I confess, on Sunday and Monday of this week I’ve been stuffing myself with chocolate - Cadbury Turkish Delight to be precise. Well I pretty much ate half of a 250g block on Monday, which in turn made my tongue sensitive and gave me a sense of guilt.

Why the guilt? It’s interesting, because I made the choice so why do I have the guilt? It’s programming. We are programmed to feel a certain way for performing certain actions and anytime we eat junk we associate it with negativity ie. "it’s bad!"

Now the eating isn’t actually the problem, the problem is deeper. Why are people overweight? Usually it’s because they have something going on inside them that drives them to eat more. Like many people I tend to eat when I’m not in balance - either I’m frustrated by something or I’m not happy with myself.

Anyways I digress. Back on topic - Is it better to eat junk or to not eat at all?

I was trying to google this, haven’t found anything yet. I do recall being told a long time ago that eating *something* is better than eating *nothing*. However, that’s not a license to stuff yourself with garbage.

Here are some good sites on junk food:
- pitfalls of eating junkfood
- how to cure a junkfood addict
- getting your children to eat right

From the first site I mentioned:

Even if a youthful metabolism is still keeping us from gaining weight, we are consuming huge amounts of highly processed foods, which are not only devoid of nutrition, but are also full of harsh dyes, chemicals, and preservatives that poison our bodies. Deep-fried potatoes have been shown to be highly carcinogenic. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) causes not just obesity but several forms of neurotoxicity. And the list goes on. Even if we’re not getting fat off junk food, we are getting sick.

At this point, we have grown into full-fledged, adult junk food addicts. If we have somehow managed to avoid the worst consequences of our addiction during our teen years, they will now come out in force. Those who eat junk food on a regular basis are at risk of contracting Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, hypertension, and a myriad of other illnesses that lead to heart attacks, strokes, organ failure, and death. In fact, almost twice as many people die each year of heart disease caused by diet-related obesity and cardiovascular problems, than die of cancer.

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Ultimately, junk food is not only robbing us of the things we need to be healthy, it is actively poisoning our systems. The more we can stay away from processed, artificial foods, and stick to eating whole, nutritious foods, the more likely we are to lead long, strong, healthy lives.

You are what you eat.

Yesterday I avoided any temptation (and there was temptation) to eat any junk. I actually had a pretty bad eating day (skipped breakfast and lunch), but at least I didn’t give in to the Cadbury Turkish Delight.

Today will be a better day.