Junk Food Day垃圾食品日

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On July 21， some people may let go of their diet and enjoy allthe favorite unhealthy snacks without any guilt because it is JunkFood Day.

Junk food is a term used to refer to food that has a lot ofcaloriesl but very little or no nutritiona12 value. But more often thannot， they are delicious！ Popularized in the United States in the1950s. the word is widely used for foods that are heavily processed，and have high amounts of sugars， fats. and salt.

Studies have shown that eating junk food once-in-a-while doesnot have a negative3 effect on health-it is only when one eats junk food for most of their mealsthat their diet can be considered unhealthy. Eating large amounts of foods considered to be junk，can lead to several health problems， incling a high risk of obesity4， diabetes5. and heartissues.

Junk Food Day is the perfect day to treat yourself. On Junk Food Day， you get to eatanything you want. The next day， however. it' s back to a healthy diet.

Different cultures have their own different definitions 6 of junk food-what may be junkfood in one culture， may be considered nutritional food in another.Many people believe that fast food is usually junk food， though somekinds of fast food are prepared in a healthy way and can be verynutritional.

When did junk food start to come into our lives？ Well. thiscoincides7 with the advent of packaged foods throughout the late 1900s. Of course， for decades，home -cooked meals were still the standard. However， after World War II， junk food reallystarted to take off.

The population was traveling more and eating out more. and this resulted in fast food chainsand the frozen food really taking off. There were so many different foods for people to choosefrom. However， it was not until the 1970s that junk food started to get a bad name.

Since then there has been more knowledge and information about junk food. and a lot offood manufacturerss have tried to make healthy versions9 0f the junk food that we love themost！ If you have junk food now and again yet you generallymaintain a healthv diet. it should not do you any harm！

在7月21日這一天，有些人也許會放棄他們的日常飲食，不帶任何愧疚感地盡情享用所有最喜歡的不健康零食，因為這天是垃圾食品日。

垃圾食品是指含有大量卡路里但很少有或沒有營養價值的食物。但通常情況下，它們都很美味！20世紀50年代，這個詞在美國流行起來，被廣泛用來指代那些深加工、含有大量糖、脂肪和鹽的食物。

研究表明，偶爾吃垃圾食品對健康沒有負面影響——只有當一個人經常吃垃圾食品時，他們的飲食才會被認為是不健康的。食用大量被認為是垃圾食品的食物會導致一些健康問題，包括患肥胖、糖尿病和心臟病的高風險。

垃圾食品日是犒勞自己的絕佳時機。在垃圾食品日，你可以吃任何想吃的東西。然而，接下來的一天，你要恢復到健康的飲食。

不同的文化對垃圾食品有自己不同的定義——在一種文化中可能是垃圾食品的食物，在另一種文化中可能被認為是營養食品。許多人認為快餐通常來說是垃圾食品，然而有些快餐是以健康的方式制作的，而且可能很有營養。

垃圾食品是什么時候開始進入我們的生活的？這個時間與整個20世紀末包裝食品出現的時間是一致的。當然，在幾十年的時間里，家常菜仍然是標準飲食。然而，二戰結束后，垃圾食品真的開始走紅。

人們旅行的情況越來越多，外出吃飯的情況也越來越多，這使快餐連鎖店和冷凍食品真正流行起來。有很多不同的食物可供人們選擇。然而，直到20世紀70年代，垃圾食品才開始有了一個壞名聲。

從那時起，就有了更多關于垃圾食品的知識和信息。許多食品制造商都試圖制作出我們最喜歡的垃圾食品的健康版本！如果你偶爾吃吃垃圾食品，然而通常保持健康的飲食習慣，它們應該不會對你造成任何傷害！

（英語原文選自：timeanddate.com）

[Notes]

1.calorie [?k?l?r?]n，卡路里（熱量單位）

2.nutritional[nju??tr???nl] adj.營養的

3.negative [?neɡ?t?v] adj.負面的;消極的

4.obesity [???bi?s?t?] n.肥胖

5.diabetes[?da??'bi?ti?z]n.糖尿病

6.definition [?def??n???n] n.定義

7.coincide [?k???n?sa?d] v.一致，符合

8.manufacturer[?m?nj??f?kt??r?]n.制造商

9.version ['v???n]n.版本