Unhealthy Food Essay

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Lau kwai Kong Professor Jensen Englsih 101 7 May 2012 Let’s change our eating habit Everybody loves eating, especially his or her favorite food, but most of them are not healthy. They are junk food or unhealthy food because that kind of food is able to satisfy people’s desire on the taste of food, which means they are usually with strong flavor, such as too salty or sweet. When we are eating our favorite foods like candies or chocolates, have we thought about how unhealthy it is or how much sugar and fat in it? We usually do not have the intention to look at the nutrition labels on every package of food or drink, so we become unhealthy. Many American can be indicated as overweight or obese nowadays. Unhealthy eating, which refers to eating food containing too many unnecessary nutrients such as cholesterol and calories, can cause many diseases to our body. Due to the fact that unhealthy eating is a bad habit, we should change it. Due to the fact that unhealthy eating brings us too much cholesterol, excess supply of calories, and insufficient intake of vitamins, our eating habits should change. One reason that unhealthy eating is bad for us is because it brings us too much cholesterol. In our daily life, we always take in cholesterol even when we do not notice. “Many people don’t understand what cholesterol is and how it affects their health” (“Lockhart”). Cholesterol is a nutrient that usually can be found in food like meat, eggs, and animal organs. Although it is one of the nutrients we need every day, it will be harmful to us if we take in too much. “Katie McManus said, who is communications coordinator at the American Heart Association, said, ‘Too much cholesterol in the blood can be dangerous’” (“Lockhart”). She also mentions, ‘it increases the risk of fatty buildups in the arteries, which increases the risk of heart attack and stroke’”
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