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What do you think about healthy food?

I think healthy food is important for your body. I believe they are very delicious. Also, it's good for you. These have a lot of vitamins and proteins. Eating enough vegetables and fruit during the day helps you have energy.

Healthy Food Vs Junk Food Song!

Whole foods provide a variety of benefits, most notably substantially better nutrition, when compared to junk foods. A common misconception is that healthy food is more expensive than junk food; however, research shows that healthy foods can actually be cheaper options than junk foods. The single disadvantage of health foods is their lack of convenience when compared to fast foods and prepackaged junk foods in grocery stores.

Empty Calories Versus Nutrient-rich Foods

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help reduce your risk of a variety of diseases, including heart attack and stroke. ChooseMyPlate.gov also notes that eating produce regularly can protect against certain cancers and decrease the risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Also, most vegetables are low-calorie foods that contain high levels of many vitamins and minerals and fiber, all of which can improve overall health. Junk foods are often the exact opposite of healthy foods -- they are high in calories and low in nutrients.

Dangerous Ingredients

Junk foods not only lack nutrients, but they often contain ingredients that can damage your health. Trans fats are often used in many fast food restaurants and in many prepackaged foods such as cookies, margarine, cakes and crackers. These man-made fats raise bad cholesterol while simultaneously lowering good cholesterol. According to the American Heart Association, eating trans fats can increase your chances of developing heart disease and stroke. Because healthy foods are often left in their whole unprocessed form, they very rarely contain any of the processed ingredients that have damaging health effects.

Pricey Fast Food

A paper published in 2010 in "Society of Teachers of Family Medicine" studied the costs of a diet based on fast foods versus a whole-foods based diet. The study found that the average daily cost for healthy food was $7.48, while unhealthy fast foods came in at $15.30 per day. By shopping at grocery stores and choosing whole foods, including dairy, lean meats, fruits, vegetables and grains, total monthly food costs were less than half of a diet composed of fast foods.