In the 21st century, with the furtherance of food processing technology, variety of packed food items are available to general public. Easy to eat packed foods also known as fast foods, are popular choice of public due to their fast availability and prolonged shelf-life. In this essay reasons for the trend of increased consumption of less nutritional and fortified foods to that of, the earlier times is put forth.
The native staple diets are getting replaced by junk items by due to fast pace and industrial culture. it has been observed that industrial culture making life busier hence, working class prefers time-saving options for food. The time-saving items are pre-mixed items, ready to cook, ready to serve packets and beverages for snacks and main meals. such variety of snacks and lunch options replace home-made food as well as tiffins at work as well. So with the modern life style and multiple meal options it is noted that the diet have become more unhealthy than past.
With the food processing to meet extended self-life and enhance convenience, orignal diet traditions are vanishing along with health. First, food processing makes natural food stuff to lose nutrition content during processing and this produces food with empty calories, such as potato chips. Secondly various processes make food less organoleptic and this compensated by addition of synthetic additives and pigments such as dyes and salts. Together empty calories and supplemental chemicals cause harm to vital organs as well as weight gain. With the more and more inclusion of such non-conventional in the diet it has become for common reason of health problems.
In conclusion, the unhealthy diets habits and meal options altogether leads to various health complications and cost us well-being and money.
In the 21st century, with the furtherance of
food
processing
technology, variety of packed
food
items
are available to
general public
. Easy to eat packed
foods
also
known as
fast
foods
, are popular choice of public due to their
fast
availability and prolonged shelf-life. In this essay reasons for the trend of increased consumption of less nutritional and fortified
foods
to that of, the earlier times
is put
forth.
The native staple diets are getting replaced by junk
items
by due to
fast
pace and industrial culture.
it
has
been observed
that industrial culture making life busier
hence
, working
class
prefers time-saving
options
for
food
. The time-saving
items
are
pre-mixed
items
, ready to cook, ready to serve packets and beverages for snacks and main meals.
such
variety of snacks and lunch
options
replace home-made
food
as well
as
tiffins
at work
as well
.
So
with the modern life style and multiple meal
options
it
is noted
that the diet have become more unhealthy than past.
With the
food
processing
to
meet
extended self-life and enhance convenience,
orignal
diet traditions are vanishing along with health.
First
,
food
processing
makes
natural
food
stuff to lose nutrition content during
processing
and this produces
food
with empty calories, such as potato chips.
Secondly
various processes
make
food
less
organoleptic
and this compensated by addition of synthetic additives and pigments such as dyes and salts. Together empty calories and supplemental chemicals cause harm to vital organs
as well
as weight gain. With the more and more inclusion of such non-conventional in the diet it has become for common reason of health problems.
In conclusion
, the unhealthy diets habits and meal
options
altogether leads to various health complications and cost us well-being and money.