

referring to fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc

Me...yes
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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Too much junk (like there is a cutoff somewhere, because I can eat some with no ill effect) makes me lethargic, craving for more junk, and affects my skin.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    What's considered junk?

    Only things that have negative impacts are liver, cauliflower cause they taste nasty and a few things I'm allergic too. So I don't eat them.
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
    Flame baiters gonna bait.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    No
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Sugary food makes nauseous if I eat too much. I never eat fast food anymore, so who knows.
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    Sugary food makes nauseous if I eat too much. I never eat fast food anymore, so who knows.

    Anything eaten too much of probably makes a majority of people feel ill
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    I get a ton of water retention with any meal that has even a little extra sodium. Too many simple carbs over an extended period of time make me lethargic. Otherwise, no, junk food isn't particularly detrimental to me.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    No. 'Junk food' meals are part of my healthy, balanced diet.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Anyone want a Kahlua cupcake with Bailey's frosting made them yesterday YUM

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  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    I feel a little sluggish....after copious amounts of beer.
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    Nope, no way, no how. A meal from McDonald's or anywhere else you and others would deem a junk food place, has no ill affect on me.
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
    PRMinx wrote: »
    I feel a little sluggish....after copious amounts of beer.

    Jack always gets me
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Too much sugar, too much salt or too much beer makes me bloat like crazy.
  • goddessofawesome
    goddessofawesome Posts: 563 Member
    Yup. I feel like rubbish the next day after I eat junk food.
  • Of_Monsters_and_Meat
    Of_Monsters_and_Meat Posts: 1,022 Member
    I weigh almost all of my food. I would consider it all well balanced then. About the only thing not weighed is a rouge banana or apple. I would consider these sugary treats as Junk food by your standards and yes, they negatively impact my bowl movements at times.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    jpaulie wrote: »
    For those of you on a well-balanced diet, does a junk food meal have a negative affect on you? Yea or Nay (let's leave out the healthy vs bad food posts, not the point, just a poll)

    Me...yes

    How can we leave out a debate on what your undefined version of "junk food" is and still be expected to answer a yes/no question about it?

    Or is it a trick question? I got it .. The question can't be answered because there is no such thing as junk food.
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    Thinking more along the lines of fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    Anyone want a Kahlua cupcake with Bailey's frosting made them yesterday YUM

    47f1b74cfd9f66b8330c5459ee22a1fd3217.jpg

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to start keto...
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    jpaulie wrote: »
    Thinking more along the lines of fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc

    Oh, then I must change my answer. I rarely eat fast food (so not worth the money or calories to me) but I've never noticed an ill effect from one meal there.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    jpaulie wrote: »
    Thinking more along the lines of fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc

    That's food. So if I stopped at McDonalds and got a cheeseburger with a side salad it's junk because McDonald's?

    Thanks think I'll go there for dinner
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    edited January 2015
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    jpaulie wrote: »
    Thinking more along the lines of fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc

    Oh, then I must change my answer. I rarely eat fast food (so not worth the money or calories to me) but I've never noticed an ill effect from one meal there.

    Add me to this camp. I did make the mistake of ordering tacos from Jack in the Box while drunk, and that led to severe depression...
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    If I eat too much fat too often, I'll get sick. But that's because I don't have a gallbladder anymore.

    I've not had a bile attack (that's what I call it) since I started tracking my calories on here, and I exceed my fat goal by 10 grams or so pretty often. So before I must have been way over my fat goals all the time.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    Ok, real answer.

    For me, it's all about the sodium. This weekend I had a bagel, lox, smoke whitefish and cream cheese from an awesome Jewish deli in NYC. I would not consider this junk food by any stretch of the imagination BUT it will take me until tomorrow to shake it off and I will have to drink a ton of water to flush out the sodium.

    No regrets. It was f&cking delicious.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I felt awesome after my Big Mac this past Saturday and then I had Red Lobster!! ;)
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    jpaulie wrote: »
    Thinking more along the lines of fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc

    That's food. So if I stopped at McDonalds and got a cheeseburger with a side salad it's junk because McDonald's?

    Thanks think I'll go there for dinner

    so...no...thanks
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    jpaulie wrote: »
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    jpaulie wrote: »
    Thinking more along the lines of fast food, McD's, Taco Bell, etc

    That's food. So if I stopped at McDonalds and got a cheeseburger with a side salad it's junk because McDonald's?

    Thanks think I'll go there for dinner

    so...no...thanks

    But why is that junk food?
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    edited January 2015
    guys, this post was not started with an ulterior motive, really. Nothing sinister about this. :) If you don't refer to Mcd's and other fast food as junk, then I assume you answer is no. My favorite food in the world is Filet-o-fish. Wish i could have one even once a month. I eat it and feel like crap every time. For those of you who can eat it whenever you want I will live vicariously through you. :)
  • dizzzigrl
    dizzzigrl Posts: 196 Member
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    Anyone want a Kahlua cupcake with Bailey's frosting made them yesterday YUM

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    YUM!
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    If I eat too large of portions (especially of food that is oily) I get acid reflux. but a portion controlled amount I am okay. However, if I eat too large of a portion of non-junk food I get reflux, so that probably invalidates my earlier comment.
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    edited January 2015
    dizzzigrl wrote: »
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    Anyone want a Kahlua cupcake with Bailey's frosting made them yesterday YUM

    47f1b74cfd9f66b8330c5459ee22a1fd3217.jpg
    YUM!

    I thought cupcakes were a staple food how dare you include them in a junk food poll! :)
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