Re: Why do we like junk food?
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While our bodies are definitely tuned for fat and sugar, a lot of it is conditioning too. Eat a delicious and wholesome diet for a few weeks and junk food will become disgusting. Get used to natural juices and sodas become grossly over sweet.
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Agreed completely. Junkfood addiction has so much to do with convinience. Junk food is very cheap and requires little preparation. Add in some saturated fat and sky high sodium and it will trick a few of your senses into thinking you're eating something delicious. We like junk food simply because we are very quick to proclaim, "I'm too busy to cook for myself" and fast food is one of the cheapest cop outs in this respect.
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