Junk Food Research Paper

It is no secret that the United States is currently experiencing a crisis. This is not a crisis that has arisen from foreign nations intending us harm; it is an issue that holds its origins on domestic soil. Every day millions of American people, and others worldwide, are slowly killing themselves with the world 's slowest acting poison. That poison is junk food. Everyone knows that it is bad for them, unfortunately this has done little to stop the issue. The real roots of the problem can be dated back millions of years ago to when survival of the fittest actually meant something for humans, or at least human ancestors, when a change in digestion and biochemistry adjusted the way humans would think about food. Unfortunately in modern day …show more content…
Table sugar is a type of simple sugar. Simple sugars include glucose, fructose, and galactose(Ancira). These sugars are quickly digested and become fat extremely quickly. This is because the digestion system can break them down extremely fast. The simple sugars are also lacking disaccharides like fiber and starch which help slow the digestion process. This explains the sugar rush. Simple sugars, often found in candy and other junk foods, are quickly digested into the bloodstream leading to the burst of energy. If this energy is not immediately burned it turns to fat(Ancira). This is not the only problem with digestion so much sugar, the liver takes a beating as well. Fat will build up in the liver from the sugar that has been converted, eventually if it doesn 't get burned off it can lead to a liver disease. Not to mention type two diabetes, which is caused when either the pancreas stops producing insulin, the hormone that moves sugar from the bloodstream to the cells, or when the cells become resistant to the hormone. If the body is repeatedly pounded with sugar the insline has less an effect over time leading to the