The Vegan Lifestyle

Junk foods are bad for our health. They are loaded with chemicals that are harmful to our body. They are mixed with food colors and preservatives too.

Almost all junk foods undergo a certain process. Most junk foods are deep-fried in hydrogenated vegetable oils. Vegetables oils that have undergone hydrogenation are harmful to the body. Hydrogenated vegetable oils are originally mono or polyunsaturated fatty acids that are artificially converted into a saturated fatty acid by the addition of hydrogen molecules to it. This process is called hydrogenation.

When hydrogenated vegetable oils are heated, they are converted into trans fatty acids. Trans fatty acids are very harmful to the body, and can cause cancer. That is why it is not safe to re-use frying oils that have been used already.

Junk foods are palatable and delicious. They are mixed with flavorings or food  enhancers to make it taste good. That is why most children and even adults like them very much. The most famous food enhancer is the monosodium glutamate or MSG. This is a free glutamic acid produced from hydrolyzed amino acids from proteins by the use of strong acids as catalysts. This substance is sold in the market with various brand names, the most common of which is Ajinomoto or Vetsin. MSG is very harmful to our body. It causes brain cancer and a host of other diseases. It penetrates the blood-brain barrier and affects the normal functioning of the hypothalamus. This organ of the endocrine system is the controlling center of all neuroendocrine regulation, sleep, wake cycles, emotional control, caloric intake regulation, immune system regulation, and the regulation of the autonomic nervous system. Please read my previous article “Dangers Of MSG” to know more about this.

This is the reason why people become obese, and wonder why they become so fat when in fact they often skip their breakfast and other meals in a day. This blood-brain barrier disruption can also cause hypertension, diabetes, strokes, brain tumors, lupus, brain infections, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis.

Other additives in junk foods are food colors, artificial sweeteners, and preservatives. All these chemicals are toxins that poison our body. Do you not wonder why junk foods remain fresh and crispy even after months or year in the shelves? Consider what harm they can do to your body.

If you want to be trully healthy, you must exercise temperance in all things. It pays good dividends to exercise the will to resist temptations to overindulged in anything.

Most people are suffering from diseases because of their ignorance about healthy lifestyle. Most would have not died prematurely had they knew the harmful effects of junk foods that litter groceries and supermarkets everywhere.

To stay alive and healthy, we must avoid these:

1.  Avoid sugar and sugar foods. It is harmful to the brain, and the whole body in general. It raises blood sugar level that may lead to diabetes.

2.  Avoid spices and condiments – they overstimulate the system, and bemuddles   our senses.

3.  Avoid margarine, and other hydrogenated products. They clog arteries and  veins that lead to strokes and heart attacks.

4.  Avoid fried foods. They are the main cause of vascular and heart diseases that lead to many deaths.

5.  Avoid ice creams, cakes, and all other sweet delicacies. Milk and sugar combination destroys the memory, and impairs the healthy functioning of the  brain.

6.  Avoid all processed foods. They are all junks, worthless and dangerous to the body. They are loaded with toxins such as monosodium glutamate, ,  additives, preservatives, food colors, and other toxic chemicals.aspartame

7.  Avoid softdrinks and all carbonated drinks. They are loaded with caffein,  aspartame, and other toxic enhancers.

8.  Avoid cheese. It has toxic substances thyramin and tryptamin that are harmful to the brain. Thyramin stimulates stress, and tryptamin has mind-altering effects associated with nightmares. It causes hyperactivity in children.

9.  Avoid coffee, tea, and other synthetic drinks. They are addictive and harmful to the body.

10. Avoid liquors and all intoxicating alcoholic products. They destroy the brain cells permanently and beyond repair. It destroys the liver and other  organs of the body.

11. Avoid milk and all dairy products. It is mucous forming, and harmful to the brain, lungs, bronchial tubes, sinuses, and the intestines.

12. Avoid cigarrettes and all tobacco products. They are the main cause of lung  cancer, and other cancers and diseases of the respiratory tract.

13. Avoid all illegal drugs. They are very dangerous, toxic addictive stimulants    that destroy the nervous system and the whole body in general.

14. Avoid flesh meats of animals. They are loaded with growth hormones, feed additives, preservatives, stress hormones and food colors. They are also carriers of communicable diseases, bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens   that are very harmful to the body.