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• Eat fermented food like idli, dosa and dhokla, and drink fermented drinks like lassi,
yoghurt and juices regularly. They help in digestion and protect our body from
diseases.

• Replace aerated drinks with fresh coconut water, fruit juices and lime water, and

other home-made drinks.
• Eat fruits, salads, nuts or sprouts in between meals instead of having unhealthy

snacks.

• Have small portions of food at regular intervals.

Junk Food

Junk food is any food that contains high amount of Did You Know!
sugar, starch and fats with low amount of other nutrients Eating ice cream may sum
a delicious way to cool off ,
in it. Snack foods, candies, sweet deserts, fried fast food,
but actually it contains
potato chips and sugary (soft) drinks are some examples high fat content that
of junk food. These food items may be delicious but they warms up the body.

do not provide any nutritional benefi t to us. Instead,
the extra fat and starch present in these foods get stored in the body. This may lead to

obesity and other health problems with time.

Adverse eff ects of junk food

When junk food is eaten regularly, the excess fat, starch and 

sugar in it causes the following ill-eff ects.

• It increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, blood pressure
and other health problems.

• It does not provide enough energy to do work.

• It results in poor digestion and makes us feel lazy.

• It makes us feel full reducing our intake of healthy and
nutrient-rich food.

TIME TO REVISE

Classify the given food items into healthy and junk food.
Salted and fried chips, fruit salad, chocolates, noodles, fi nger chips, meat, milk, soft drinks,
eggs, bread, jaggery, candies, sprouts

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