I don't know how it happened but ever since I was little, I’ve had a huge sweet tooth. I've been through the health classes--I’ve taken the nutrition tests and done the dietary projects over the years. Everyone keeps telling me someday soon all these bad eating habits are going to catch up to me, and I still have yet to change my lifestyle. So why are sweet treats still so alluring?
One possible attraction to junk food is the incredible variety. Walk into any grocery store, Walgreens or gas station, and the first thing in the front is a rack of snacks. Nowadays there's every flavor of junk food under the sun--Doritos at one point even offered a yogurt and mint flavored chip. This wild section probably reaches out to everyone’s taste buds in some kind of way. Another possible alluring factor is the advertising behind all the yummy treats. I mean, hey, if that stunning actress in slow motion is enjoying that chocolate bar that much, it has to be good, right? Where there's the Internet or tv, there's ads. The expertly designed ads broadcast the idea that everyone should be eating these amazing snacks that are also amazingly bad for them. However, what if there's a chance it's not the worst thing in the world to eat? Stomachs tend to reject bad foods or poisons that could make us sick, but many people have no troubles eating tons of treats. If junk food is really 100% bad for us, our bodies would reject it somehow; there might be a benefit to eating something bad every once in awhile.
Maybe we just need to find something just as tasty to replace these treats. Maybe junk food should vanish all together. Maybe each person should decide for themself.
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