My Discussion Text

Junk Food

Junk food is a kind of food that people usually eat which is prepared and served quickly. There are many kinds of junk food that we can find easily such as: hamburger, French fries, instant noodle, gorengan and so on. Nowadays, junk food becomes a popular food because it is very practical. We can find junk food everywhere such as on the edge of the road. Junk food has a cheap price because it is made of cheap ingredients such as high fat meat, refined grains, added sugar and fats. Busy people usually eat junk food to fulfill their need without thinking further about the nutrition and the effect. They just fill their body with such kind of junk foods.

 Actually, many people consume junk food because they just think that junk food is more practical for their busy life. They also can find this kind of food everywhere. It is much easier to prepare junk food or order it from junk food restaurant than to prepare and cook food because junk food is more fast and simple. We can also get this kind of food with a cheap price. Besides that, people also think that junk food has a good taste.

However, junk food has a negative effect if consumed over. Many people believe that junk food can make a lack of nutrition that are needed by our body. It is also unhealthy because most of junk food always contains dangerous additive substrate that can disturb our health. The additive substrate such as MSG (monosodium glutamate) has known can effect serious illness like cancer and so on. No food is good for you if you do not balance your diet and eat a variety of food. Junk food also increases cholesterol and should be avoided if you suffer with high blood pressure of cholesterol problems.

Because of this pros and cons about junk food, the people should care about what they consume. Even if they consume junk food, they must know the save standardization to consume junk food and balance it by eating healthy food. Therefore, the negative effect of the junk food can be minimalized. It will be better for you if you choose to consume healthy food than junk food.

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Dangerous Fake Meatball

            Nowadays, a meatball becomes a favorite food for everyone because of its taste, which is very delicious. We can find meatball seller wherever we go because of the big profit we get if we sell it. It makes few people do cheating in making the meatball in order to get a big profit itself. They add some formalin and borax just for making the food looks beautiful. Although they know about the bad effects of substances, they still do it.

            First, as we know that formalin is used for preserving a corpse. Imagine if we consume it, automatically, we have poisoned from that substance. From the research stated that formalin is one of carcinogen compounds that trigger the growth of cancer. Actually, the use of formalin is for preserving the dead body but they use it for preserving the meatball and to make it looks more beautiful.

            Second, besides using formalin they also use borax, which is added in the meatball. Actually, the use of borax is for chemical material like anti-rust agent and material for dentures. If we consume a meatball that contains a borax, so it will be very dangerous for our health. It will cause many diseases for our body such as an inflammation of the digestive track and makes our tissue to be broken. They use borax just for making the meatball become elastic and more beautiful.

            Both formalin and borax are not appropriate to be used in a food. Those substances are very dangerous for our body if we consume it. We have to be selective when we choose the healthy meatball to be consumed. The hygiene place is very important to be considered when we eat the meatball.